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Mac on PC?

Sep 27, 2006 3:32PM PDT

Is there a way that Mac can run on a normal PC?
Just Asking out of curiosity

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NO
Sep 27, 2006 9:57PM PDT

Not without some extreme, illegal, hacking of the OS and the motherboard

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True...But
Sep 27, 2006 10:38PM PDT

Its true that without some extreme illegal and extreme wrong doing you can not run Mac on a PC nativly however if you have VMware Workstation and a legal copy of Mac OS X i'm 99% sure it will work!!

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Why all the illegal hacking then?
Sep 28, 2006 5:01AM PDT

If it were that easy, it would be all over the place by now.

As you have a copy of OS X, give it a go and let us know how you get on.

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