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mac on windows?

by roccosperanza Jun 30, 2007 3:09AM PDT

Can you load mac on windows?

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It's forbidden.

by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Jun 30, 2007 3:13AM PDT

Apple has not licensed anyone to do that yet.

Bob

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let me rephrase that

by roccosperanza Jun 30, 2007 3:16AM PDT

Can you dual boot mac on a windows machine as long as osx can recognize the hardware?

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Absolutely not.

by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Jun 30, 2007 3:19AM PDT

Apple has never licensed their OS for use on non-Apple computers.

Bob

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Possibe, but illegal

by jackson dougless Jun 30, 2007 3:24AM PDT

It can be done, but it's a violation of the OS X license agreement. More than that, getting support for hardware will likely be difficult, so it's not as great an idea as it seems.

You can easily do things the other way around. Running Windows on a Mac system. Aside from a few issues about the Home versions of Vista having a license that prohibits them from being run in a virtualized environment (AFAIK, it doesn't prohibit dual booting), you're free to run Windows on a Mac so long as it's a legally purchased copy.

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