Mac OS X on PC Laptop?

Question

Hi, I was thinking of trying out the "Mac World" by formatting my PC laptop and installing a fresh copy of Mac OS X on it.. what scares me a bit is how fast will i get used to mac from 15+ years of using a PC.. web design, programming etc.. though it shouldnt be a prob.. currently using Windows 7 which i cant really complain about since its personally one of the best directions Microsoft have ever taken..

anyway for the ones of you out there who already tried out installing a Mac OS on their pc to use Mac directly as their primary OS on their main pc.. how did it go for you guys??

thanks..
D.

Answer 1

Running Mac OS X on standard PC hardware is certainly possible. I have indeed done this myself in the past. However it is not the easiest of things to setup and to get working.



In regards to the hardware, a lot of it is essentially the same, just variances on the quality. AMD hardware will definitely not work quite as well as the Mac OS X code was originally written for Intel hardware.



When it comes to drivers, a very large community have released drivers for all the most popular hardware and even some obscure ones.



"gromit801" mentioned that you won't be able to upgrade. This is false...you can upgrade but you have to make sure that you grab the files from the same source as your installation CD and not do the automatic upgrade.



I would say give it a go, it may take time and a bit of hackery but will be worth it in the end. The only reason I stopped using it was because I had to give my Sister's boyfriend his laptop back :)



G'luck Dude!

Answer 2

Aaron is thoroughly incorrect approximately Mac being waiting to apply a "constrained quantity of hardware." I even have the two a Mac and a computing gadget. devoid of fail, i'm able to plug a printer, a keyboard, a mouse or a computer screen...something into my Mac and that i not at all get any errors approximately no longer having a printer driving force or issues purely no longer working. I DO have problems with my computing gadget receiving errors of no printer drivers, of no longer detecting my community, can not hook up with the internet. besides, there are consistently warning alerts, beeps, clangs and so on. it incredibly is an fully stressful adventure. of path it is all because of the fact of living house windows (no longer inevitably because of the fact of hardware). in case you need to place OSX on a computing gadget, all means to ya. in my opinion, i like the look of Mac hardware, and as one among the different posters placed it, there are transformations in Mac hardware, which combine with OSX. besides, you have got subject concerns whilst Mac sends out application updates, yet that is yet another question to invite.

Answer 3

Mac OS won't run on non-Apple systems, at least not without some work and illegal cracking. If you're into writing your own device drivers and know how to do that under Mac OS then you'll have a ball.

Answer 4

You will have a badly running shadow of OSX. You won't be able to upgrade, it won't be as fast as on a Mac, and your use of peripherals will be abysmal.



OSX was designed for the specific hardware that Macs use, and no PC has that exact same hardware, so everything that's good about OSX will be wasted on a PC.



Want OSX, get a Mac, otherwise it's not worth the effort.

Answer 5

The ONLY difference is command, CMD, not control, ctrl.



That is it, one key.



Oh yeah, cmd + Q closes programs. cmd + O will open the program.

Answer 6

Neverrrrrr!!!!!



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