How to Install MAC on a Vista Laptop, HELP!

[flickall]

Hi,
i want to install MAC 10.5 OS on my Hp laptop with Vista preloaded on it

This is my Laptop
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/in/en...reg_R1002_INEN

Now i want to install
http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/

You tell me how can i do it with this software

I hope i am clear
If not please contact me soon

[BOoBOo]

I saw this on one the sites profusehost host but I am not sure if it works since i am on Windows and don't want to mess up my computer :-)

link - http://technology.profusehost.net/co...-pc-dual-boot/

[Jace]

That link kinda gave me the feeling that OSX (leopard) can't be bought as retail or OEM, or am I just misunderstanding stuff.
If you can just buy it you could emulate it or make a new partition on your HDD.

[wired076]

I believe that you first need to go to the Apple site and become an Apple Developer and then download a prefatched copy of Mac OSX available probably as a torrent file, search Google and then download it and it might just work....

I believe if you do it this way it is legal but you should if you want to make sure choose the developer package that you pay for in which you get a beta version of the newest release and that might work.

Otherwise I am not sure. You might be able to emulate or virtualise your mac onto xp but not entirely sure how to do it. Sorry.

Have a look on the Apple Developer site as that is probably your best bet, free to sign up.

[Jace]

Oh, Apple just said that Leopard will be released on the 26th of October. It will be availible official apple resellers and their online store. It's possible to make a pre-order now.

It's only possible to use it on Macs though. 1 of the reasons being that your laptop uses a BIOS, not EFI. And some other protection things. And HAL.

[flickall]

man the apple is cool, i need to use it now or get a mac pro
but the cost is way out of my reach 2500$$$$ My god i don;t have enough money. if i knew about it 2 months back i would n;t buy my HP, but bad luck

[stalker]

well the simple answer is you cannot. you cant emulate it or anything. u can however emulate windows on your mac with virtual pc.

there is no way that i know of to run mac on windows properly.


-braeden

[Jace]

You can emulate windows, but forget about the idea of that enabling you to play games. It will be far too slow.

OSX has actually been cracked to work on Windows. THW actually had a link, but since I am not really interested I never saved it.

But first ask yourself this: "what can OSX do what I can't on a PC" and "what can a PC do what I can't do when running OSX". Now I'm quite pro-windows, but I think it's the best you can get there at the moment.
Mac's are more gadget like then computer like actually. It's a little hype that will come and go if you ask me.

[snoop1990]

First of all, to be more specific you look for MAC OS X86 (that is the code name, just Google for it and you will find what you need).

But MAC OS X86 is illegal. Apple do not allow MAC OS X (any version) to run on an non Apple computer. So Apple has the ability to sue you, because installing MAC OS X86 is a crime. Therefore I recommend to close this thread.

About MAC OS X86
there is no official support, maybe sound work, or it does not, maybe one day the keyboard works, then you do some update and it does not work any longer. MAC OS X86 is unstable, insecure, it is no real MAC OS because some people with minor MAC OS X experiences changed the code to run on any X86 system.

I am not going to answer any further questions about MAC OS X86 !

[joseph0829]

there still some hardware incompatibility with the MAC OS X leo on intel based PC or laptops especially with the NIC and wireless interfaces..

[joseph0829]

but still MAC OS X can now run on Intel-based CPUs provided with the SSE, SSE2 or SSE3 instructions.

[zztech]

Mac OS X is X86 at least I think, because it runs on the same type of processor as are present in X86 Windows computers.

[joseph0829]

i'VE successfully installed Mac OS X 10.5.2 on my acer aspire 4715z with Vista in it, just install Mac as like with windows, and then when dual booting it, try changing active partitions to vista and then repair the boot loader for vista since mAc destroyed it, and then after that vista should boot up, and then change the active partition to mac os x, and so you'll be getting a bootstrap from Darwin , a loader from mac os x

[zztech]

Have a picture? I'm interested, although I'll probably never attempt to run Mac OS on Vista. The whole idea still intrigues me, though.

[joseph0829]

this is my Acer Aspire 4715z laptop dual boot with W Vista HP and Mac OS X 10.5.4

[zztech]

Sweet! Never thought this was possible, at least until now. If I ever git a bigger hard drive, I might try this.

[naives]

I think you can find it on Apple Website. Since apple being very generous they allow to install Windows on Mac systems. But i really don't know whether you can install mac after installing Windows.

[neveronyx]

I'd love to know how to do that, it is a rather interesting prospective. I tried it before and hit numerous dead ends haha

[joseph0829]

Originally Posted by naives

I think you can find it on Apple Website. Since apple being very generous they allow to install Windows on Mac systems. But i really don't know whether you can install mac after installing Windows.

yeah you may able to install Mac OS X 10.5.4 (latest version) after installing windows provided that you are using a pre-patched DVD of Mac OS X like iAtkos, which I'm using right now

[snoop1990]

Originally Posted by joseph0829

yeah you may able to install Mac OS X 10.5.4 (latest version) after installing windows provided that you are using a pre-patched DVD of Mac OS X like iAtkos, which I'm using right now

mmh, just wondering if you guys think about what you are doing. Do you know why Apple can develop such a powerful and advanced operation system ? -Because their clients pay ! That is why I think you should switch to a real Mac. Also a real Mac is much faster than any fake as bios can not emulate efi like a real efi.