Leopard on PC
Looks like somebody is installing Mac OS X Leopard on a PC laptop and selling it branded as "MacBook Nano." I'd probably be tempted to get one even though its not official goods.
More pics at Flickr, cngba via tuaw.
Been reading in a few mac mags and on the internets about folks installing Leopard on a PC - specifically mini laptops. Tried once myself and failed though. There is also a device that can be attached to the motherboard called the efix which enables Leopard to be installed on a PC with ease apparently.
Anybody here tried to install Leopard on a PC?
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What is a MacBook Nano? lol
That is kinda cool. Has Apple sued them yet?
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Can apple sue someone for installing their OS on a pc ?
And macbook nano. HAHA! catchy, unlike Asus eeepc.
I am in the budget range of buying a new laptop myself for school.
I have considered a eeepc, small and very portable. I just want a little bit of power on a laptop though, in case I feel like tugging in a round of BF2142 or TF2 in between class. (or in case i go lan. I hate hauling my pc)
None
Yeah, technically Apple could sue, as it's a breach of the EULA (Can only be installed on Apple certified hardware).
Network Admin
This is why I hate Apple. They try to make rules on what you can do with the hardware and software that you purchased. Why is it I can do whatever I want to my car,microwave, or TV but I can't do anything with MY software?
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You are buying the license to use the Software, not the software itself.
high school student
in the first place, the software is freeware, and you dont pay for it. only for the license and "30 day telephone support" and one year warranty and blah blah...
Designer/Student
X33b, I agree with you, we should be able to do whatever we want to what we buy, just as I jail broke my ipod touch because I wanted to. But if I read the post right, these people where not just breaking past Apple security, but selling the laptops, thus making an illegal profit.
Student/Part-time Philosopher/Building a blog
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There is a small Leopard software around the net for Pc. Basically it runs over windows as a program but it overheats ur pc as it takes about 70% cpu to use
Saber's Knight of One
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Apple did bring a suit against a company that was loading their OS X on PC hardware because they said it was a violation of their EULA.
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So I guess the message is... if you want one of these things... get it while you can lol
Teacher
The problem is who to sue... From the pic it looks like someone rebadged a MSI Wind and installed "Hackintosh" or modded OSX. Gonna be difficult to trace the source.
Pre-U Student
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Yeah. Looks like a MSI Wind. Seems like people are trying to make profits over the netbook hype.
Student
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That's an MSI wind, you can load Mac OSX on it and still run it. In fact, I'm quad booting Mac OSx, Win XP, ubuntu, and Vista. I'll probably remove Vista, but having Mac OSx is cool, lol.
Student
Id think it be better off just getting a mac
im afraid of the the problems i would from that mutant hybrid haha
Delivery Driver | Semi-student
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Macs ARE mutant hybrids now. They are rocking Intel chips and nvidia cards. =D
Guess they learned they can make EVEN MORE money if they get a platform they can push on to gamers.
Student
but honestly
all the limited titles released on the mac just makes me sick thinking about switching
Thermoplastic Engineer
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Macs are basically PC's with the only exception being that they are rocking an extra EFI chip which tells the OS X installer that you are running a genuine mac.
Since Macs are capable of running Windows which was meant for PC, why is it that surprising for PC's to be able to run OS X Leopard?
University Student
Macs have an amazing battery life in my opinion. I used a PC which had a one hour battery life with wireless. Macs im getting 5 hours. Huge jump!
Mad scientist
I read an article about how OSX provides longer battery life than Vista running on the same computer doing the same stuff (like web browsing, writing in word...). Looks like OSX can control the energy saving features of the hardware way better than Windows. I can't find the link right now, but I think the OSX provided 1-2 extra hours on the same MacBook Pro.
Student artist
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I seen alot of theses mods. I am considering of booting my pc as mac maybe.
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How is it even possible to install Leopard on a PC? Does it take a big genius to do so?
Student
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no, it is in fact quite a popular act amongst geeks. (ok, call me a geek)
There is a big forum devoted for doing this thing, they provide drivers for PC's hardware.
Search google for "Hackintosh".
Wouldn't you need to find a laptop that has all comments supported by Apple first? Sounds hard to do.
components* ~_~
Kokoro Kotonoha's personal trainer
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lol...that was funny.
http://www.marvinryan.com
me tried and failed. ^^ is it available online or at Akihabara? wonder if there be driver issues on this not so macbook nano. ^^
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Gizmodo says it's a msi wind with mac os. must get one. ^^
Mad scientist
Even if it can currently avoid all driver issues, then you risk that nothing works if Apple updates something.
911 Emergency Services
I've installed OSX onto a Sony Vaio SZ model. Only problem was couldn't get audio, wifi or bluetooth to work but everything else worked fine. I can live without bluetooth and maybe wifi (use ethernet), but lack of audio sucks. Needless to say, put Windows back onto it.
Thats the hardest part about getting OSX onto a PC, making sure every hardware component is supported.
Network Admin
As far as I know they run just fine. The only real concern is hardware compatibility but they have lists out there for stuff that works. If you do you need to Install Fink so you can port Debian packages to OSX.
Graphic Designer
I've actually never owned a PC in my life. Our first computer way back in 1993 was a Mac, and we've never even thought about buying a PC. My current computer is a Mac Pro tower that I bought earlier this year.
大学生
I have it installed on my desktop PC. I actually own a Macbook Pro as well but I wanted something more powerful with OS X. At some point I hope to be able to afford a Mac Pro.
Network Admin
Honestly, Mac Pros are designed to be servers and would be a very expensive desktop machine with hardware not suited for desktop use.
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That is why I am so excited about these new MacBook Pro's with the more powerful graphics cards. I can really get the performance I am looking for.
大学生
I like to do 3d animation though which would benefit from having more cores. For the time being though my Hackintosh gets the job done well and cost only a fraction of the price :).
Creative Director
Pystar is the company that is selling open computer that you can then install OSX on, I have read that they are slated to make an open laptop model also.... but these are not the ones pictured above.
Creative Director
Oops forgot to say... I guess if you don't want to spend the time to do the research online you would buy a Pystar, However http://wiki.osx86project.org can be of help if you want to.... check you hardware or buy the right stuff to build from scratch (which is what I did). Sorry Apple, I can see paying 3k for your machines.
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kuku my hubs tried it with a mini lap top he got for birthday :P I think the installation took a couple tries before it worked tho ^^;
Game Designer
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What's Leopard?
Saber's Knight of One
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Its the name of their newest OS...10.5 is called Leopard.
hikikomori
Leopard worked on my PC but I found it difficult to alter my Windowisms (general workflow and habits of keyboard editing, etc) even after two weeks of use, so I ditched it.
houkouonchi
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All that I can say that is works well as a desktop (sub-workstation).
video editor
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Still waiting for for the 10" macbook, it sucks getting disappointed again and again since so many people would buy one but Apple just won't make it... T_T
JR. College Student
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I used Mac Os in broadcasting class for two years. I named the loading pinwheel the: "pinwheel of death" because if it didn't go away after about 10 seconds you knew you were in trouble. I really don't see any advantage to using Mac OS, especially not even for security. Linux is really the best OS because there needs to be more open hardware support for it to take off. Though you can buy 100% compatible Linux computers, I want one really bad!
JR. College Student
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argh, sentence typos.
Mad scientist
I really wonder how schools can manage to mess up macs like they appear to do. I can only figure out two ways to cause this, which is to use up the HD so it lacks space for the swap file or install borked 3rd party system components (the latter needs root password).
Apple should really investigate why public macs tend to fail since it gives them a bad reputation. Then again it's my impression that windows tend to work even worse on public computers.
You can blame both on user error. It's amazing what computer illiterate people can do to them.
Mad scientist
Yeah but everybody knows somebody who uses Windows. However quite a lot of people only know the stability and user inferface on a Macintosh from public computers. This means that if public computers are unstable, then it's say 5% of the windows computers, but 100% of the macs that people notice.
~Undine~
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Indeed, I still do not understand how so many people at work can take a perfectly fine computer and break it within days.
JR. College Student
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Hey, I'm not computer illiterate! In fact, I know why the computers ran like crap. First of all they were very old G4's that were under heavy use daily, but most importantly they were never connected to the internet for any ANY system updates.
大学生
Why is it that Mac users can install Windows but PC users cannot install Leopard? Just curious.
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There are a finite number of components that the OS supports. Vista uses plug ins and drivers that are installed third party, and OS X is intended to come preloaded with those things. So if you did install OS X on a PC, it just wouldn't recognize everything it had plugged into it.
大学生
Ooo, I see I see..
So you have to only use hardware that OS X recognizes is that right? Or can you install drivers on OS X to recognize those that are not preloaded on OS X??
浦の引き篭り
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I have installed a series of programs that makes your PC look exactly like Leopard (no, not only th Flyakyte OSX). It was a lot of work to install them, but it was worth the effort.
Now everything goes even faster :D
Student
Apple will probably not tolerate someone using it's brand name like this. But if there is a demand for buying the OS separately, then maybe Apple should consider doing it.
Blogger
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There has always been a demand, but one of the reasons why OS X is so good and stable is because they have control over both the software and the hardware. As soon as they release it separately they'll have tons of problems with drivers and hardware issues, just like Windows users do.
I'm not bashing on Windows, I use both Windows and Mac, but I think it would be a really bad idea to release it for other PCs.
???Confused???
I haven't tried it myself, but have seen people using it that way...
former Emperor of Britannia
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WUUUUHUUUUUU~!! MAC NANO
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Always been tempted really to try out a Hackintosh and it has been made that much easier now that Apple have moved their components over to Intel (which is one of the best hardware decisions they could have ever made). Sadly my aging VAIO wouldn't be up to par and oddly enough I do actually like Vista... *hides*
Nekophilia
It will be a while till I try out Mac.. But I'm quite convinced from what I hear ^^
~Undine~
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I tried Hackintosh/OSx86 on my Aria PC since it has very similar components to the Mac Mini, video didn't work well and I was disappointed in the audio quality. (I could have spent some time trying to fix it but didn't.)
There's several OSx86 releases and forums where you can get advice and help on how to install.
I did learn that Apple's Leopard is a very good OS. A large part of what makes it so performing and stable is the fact it's developped and geared towards specific hardware. If Apple would make their OS open to all other computer (components), they'd run into the same problem as Windows and Linux distro's, support and drivers for all the different hardware out there would be problematic.
And although I'm not fond of some of the philosophies of Apple regarding their OS and pricing, I'm tempted to get an Apple next time I switch.
This has tempted me to try Hackintosh again, lol.
Freelance otaku
Hackintosh works fine for me. However I started to like Leopard and the next machine I'm going to buy will be an Apple.
Casshern - Student
Yeah i read about this using a MSI Wind the American/Asian Name and the Acer 4211 i think in the uk from PC World. You need to buy a bigger hard drive and insert more ram and then do a full install of the system some of the things won't work at the moment i read from a website. like the wifi will work on the original xp settings etc but once you install the mac os on to it the wifi won't work but they are releasing updates later and drives later for it.
Here is the link for the guide on what works and what you need.
http://www.modaco.com/content/asus-eee-pc-http-www-eeeasy-com/270099/pauls-complete-guide-to-installing-osx-leopard-on-your-msi-wind-advent-4211/
Hope this helps
Casshern - Student
And there is the link for the Mac OS.
Health Care
Here is the link of a company called psystar that works in Miami, FL . They run Mac OS X leopard on their computers http://store.psystar.com/ . Prices are cheap compared to Mac, also they are being currently sued by Mac. Here is some information on the suit
Legal Issues
Rudy Pedraza also said Psystar believes Apple's prohibition against third-party installations might not hold up in court: "What if Honda said that, after you buy their car, you could only drive it on the roads they said you could?"
Rudy said Psystar will continue to sell the OpenPC system, despite the fact that it appears to violate Apple's Mac OS X EULA. "We're not breaking any laws," he insisted.[2]
On July 3rd, 2008, Apple filed a lawsuit against Psystar in the District Court of Northern California[3]. A case management conference is scheduled for October 22nd to plan out future proceedings of the trial.
On August 28th, 2008, Psystar Corporation responded to Apple's claims of copyright infringement, and is also countersuing Apple for anti competitive business practices, monopolistic behaviour, and copyright misuse
Network Admin
I hope to God Apple loses and this whole proprietary BS where you don't own the software dies. Guess that's why I only run open source.
university film student | ecchikid | the Archivist
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People who are bashing Apple seem to forget that they're running a business, just as Microsoft is. Microsoft overloads Vista with a whole bunch of plugins, and Apple gears OS X towards a more niche market. Each comes with its pros and cons, and they're simply taking different routes to earn money. Which may sound like an argument for open-source - maybe it is - but that comes with its own problems.
I myself love using OSX as well as Windows, but I'll admit the price for a Mac is pretty difficult to stomach. I'm using a MacBook Pro right now, and for laptops I'll stick with them, but I doubt I'll ever get a desktop Mac. It's simply much more economical to build your own Hackinstosh, and as a bonus putting the hardware together is soemthing I enjoy.
Space Pirate
Never tried any mac stuff before, and prefer to keep it that way
m
I try to avoid Mac like the plague but still ended up getting iphone...simply because there was no other viable option for what I need.
IT
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I've heard that Leopard on the PC (known also as Hackintosh) is quite unstable and due to non existent drivers, many peripherals refuse to work on it. I'd love to try and see for myself but Mac is the real deal.
Health Care
Don't know if anyone wants to post this on a separate thread, its information about a software that allows you run windows and leopard side by side on your desktop. Here's the link http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10093688-37.html
Anything I want to be
wow people really love to boot like all the Os on one system I just have one OS on each system waste of memory...
I tired alot of OS but ubuntu is fun to play with but i removed it no drivers for my thinkpad w500..
then mac OSX i have a macbookpro hehehe and boots windows xp sp3
and then finally my lenovo thinkpad w500 it just a badass laptop...!!!!!!!
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I have installed Mac OSX on my PC laptop before, it worked but I couldn't get Bluetooth etc. to work. Later after installing Mac OSX on my PC laptop it died from other reasons, but then I had an excuse to go get a MacBook! I now love my MacBook and I plan on upgrading to a MacBook Pro later this year/early next year.
University's Slave
Never tried it, though it's an interesting idea.
Student
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My sources say, that that is just a refitted MSI Wind, that's been modded to run OSX. I think it was liliputing.com, but I'm waay too lazy to check...
Looks pretty legit. It surely will be head turning.
Freelance Illustrator
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Interesting but eh... I like my XP, it's even my favourite OS-tan along with 95 xD;
Student
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Tried using Mac OS... really felt weird after many years of using Windows. So I gave up XD
Might consider using it when I start working though, seems like Mac is better for office work, designing, etc.
IT, Programmer, Otaku, ...
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I work on a MacBook Pro for half a year now, and I'm lovin' it ^^ (now McD's can sue me ;p)
houkouonchi
http://www.flickr.com/photos/red_mango/
If you are planning to build a test machine as a hackintosh, you better have lots of time on your hands. The OS updates can screw up your system. My test machine has been running 10.5.2 successfully for nine months. I decided to update to 10.5.4 and everything works. Now going to 10.5.5 is another story. I loss my wired network connections. I have spent almost four days on this and may consider buying a network card to resolve this. In all it's a good learning experience in dealing with 'device drivers' on a Mac.
freelancer, Spanglish speaker
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I have installed Mac OSX86 on my PC, but never could fix the audio and the network, so looks pretty nice buy almost useless
Student
http://www.mygulpi.com/forum
My friend showed me his brand new HP notebook (which was sick), and he installed Leopard OS X on it! It was totally awesome because the design of the HP notebook was very nice.
mouse clicker
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