Vista - Mac OS X in a VPC

I am running Vista 64 bit and would like to run the Mac OS as a vpc so I can
write programs for an Iphone/IPod touch.

Any suggestions other than buying a mac ?

There is no virtualization software for the PC that supports OS X as a guest.

"Help me" <Helpme@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Not possible:
http://vpc.visualwin.com/ngfaq.aspx#5

No.

Unless you intend your Mac to be your main machine, I'd suggest you consider
a Mac Mini. Superb machine, takes almost no space, and works with your
existing keyboard monitor and mouse...


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Might be possible!
A lot people have manage to run Mac OS on a netbook and call it
"HackIntosh".
You might search for it, and see how they are doing it.
Interested to hear if you figure out of something.
Good luck.

"Help me" <Helpme@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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S.SubZero schrieb:at least not officially. I've a MacOSX 10.5 running in vmware
workstation (testing purpose only!). kinda slow but running.

regards
Steffen

Hackintosh (or OSx86 as it's properly called) has been around much longer
than netbooks and works quite well on the proper PC hardware.

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"jorgensen" <jorgs@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Help me wrote:If buying a mac is out you have two choices.
1) hackintosh (not legal, therefore possibly not a great choice for a
software development business).
2) go without.

"Robert Moir" <usenet+robspamtrap@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OPQWdGoxJHA.4012@xxxxxxIt is perfectly legal. It is against Apple's license, not against the law.
Apple does not write laws. The most they can do is not support you. BFD.
If you buy a copy of OS X, you can install it on whatever you want.

I have installed OS X on several PCs. If you have the correct hardware it
runs fine. The problems come from the fact that Apple's PCs have such a
limited range of chipsets, video cards, network cards, etc. and there are no
drivers for anything else. There are known motherboards and notebooks
that are virtually identical to Apple's overpriced stuff, that run OS X just
fine.

Go to http://www.insanelymac.com/ and learn, particularly the forums.

Bob Campbell wrote:This is a common misunderstanding of the legal rules for software: The
typical situation is:

1. The law says that it is illegal to download, copy, install (or maybe
even run) the software without permission from whomever wrote that
software (in this case Apple). Such a permission is called a "license"

2. Apple insists that they will only give you that license on certain
conditions (one of which involves paying them money, but that is usually
not the only condition).

3. Not obeying the conditions that came with your license is a "breach
of contract" and gives Apple an excuse to cancel your permission, at
which point #1 kicks in and "using" the software then becomes illegal.

Furthermore, in most countries it is against the law to breach any valid
contract after you have fooled the other party (in this case Apple) to
do something they would not have done if you had not made that broken
promise.

4. The real legal situation in such cases can get very complicated in
some cases but I am not a lawyer so I cannot give you any advise on the
details.

5. In some languages the words for "against the law" and "against a
contract" are the same, but in some English dialects there are different
words for it, however the "breach of contract causes revocation of
license which causes any continued activity to be technically illegal"
phrasing is usually abbreviated to simply "illegal" when not writing
official legal documents.

Here is a non-software example with similar logic:

Little C asks Big C: May I borrow your 10 horses for a day, then
you can borrow my one horse for 10 days?

Big C answers to Little C: OK, but only if you do not call them your
horses, they are still MY horses.

Little C: GO all my 11 horses!

Big C: STOP, you promised not to do that!

(Adapted from the beginning of the tale by H.C. Andersen)

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"Jakob Bohm" <jb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Bob Campbell wrote:
All of which is true, but irrelevant.

The bottom line remains the same. Neither Apple nor anyone else is going
to come banging on your door, demanding that you remove your "illegal" OS X
install from an "illegal" PC. Apple would have no leg to stand on in court.
You can not demand a hardware sale when all the customer wants is software.
Period. Ask IBM how that strategy went for them 40 years ago.

Imagine if Microsoft demanded you buy a Microsoft PC in order to "legally"
run Office. Can you imagine how quickly they would be sued? Apple is not
going after the folks doing this because they know they would lose in court,
and OS X would be "unbundled" from Apple PCs.