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Kredns
Asked: 2009-05-04 11:40:04 +0800 CST

How to run OS X (Leopard or Tiger) in Windows?

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Is there a way to run Mac OS X (Leopard or Tiger) in Windows on a virtual machine? I have 2 GB of RAM and a 2 GHz processor. My processor is an 32-bit AMD, but I don't think this will matter because the VM will probably emulate a 32-bit Intel type processor.

Thanks for any help.

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    Is there a way to run Mac OS X (Leopard or Tiger) in Windows on a virtual machine?

    Technology-wise, yes, it's perfectly possible to virtualize Mac OS X on another x86 operating system. Legally, no. You are only allowed to virtualize Mac OS X Server, and only on Apple-labeled machines.

    Similar question over at StackOverflow

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  2. It cannot be done on your processor. Even if you got it to work, it would be slow and buggy at best. There is no good VM solution for running OS X on a non-OS X system at this time.

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  3. I've seen people who installed Solaris or other OS as their main OS on Apple hardware, then they can run Leopard in a VirtualBox or VMWare view.

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