I have 2 HDD’s one 110GB, another 80GB. The 80GB drive is split into 2 partitions. the second was for a mac install but I gave up because i didn’t know what i was doing and broke vista to the extent of a reinstall. XP is still broken from when Vista was broken and I don’t know how to fix it. Still i don’t care about XP any more. I need help installing MAC! lol. Anyway what I want to do is still use vista’s bootloader to be able to load all three from one place. I need to have a step by step guide that is specifically written for triple booting XP, Vista and Mac OSX.
Where would I get the Mac DVD from?
Can I ditch the triple boot idea and install Mac OSX Leopard on a virtual machine? (That would in some ways be better - but worse in others)
How well does Mac OSX Leopard run on a pc?
How well does Mac OSX Leopard run on a Virtual Machine in M$ Virtual PC
How well does Mac OSX Leopard run on a Virtual Machine in VMWare?
Thanks in advance and first person to successfully help me installing this gets best answer..
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1 roo2 // Aug 12, 2008
Mac OSX Leopard does not run on a PC.
Mac OSX Leopard does not run in M$ Virtual PC.
Mac OSX Leopard does not run in VMWare.
Apple created their OS so it will run only on their hardware. Their motherboards are different from standard motherboards. For example, they don’t have a BIOS. They do have a security chip. If the OS doesn’t find that chip, it won’t install or run. Apple also signed legal documents with makers of virtual software, including VMWare, agreeing not to allow emulation of the Mac hardware. You can run VMWare on a Mac and emulate a PC, but not teh other way around.
The only way to install Mac OS on non-Apple hardware is to get a cracked copy. This is obviously illegal, and it can’t be patched or updated. Since Apple only includes device drivers for their own hardware, you’ll need to write your own drivers for your hardware. You can trust someone else to do it, but odds are high that it will be badly written and make the system unstable. You also need to hope they don’t include a nasty surprise like a keylogger.
You can run Windows on a Mac with Bootcamp, but not vice versa.
2 Glenn S // Aug 12, 2008
All you have to do is buy a mac pro, it has 4 bays and install 1TB in each bay and you can run tiger, leopard and windows XP or Vista, Dont even try to install Leopard on a PC you will be wasting your money and time.
GS
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