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Mac OS X for Intel hacked to run on generic PCs

It was bound to happen sooner or later, but a coder going by the name of Maxxus has hacked Mac OS X to run on generic PCs that meet some relatively simple criteria.  Of course it isn't a very polished solution yet and it does require a bit of work to even get the system booted, but it's bound to improve over time.
Written by George Ou, Contributor on

It was bound to happen sooner or later, but a coder going by the name of Maxxus has hacked Mac OS X to run on generic PCs that meet some relatively simple criteria.  Of course it isn't a very polished solution yet and it does require a bit of work to even get the system booted, but it's bound to improve over time.

With Core Duo enabled PCs going for up to $1000 less than an Apple Core Duo machine, there are plenty of people interested in running Mac OS X on a generic cheap PC.  The catch is that you have to have a legal copy of the Mac OS X DVD that came with a Mac Core Duo and getting the system working on a generic PC isn't for the faint of heart.  Apple would probably consider this type of activity illegal, but it won't stop people from trying.

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