Becoming obsessed with the idea of a mac

Posted by Chris Thompson
Nov 23, 2007 at 09:03 PM

Out of respect for Apple’s licensing terms, VMWare will not virtualize MacOS on Windows machines. (Leopard Server however can be virtualized since its license allows for virtualization.) Of course, you can virtualize Windows instances on Macs, assuming you have a Windows license that allows it (some versions of Vista don’t).

There are unconventional ways to get MacOS running on generic boxes if you fall within a narrow range of hardware options, but it’s not worth the hassle. You also miss out on a lot of niceties (MagSafe, keyboard lighting, the headphone jack that detects when you’ve pulled out your headphones and mutes immediately if that’s what you want, FireWire target disk mode, etc.).

—Chris

Tom S. wrote:
> >>the reverse is not possible without significant technical ingenuity and
>patience,
>>and a willingness to defy Macintosh’s licence.
> >Not entirely
>true:
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMware
> >I have used this software to run
>Windows under Linux. It did a pretty good job. Can’t imagine it wouldn’t do a good job
>with Mac OS.