Install Mac Snow Leopard On PC?

Question

How do I install the Snow Leopard on my PC and dual boot with (XP) or (XP and 7)? I don't have an 8gb USB.

Can some one please explain how or link to a very good tutorial on how to do it.

Answer 1

Aaron is right. You can get it to install on certain PC hardware, but you need to buy the right hardware to match as closely as possible the equivalent Mac, and that WILL cost you about the same as buying a Mac (try speccing a Dell up to about the same level as a Mac through their website and it's usually about +/- 100 USD max difference in price). The other way is to run a Kernel editor (from the OSX dev tools on the installer disk) on another Mac to edit the KEXT (Kernel extension) files that the Mac uses to configure hardware components, but that requires knowing what to edit and how to get your graphics card running, or your soundcard outputting at it's full bitrate ... and on and on.... The cheapest way I've found to get a Hackintosh running out of the box has been with the Dell Mini 10V netbook which, if you find the right files to flash the installer so that it ignores the BIOS and uses the Mac's custom bootloader, pretty much works flawlessly as standard. This is great for Mac users, because Apple don't make a netbook anyway, but remember that your power is going to be seriously limited on one of those tiny machines. Seriously, the best way you can get a Mac up and running is to buy a secondhand machine. The prices aren't outrageous. They're not actually any more outrageous than any other manufacturer for the exact same spec of components... honestly. Just because Apple don't build a cheap computer doesn't mean their computers are priced any higher than anybody else's higher-end machines, they're just not interested in the bottom-end spec hardware because the margins are so slim. I picked up a second hand MacMini (1.6Ghz CoreDuo Intel) for about 200 quid (about 350USD) a couple of years ago... does everything I need it to do for my media libraries. So there are some bargains out there ;)

Answer 2

I have never done this, but according the Infinite Mac that solution is possible. Here are the steps to follow:



This was tested with build 10A432 on a Core 2 Duo CPU. (see sig. for specs.) This is how I got it to work, it may not work for some.



THIS IS A GUIDE FOR 10A432, not my original 10A380 version, thats history...



What you will need:

A Working OS X Installation

A DMG or Install DVD of SL 10A432,

A DSDT (From wherever, compiled or decompiled),

2 spare HDs or a couple volumes big enough to install Snow Leopard onto and restore the 10A432 image onto,

A few kexts, we'll get to them later..



Read the complete link, and follow directions carefully:



http://www.infinitemac.com/f57/how-to-install-snow-leopard-on-a-pc-t3137/





Down below find more guides to this interesting topic:



http://www.taranfx.com/install-snow-leopard-on-pc

Answer 3

Um i don't believe that's possible unfortunately dude. Not with a genuine copy of snow leopard anyway. I've heard about this program that hacks OSX to run it on PC i can't remember the name though, but where it's technically illegal a lot of the mac community throw a tantrum about it lol.



Here's a bit of info about it if you're interested http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mac/commentary/cultofmac/2005/08/68501.