Mac on Emachines?

Welcome To Discussions xxchargersxx06!

What do you mean by emachines?

Mac OS X can only be installed on Apple/Mac computers.

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xxchargersxx06:

Welcome to Apple Discussions.

There are some Mac OS X simulators for PCs, but to the best of my knowledge installing Panther on a PC can't be done, and if it could, it may not be legal.

My suggestion is that you might consider buying a used Mac and work with Mac and OS X for a while and see how you like it.

If you need any assistance or support in getting into a Mac and Mac OS X, please do not hesitate to ask.

Good luck.

cornelius

Message was edited by: cornelius

"I REALLY NEED HELP!"

what is so desperate? If you really need to have a machine running OSX i would recommend a Blue&White G3 (my first and current Mac) which can be gotten used from a variety of places for about $100. It is easily upgradeable and can run the most current version of OSX.

If the issue is that you need to use the eMachine with something other than XP then you are probably looking for a Linux solution.

Welcome to Apple Discussions!

And given that Mac OS X has many of the features of Linux without the pains of installing or managing unix software, you may really want to consider getting a Mac OS X compatible machine and selling your emachine. Linux can be harder to find software for than even Mac OS X, and harder to install software on than Mac OS X. Basically any Mac with built-in Firewire can have Mac OS X 10.4 installed, assuming it has 256 MB of RAM, and 5 GB of free disk space, though I would double those requirements to work comfortably with bigger hard drives and more widgets. As others have said, these hacks which let you run Mac OS X on a non-Apple machines, are just that, illegal hacks. The license agreement allows you to install Mac OS X only on Apple Macintosh computers. Any attempts to upgrade such software may fail as, they aren't really tested for the non-Apple machines. Intel Macs use a different firmware chip too than non-Apple machines which can't be duplicated on non-Apple machines. You can however, install XP on an Intel Mac very easily as my FAQ here shows there are several solutions:

http://www.macmaps.com/macosxnative.html#WINTEL

No, you cannot.

APPLE COMPUTER, INC. - SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR MAC OS X
"2. Permitted License Uses and Restrictions.
A. This License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at a time."