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Anthony Lane wrote: > I know someone who is actually running os x on a virtual machine on a > regular PC - so I know it can be done. I've no idea how difficult it > was to set up mind. I'll contact him for more details and post again. > > 2009/2/9 Grant Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> > > Hi all, > > The newer Macs are not that different to a "bog standard" x86 PC, with > the notable exception of the fact that they have an EFI instead of a > BIOS, no? > > If that is the case, would it be that hard for people like VirtualBox > (now owned by Sun, isn't it?) to virtualise an EFI much like the BIOS > is on current VirtualBox systems, and therefor allow Mac OSX to > install/run in a VM on non-Mac systems? > > Or is there more to it? > > Cheers. > Grant. :) > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > > There is now a project called OSX86 where enthusiasts have modified OSX Leopard to run on non Apple x86 boxes You can google for it -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html