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chrisharjo:
I read a post at the EveryMac fourm that the Mac OS can run on some Toshiba laptops. Is this possible? I didn't think PC hardware was compatiable without a emulator like Baslik for the Mac OS.

Paddy:
Chris, that guy (I read the post) doesn't really know what he's talking about. You can't run the Mac OS on a PC without an emulator of some sort, and as far as I know, there are no recent ones - though someone may wish to correct me there. Couldn't find anything via Google though, or on the lists of emulators I did find. Mac-on-Linux is the only emulator capable of running anything newer than OS 8 - and there doesn't appear to be anything at all for OS X, though I wouldn't be surprised if someone is hard at work on OS X for Linux. (You would think that might be the easiest port of all...but obviously not, since there isn't one yet!)

http://www.emaculation.com/ppc.php
http://www.macwindows.com/emulator.html
http://balder.prohosting.com/newtonip/mac.html

BTW - there have been rumors for several years that Apple has a port of OS X running on PC's, deep in the heart of 1 Infinite Loop, but who knows? Remember - Apple is a hardware company. They make their money selling hardware, not operating systems.

chrisharjo:
Thanks for confirming what I thought, but it is always good to get a second opinion if you are unsure or to confirm what you thought was right.

cdub1988:
QUOTEMac-on-Linux is the only emulator capable of running anything newer than OS 8 - and there doesn't appear to be anything at all for OS X, though I wouldn't be surprised if someone is hard at work on OS X for Linux.

MOL supports X.1 through X.2.4 currently.

I don't run it because I've already got Linux, so I could use it with 9.2 on this box if needed.

Here's the details.

Take care, all.

Chris

Paddy:
Thanks for the further illumination, Chris - I couldn't find recent references, but didn't do a search on Mac-on-Linux, which might have turned it up. Interesting. I could turn ALL my 'puters into Macs!!!

Of course, I'd have to teach mice-elf LINUX first...(to say nothing of learning a heck of a lot more about the dark side in general!)

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