OSx86 Success (sort of)!
 

For those that don't know OSx86 is a patch for OS X (or an all out patched version of Mac OS X if you're a pirate) that has had the kernels modified to run on non-apple (yet still intel) hardware.

I tried it out with Tiger a few months ago and ended up selling my copy of Tiger because I couldn't get it to work. I decided to read up on it again and it's come a long way. I bought a copy of Leopard and am proudly booting OS 10.5.1 with no problems, system updates are working great. So I've got a tri-boot XP-Pro, OS X, and Ubuntu desktop (though OS X pretty much satisfies the needs Ubuntu had been filling, so I'll probably ditch it).

Sorry for those of you who don't really care. But I'm psyched.

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What I gathered from you post is that African tribesman, Ubuntu, is now able to hunt Leopards and Oxen...

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That sounds like a genius Oregon Trail sequel.

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But instead of the constant threat of Cholera and Dysentry it would be replaced with "You have been ambushed by tigers" and "You have starved".

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Incidentally, you can starve in the original Oregon Trail. Many a fool who didn't invest in enough bullets has starved making the journey. :p

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So how do you like Leopard?

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I always hunted the bears.

The only Oregon Trail game I ever played was the 92 version for the Mac.
I want to buy an old mac just so I can play it again.

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So you're saying I could load the new Apple OS onto any of my PCs? Is it simple to do? I'd love to try out Leopard on my computer, if I knew it was just a matter of several steps to make it work.

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I prefer not to worry about driver issues and upgradability problems and seld-inflicted kernel panics, but glad you're happy.

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If I had the money for a new Mac, I would buy a new Mac. So far no kernel panics, no upgrade issues. I already plan on having to reformat for 10.5.2, so yeah, obviously upgradability isn't there.

But it works right now, and I'm content.

@manasecret:

It's not for the faint of heart or those unwilling to back up their hard drive and reformat with no guarantee of success. And I definitely wouldn't do it without a Core 2 Duo (AMD processors and single cores processors are all but impossible). Even then, many of the compatibility obstacles can be hard to overcome. I luckily built this PC with OSx86 in mind and bought a lot of semi-compatible hardware, but it can be done without that extra step.

Realistically, it's more than a couple steps to make it work.

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I there is a kernel panic, does Orville Reddenbacher bust through the door with a shotgun to lay down the law?

Its like trying to read Korean... :D

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Naw, most of the time you get a semi-transparent gray screen with a white window telling you that you must restart your computer. :p

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Share your impressions of Preview and iCal!

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What? Do you not have Leopard?

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I do. I'm just trying to get a feel for thatmariolover's opinion of it. I'm curious to see if he'll gradually devlop a preference for working in the OS X environment instead of the Windows environment.