Quoting Sam Martin <s.earl.martin at gmail.com>: > Based on googling '(vmware OR virtualbox OR xen) (osx OR leopard OR > tiger OR "os x")', there are a number of legally ambiguous (read: > illegal) ways of getting Mac OS on plain 'ol Intel hardware. The gist > is that you need: > > 1) A copy of Mac OS, patched to remove any pesky checks that only work > on Apple hardware. This is one of the more legally questionable > parts, as you're ostensibly downloading said copy of Mac OS from a > torrent site (thus sharing your ill-gotten gains with others), and > because monkeying around with the OS code itself (i.e., "patching") is > a giant legal no-no, at least according to Apple's EULA (well, I > assume so... has anyone, in recorded history, ever read a license > agreement?). It doesn't look like a stock OS X install disk will > work. > > -- and -- > > 2) Pretty recent Intel hardware. Your CPU needs to support, IIRC, > SSE2, SSE3, and probably a bunch of other fun initialisms. So you > probably need at least a Core2Duo, or something along those lines. > > On the other hand, if you have a spare Panther license, and some > patience (and, again, the will to brave legally murky waters), pearpc > would be an option. I believe pearpc will work with a stock install > disk. It's not the latest-and-greatest Mac OS, but if your goal is > tinkering with an Apple UI, it'd be a good start. Of course, you > could always just buy a Mac... > > As for virtualization in general, I've had good luck with VirtualBox > when I've been stuck with a Windoze-only app for whatever reason. > Performance-wise, I don't think you'll see much difference between any > of the major virtualization apps. The main differences would probably > lie in the ease of allowing the guest OS to see your external devices > (e.g., the iPod+iTunes -- hey, Apple again! -- combo can be tricky). > Google would be your best bet in those cases... > > Good luck, > > sm > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > Thank you. I've been playing around with Virtualbox but not extensively. My first attempt at this was running AsteriskNOW but unable to get it networked. I will not be using MAC OS X, instead I will try to find an alternative - I think it runs on a version of FreeBSD 5.0 if I remember correctly? I did receive a few other recommendations, one of them from an old friend who swears by XEN and Erik recommended UML I've been emerging world for a few hours and should be done soon, then I can give XEN and UML a run. thanks for the replies. D ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.