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Will Mac OS X Work On My Toshiba Satellite P25-S520 ?? Help!

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Old 03-20-2006
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Will Mac OS X Work On My Toshiba Satellite P25-S520 ?? Help!

Here are the specs on my Toshiba Satellite P25-S520
im wondering if mac os x tiger will run on it, im a noob to mac but hear good word on it, please reply!
btw, would i need a special version of mac os x tiger??
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Old 03-31-2006
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no. The new Intel-Macs will run windows, but the Toshiba will not run Mac OS.

Get yourself on of the Mac-Mini and use some existing kb/monitor and you can
have some cheap fun.
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Old 04-01-2006
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no. The new Intel-Macs will run windows, but the Toshiba will not run Mac OS.
It will, just unofficially, and illegally. Google for how to do it, as we won't help you here.
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Old 04-04-2006
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Illegally? what you mean, putting the valid copy in Toshiba Laptop, what wrong with it?
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Old 04-04-2006
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To have Mac OSX work on anything other then a Macintosh makes your circumvent the security features Apple has built into it (amongst other things). It's illegal according to the DMCA.
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Old 04-04-2006
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To have Mac OSX work on anything other then a Macintosh makes your circumvent the security features Apple has built into it (amongst other things). It's illegal according to the DMCA.
Now you explained it. I understand clearly now.
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Old 04-05-2006
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As of today, you can legally AND officially run WindowsXP on your Intel Mac.

Source: http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/
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Old 04-06-2006
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I wonder how long it'll be before you can run OSX on a PC?
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Old 04-06-2006
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I wonder how long it'll be before you can run OSX on a PC?
Like I said above: you can.
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Old 04-06-2006
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Really? I thought that apple were only allowing XP on intel macs, but still not allowing osx on normal PCs. If they haven't given the OK to runnong osx on normal PC's, surely it would break the DMCA?

Maybe I've not read things throughly enough on the subject.
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Old 04-06-2006
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Spike, I don't think you read my first post in this thread. :P
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It will, just unofficially, and illegally. Google for how to do it, as we won't help you here.
It is NOT supported by apple/microsoft/motherboard makers/ect, its not supported by anyone other than a community of hackers that wanted to make it happen.
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Old 04-06-2006
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Ah, right. Your reply confused me, because I was asking/wondering how long it would be before Apple themselves gave legal permission to use OSX on normal PC's, given that they've recently allowed windows onto the Mac.

I probably should have made that clear when I posed the question.

Last edited by Spike; 04-06-2006 at 08:02 PM..
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Old 05-03-2006
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btw, would i need a special version of mac os x tiger??
they do not make special version sof Mac OSX for windows, if they did everyone would probalby be buying them if they would be compatibke w/existing Windows apps
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