Hey =]
I'm not quite sure it's the right forum, but I'll ask anyway,
If I'll purchase a totally leagl copy of Mac OS X in a store, will it be possible to install it on my laptop PC?
It's a Gateway MX6958
Intel Core Duo
1GB RAM
120GB Hard drive

And if it is, should I have any problems with drivers for the internal hardware like the touchpad, sound card, video card wireless and ethernet card, etc?

Thank you very much!

To answer your last questions first, yes, there is a high possibility that problems will arise for your hardware. Why? It's not supported by Apple. Now, to answer your first question. You cannot just buy a copy of Mac OS X and install it on a PC. There have been several threads where people have looked for a "legal" method for this project. (The copy you purchase would have to be patched in order to even boot)

Oh I understand, that's a bum...
So the best way to just get OSX run perfectly for everyday use is to buy a mac? :S

Yep. And if things go wrong, they will support you!

bikedude has it running on his homebrew, but he didnt leak it because apple could patch the final so we couldnt do it. (i think)

i thought it was someone from russia who got it on their compy

Actually, making a DVD that installs and doesn't crash in the same spot can also be a problem...


Nope. As far as I know, I'm one of a (very) small group of people who have successfully gotten a pure system installed.

wow, that's pretty cool, but wasn't it a russian who hacked leo?

That is correct for 9a303, not 9a321.

oh, makes sense

well, keep on making things beter for 10.5s so it is easier for us when we hack the final

IN HAVE AMD 3000 + I HAVE TESTED THIS METHOD...I WANT RUN LEOPARD ON MY PC NOT IN MAC.
INSTALL TIGER MADE TWO PARTITION A AND B.
COPY LEOPARD DMG ON DESKTOP IN TIGER
INSTALL CARBON COPY CLONER. CLONE DVD INSTALL INTO PARTITION B.
INSERT USB HD NOT FIREWIRE BUT NORMAL USB 2.0.
RUN IN PARTITION 2 WHERE LEOPARD CLONE GO TO UTILITIES RUN DISK UTILITY AND CHOOSEUSB DRIVE GUID PARTITION AND CLOSE...REOPEN PARTITION 2 LEOPARD CLONE INSTALL SEARCH OSINSTALL AND CLICK THIS...UR EXTERAL DISK NOW IS READY TO BOOT AND INSTALL LEOPARDI M A SUPER WINDOWS USER. I USE MAC FOR 5 DAY AND I RESOLVE THE CASE OF INSTALL LEOPARD IN EXTERNAL DISK.
I HAVE ONLY ONE BUG WHEN LEOPARD SHOW ME MAC OSX CONSOLLE USER AND PASSWORD AND I STOP IN BSD CONSOLLE.
I THINK LEOPARD STOP FOR HARDWARE IN MY PC. ANY IDEAS?FOR THIS PROBLEM?
CIAO CIAO FROM ITALY

First off, learn to not use all caps. It's annoying as hell.
Second, Leopard will NOT work on AMD systems until someone hacks the kernel and about 20-some-odd binary files so that the files don't give a {censored} what proc they run on. And to make things even more fun, SSE2 will NOT be supported as Leo is highly optimized for SSE3 and anything less will make it slow as hell.
Hope that helps.

And to answer your post, You do not have the proper files in your install (and I bet your HD isn't partitioned correctly). I also HIGHLY doubt that you even got a console as the kernel will NOT RUN ON AMD! And even then, you need SSE3, Intel, a hacked kernel, a NEW decrypt kext, and a couple other things.

There are already several people who have Leopard working under non-Apple computers, however they do not want to publically disclose how they have done it at this time.

Point is that every Leopard build is vunerable to this kind of modification.
If the people responsible for this publish their guide right now, then Apple can patch it before the release of 10.5.

Once we get a final version of 10.5 released, I am certain that they will not have an issue releasing their howto.

funny to read it:)

but, e.g. i had very specific panics with 321 and 343, both in IOUserClient.cpp, so time will show, will it work on pc's or no

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5HwJnEID9Y

i think with my method in intel cpu its work...see the video

I think the version of leopard 10.5 work in non apple pc it s 9a 303 client and not wwdc version...in amd cpu i install this version in external disk not firewire but usb2 partition guid....the installation start nicely and fast but at 99% mac osx tiger send me this message: many errors please reinstall...i think because i have amd cpu e not intel with update...
when i have intel cpu i think leopard work..
i don t think it s a problem of kernel....or hacks kernel...i think its a bug of leopard 9a 303.

bye bye

Super Windows user, eh?
Then you say you come to Mac and 5 days later you install Leopard on non-Apple hardware. You must be amazing at everything.

PS: You're not really that amazing at English, and there is no need for all those caps. It just makes you sound stupid and craving attention.

The topic is...
Install OS X Leopard on a laptop PC, possible?
i wanna help not mac user and i don t wanna reply to u justin r...
ok?
bye bye

if i m not correct delete my account...for me no problem

YES! keep the good work on..!!

I suppose , correct me if wrong ,this site is intended , like first purpose ,about developing the cool software not the cool language..just INMHO

Hello staff,
sorry for my english.i m not a super english speaker and writer.
Peace and freedom insane mac staff.
bye bye

bikedude do you think Leopard will be released (not by Apple ofcourse by the hackintosh scene) on AMD hardware or will we only see it released on Intel hardware?

Uhm, dude? Thats my {censored} video. That isn't "your method". Yes, that video is 9a343. The install fails because there are checks in the installer. Just wait for Apple to go final for anything on the PC side.


No comment.

Pls wait for final release

Install Leopard from a running Mac OS install

Login as root !!!!

1) Find "leopard_client_9a303.dmg"
2) Get Info
3) Lock the File so it cannot be damaged
4) double click it to mount it
5) when it mounts go to "System ==> Installation ==> Packages ==> OSInstall.mpkg"
6) Follow the installation steps and choose the volume you set up (it needs to be journalled!!)
7) Start the install

If it freezes during the "BSD Subsystem" Installer, open the Terminal, and type "sudo killall temacs"
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run Leopard installation form hard disk instead DVD

1. Open the Disk Utility application, which is in Applications/Utilities
2. In the list of drives and such on the left, select the volume (disk) you want to put Leopard (or whatever) onto.
3. Now, in the right side of the window, look for a tab called "Restore". Click it.
4. Drag the disk image, in this case the one for Leopard, onto the text box labeled "Source", or click the "Image..." button to look for it.
5. Drag the destination disk, the one you'll be putting stuff onto, from the left-hand pane onto the text box labeled "Destination".
(Note: in this case, you'll want to make sure the "Skip checksum" checkbox is checked, or you'll probably get an error while restoring.)
6. Click the "Restore" button, and sit back and let Disk Utility do its thing.
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Leopard on common 4.7 GB DVD

1. Use disk utility to convert the image to read/write
2. Mount & remove Xcode folder, then unmount
3. Create a new image that is 4.2 GB
4. Restore the converted RW dmg to the new 4.2 GB dmg
5. Burn in toast
6. Boot it

My method freeze in installation> get error please reinstall with 9a303...
ps> i don t like copy another user guide and put as my method..i test my method in tiger osx without guide or help.. i use always my mind.

it s another method... i find this on web..

bye bye

i m correct...
this the link...

http://www.osxx86.info/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17

bye bye

have you even read that thread? they are even as lost as you! You must have a real mac to run leo or hack the kernel and dozens of files to get it running on a PC! please stop lying and stop thinking we're idiots that will believe you!

I saw somewhere a video where a guy has successfully installed leopard on it's hackintosh ... maybe it's a fake,maybe not ...

Well, even if it's not a fake, it'll be better to wait for the final release to do anything... remember all the problems with 10.4.1 protections that changed in 10.4.3 just because the "hack" was released very fast ...

we're idiots that will believe you

Hello insane members!
i not stupid or considered u stupid!!
i know people mount jas 10.4.8 amd intel sse beta 2 and run it...!
why video of leopard run on pc exist? it-s a dream o reality?
they are idiots?
i don t believe...
bye bye

Dear idiot ;-)
Your missing the point. If it is possible to run Leopard on a PC and the info is posted for all to see Apple will see it as well. Which will make it less likely that leopard will run on a PC any time soon. Do you now get the picture or do you need more eduction? I could also for the greater good just say quit being a dumb ass and wrecking the plan...or are you an Apple spy trying to get someone to talk ????

LMAO.. this thread cracks me up..

Do they sell a idiot's guide to English and grammar?

Hewlett Packard Leopard Laptop and PC Skins....why? ahaha
Hewlett Packard idiots ahaha i don t think!
see it!
The skins can be ordered by HP's laptop, notebook or PC model number to ensure an exact fit and you'll find them in a wide variety of styles from fashion to sports, music.. cracked osx i say ahah and more.
i like to speak with u..
bye bye

Rofl, you must be the biggest dumbass in the world, first of all you can run leopard on a normal PC, secondly, what the {censored} have those skins got to do with anything in this thread . You dont have to believe it if you dont want to, but dont go spreading your bullshit around, as you obviously dont know what the {censored} your talking about your just a piece of {censored} to most of us anyway. Your not even that to me.

So if you dont believe it "idiot" then get {censored}ed and dont post if you are not going to be of any use. Maybe you havent been able to run OS X on your hardware, but after seeing your posts its most likely your fault as your too dumb to even grasp the basics of OS X (and they are pretty simple). So stfu next time and think, "Do i know what the {censored} im talking about?". Other than coming on here and making even more of a fool of yourself. You little piece of {censored}

Ok now i stop my posts...u are happy?
but i send this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA9CDZwPmVw

Second videos of leopard on pc..and second build success..

i m not superman or superboy but i see versions 9a303 and 9a321 installed on a pc...

i believe the testing of leopard on non apple hardware will be continue now and after the final version of Leopard 10.5

I've had 303 running partially stable on my Inspiron. There was as many kext swapped as in an old kernel 10.4.8. My keyboard and track-pad were the first big issue then getting QE/CI from my 950 was another pain, and it took a week or more to figure out how to boot into something other then safe mode. Even on 9.0 kernel, I was still needing to boot with cpus=1.

I think after it's final, skilled people will have it running on PC

"Cocaine's a hell of a drug." - Rick James

Don't know about you guys, but I like very much this forum as long as it is not offensive or aggressive towards anybody. Please let's try to be nicer to each other and use our energies to cooperate as much as possible, right?

Rofl, atbmusic. That isnt even your video, its from bikedude880, which we all know has leopard running, geez, one second you say its possible and u did it, then you say it wont happen and now u show us someone elses videos, sheez. Get {censored}ed

Hehe nice job taking materials atb

Hehe nice job taking materials atb...yes it s true...Ramm.
u born with all or u learn?

if u have attention i always put the link of source in my message....
the different from me to u is one...i search and put the information for help another users to break osx leopard but u be use silence and critics always and not resolve the problem..
u say always this NOT POSSIBLE...but it s not true..

what s for u help another person? this my question for u...
one user say help me to install leopard and u stop the user...and the topic is Install OS X Leopard on a laptop PC, possible? if is not possible remove the topic...and finish him

i like this person b612..
Please let's try to be nicer to each other and use our energies to cooperate as much as possible, right?
this man is intelligent! and another user joe75 say I've had 303 running partially stable on my Inspiron...

don t break my balls...if u see the 2 video of bikedude880 u see the response... why in screenshot of photo of leopard the folder system is out?...and why bidude start mach with this string.. mach_kernel.9a321 -v -x in safe mode?

i think u help the user not use only critics..
now i stopped my posts...im boring to reply always and always with person stop another users to speak..and critics always
if u are the administrators with much experience on osx resolve the problem or close the topic...but for u..only critics eh
bye bye

The point we're trying to make here is this:

First, in your all-caps post which I will not quote here, you claimed to have Leopard running stable on an AMD Athlon 3000+ processor. Then you posted an extremely theoretical guide on how to do so, and plagiarized bikedude880's video without quoting him as a source.

Then, a few posts later, you turned your whole position completely on its ass and started insisting that Leopard on a PC can't be done and will never be done.

Finally, you put up some bull post about HP laptop skins with a leopard-pattern print on them.

What are you smoking??? Don't try to hide behind your lack of English, because it's not fooling anyone. You still appear to be an imbecile, regardless of whether or not you can speak the language.

(OK, that's my rant for the night. I apologize if I came off as a jackass here, but I don't have much patience or tolerance for people like this. It's almost 4AM, and I need sleep.)

the answer is - no more leopard on pc.
is it hardly to understand?

yes, it is very "HARDLY" to understand
I still remember when they used to say that it was impossible to install MAC OSX and Windows on the same PC, with a dual boot, without VMware. Somebody at that time started posting pictures of dual booting PCs with both OSs and somebody else replied that those pics were artifacts made with Photoshop or stolen from other websites.
You see, life is a cycle!

U CAN MADE DUAL BOOT MAC OSX AND XP IN ONE HD WITH 2 PARTITION...WITH HIRIN BOOT CD...

Of course I know. Everybody knows here in this Forum and also elsewhere. And you don't need Hiren's Boot CD, it is almost automatic.
I gave that example just to say that everything seems impossible when nobody does it, and then it becomes very easy when everybody does it. (so now everybody's saying that Leo on PC is not possible and I guess in the future everybody with no experience whatsoever will be able to do that, by using the pre-compiled DVDs posted by others).

Yes it s true...
I like to speak with u b612..
See u soon
bye bye from Italy

hi b612
VMware Fusion? u know?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF_CoXsXtk4

i can emulate Leopard osx?

This is a screenshoot of Vmware Fusion..

http://www.vmware.com/whatsnew/macsignupform.html

bye bye from italy

Hi. Yes, I know VMWare... and also Parallels. But they don't work with Leo, yet.
(PS: I'm from Italy, too).

Ahh dall italia anche te..il mio inglese mo capisci perche e cosi ahah e magari c e ne son 600 di ita qua e manco ci si accorge...
B612 vogliamo far andar sto leo su pc normale ..te a quanto pare il a303 ti va...o almeno riesci ad installarlo...a me si blocca alla fine quando fa conclusione bohh nn so perche...difatti mi son scraniato il cervello per 4 gg ma poi mi son detto e amd lascia sta..arrivera l intel e poi riprendi la guerra.
X me e una sfida nel senso che se c e riuscito bikedude nn vedo perche nn dobbiam riuscirci noi...
Quella cartella system nello screenshoot posto da me del leopard mi fa pensare molto nel senso che nn ha senso sia esterna...Poi bidude fa partire l osx cn stringhe tipo -x -v cn la relativa versione beta...e ben 2 gli vanno.
A stii qua del forum va bene che nn ho ancora la cpu intel ma amd e con il jas tiger funziona ma gli upload me lo mandano in crash se no avrei fatto 1300 prove..Perche se va a bikedude deve andar per forza anche a noi...
Per esempio e uscito il 10.4.9 pero intel..
Ho molte risorse anche se qua ti dicono idiota perche son iscritto a vmware beta testing a microsoft mdsn etc etc insomma qualcosa so..
Anzi ti diro di piu quando nn visito i loro siti mi mandan loro le email tanto per dir che gli intessa tenersi gli utenti..
Per esempio oggi mi e arrivata un email da vmware con altre beta testing e microsoft cn altre diavolerie su vista...
Ti saluto buona serata e questi se vogliono leggere cio che ho scritto usino google traslator ahah
ciaooo
Ps> una cosa che odio di insanely mac e la censura a tutti i costi e a volte mi chiedo che aprono a fare i topic..cmq sia va bene cosi. ciaoo

Um.....This forum is in English. Can somebody please translate.

I took Italian back in College but never went past my 2nd year so it may be a little rusty. There were a couple areas that really did not make sense, but that may just be because in every language there are real idiots who can not explain themselves.

The general idea was "I want to know if I can run Leopard on a normal PC. I know some people have said that they can, but I want to do it myself."
Add some mindless stuff that seems completely unrelated about testing VMware and Microsoft's Developer Network and Insanely Mac users being idiots because he knows something we don't, and that we censor everything he has to say.

If you want to read what he said as close as I can get it, here it is.