Installing Leopard on a PC
OS X and Macs are like chocolate and peanut butter, two great tastes that taste great together. However, nowadays OS X is designed to run on Intel processors, which power most of the world's non-Apple make hardware, so it isn't odd that some folks might want to get Leopard running on a PC that Apple didn't make. If you are one of those people this link is for you.The guys at Dailyapps have figured out how to install Leopard on a PC, and it only takes three steps. They also list all the things you'll need to get this going. This isn't a supported configuration, obviously, so some things might not work. You're on your own if you want to run Leopard on a PC, but Apple is more than willing to sell you a Mac with Leopard pre-installed.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
dinesh said 1:14AM on 10-28-2007
Awesome! I've already done it!!!
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rota said 1:15AM on 10-28-2007
Chocolate and peanut butter are disgusting together!
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Luigi193 said 1:16AM on 10-28-2007
TUAW isn't normally big on pirating, and the only way to get this to work, is to download a pirated copy of leopard. Just in case you have a problem with that.
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Joseph said 1:28AM on 10-28-2007
From the Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard EULA, Section 2A: "This License allows you to install, use and run one (1) copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at a time."
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Russell said 1:47AM on 10-28-2007
Sweet, I always knew those Apple stickers would come in handy. Although I suppose a sharpie could work too.
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Teejay said 2:23AM on 10-28-2007
Why the poop does this post not have a disclaimer that this is illegal? Neither does engadget's post ...
This makes it seem like its "OKAY" to run Leopard on a non-apple-labeled computer...
"GOT an Intel PC!? LOOK you can do this!"
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hungryduck said 2:31AM on 10-28-2007
Uh, hello, but this is illegal. I'm very surprised to see you haven't mentioned this in the post as a disclaimer even.
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shaun3000 said 2:40AM on 10-28-2007
There's nothing illegal about it. You're violating the terms of the license agreement but that is NOT illegal. Sure, they could bring a lawsuit against you, but you won't get arrested nor will you have any criminal charges brought against you.
Further more, if you already bought a copy of 10.5, I don't see anything wrong with downloading the already-cracked copy from the bay of pirates or some similar dem()noid (damn keyboard, keeps screwing up...) site.
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dukrous said 3:36AM on 10-28-2007
This is not illegal unless you have a copy of Leopard you did not pay for. Otherwise, you can apply the supplied patch to the Leopard install disc and have a copy ready for PC machines.
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Raul said 5:49AM on 10-28-2007
Hey we are not communists 'do only what the state told you' types. Guys have a perspective. It's just a hack. You don't have to take things so seriously.a
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Maddles said 6:17AM on 10-28-2007
The is illegal in countries like Australia where stuff like copyright is handled by criminal law. But, we probably are safer. Do you think the police are going to track you down or are they going to go after actual threats?
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Quine said 6:42AM on 10-28-2007
I strongly object to this process. Pretty soon, stupid windows loyalists (far more, I believe, than people who genuinely cannot afford a new mac) are going to be complaining to me about how "os x sucks" because it doesnt support their hardware config and runs horribly with their hacked version. There's a darn good reason that Apple maintains hardware control.
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Steve Butler said 6:44AM on 10-28-2007
Yeah I agree with MAddels although I live in the UK [Yes, the UK where someone got taken to court for having their radio too loud thus violating copyright law] but I think it's just another hack and to be honest Apple are more worried about the iPhone hacks - and furthermore, here in the UK the law service is so screwed up they probably wouldn't care if you walked right up to a police chief constable and said 'I pirated an operating system arrest me' ha. Oh also Engadget and TUAW don't have to have a disclaimer, it's a link to a website that they're telling you what the website is about to tell you, it's the website itself that should have the disclaimer not the messenger - don't shoot the messenger!
Anyway I'm going to try this later see ya'll around.
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squiggle said 7:20AM on 10-28-2007
Why would I want to run Leper on a PC when I already have an Apple?
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JohnPQ said 7:49AM on 10-28-2007
This proves the extremes people will go to stay away from looking at a glossy iMac.
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glad said 9:13AM on 10-28-2007
I am suprised at TUAW actually encouraging this kinda stuff, sure if the windows geek boys want to run leopard on their intel boxes, thats fine but TUAW should not be encouraging it. If you want to run leopard buy a Mac it's as simple as that. After all if we all did what TUaw wrote about then Tuaw would have nothing to write about. I think TUAW have lost the plot.
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Will Royall said 9:23AM on 10-28-2007
Does it run faster on a PC than my 1 gig RAM G4 Mini? Ugh - it is DOG slow and the way the heat fan keeps firing up makes me think I am playing WoW 24/7.
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Rob said 10:15AM on 10-28-2007
Hmm.. IMHO, this is NOT a copyright issue. To install leopard on a Mac, you need a leopard install DVD and a patch. If you download the Leopard DVD off the internet, then you would be pirating. But if you own a legit copy of Leopard (bought from Apple), then you have not done any pirating.
The only trick to make Leopard run on a PC is the patch file. Since the Patch file was NOT made by Apple, you would not be pirating if you downloaded it.
IMHO. the REAL issue is not copyright but a EULA (or license agreement) issue. The OS X 10.5 Leopard EULA, Section 2A states: "This License allows you to install, use and run one (1) copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at a time."
So if you run Leopard on a non "apple Labeled" computer, you would be violating the License Agreement. In most jurisdication that I am aware of, it would not be a CRIMINAL offense to violate a license agreement. It is purely a civil matter where Apple could sue you for damages. I suspect the damages to Apple would be so low that it is not worth Apple's while to sue. (The only damages I can see are the loss of profits for not selling you a Apple Mac computer. What are the other damages suffered by Apple?).
Another poster raised an interesting question. If you put one of the Apple stickers that Apple gave you on your non Apple computer does that make it a "Apple labeled computer"?
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oshawapilot said 10:20AM on 10-28-2007
Ugh, the "I'm going to stop reading TUAW because I didn't agree with something I read here!" people are coming out of the woodwork again, I see.
Last I checked, this is an Apple related news website, and this is Apple related news, so expectedly they posted it.
Whooda thunk it?
If everybody pretended that this bit of news didn't exist, people would be suggesting that TUAW is slipping up on failing to report Apple related news.
Listen, I don't agree with the process either, but like it or not, its news!
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TylerD said 11:00AM on 10-28-2007
> this is Apple related news
This is in so far Apple related, that there is _no_ Apple Computer. I think this should be a no-go-area, a taboo, a holy cow, a red zone. Imagine a Windows newssite posting the instructions for cracking Vista or a linux board encouraging the breaking of the GPL.
Good-bye tuaw, farewell Scott. I will still read you if a good article is linked by some other site, but I think this blog is not for me anymore.
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