Why can't even when apple switched to intel core duo CPU's you can't install mac on like a dell or something.
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you can get osx to run on a dell or an amd. I got bored and its running on my work pc which is a dell and its also running on my xBox. you just need to be not a noob. but honestly if you just switch to mac you will fall inlove. Trust me i switched about 19 months ago. I am an A+ certifed technician my last pc was an AMD 64 FX 53 with 4 gigs of ram and 1 terabyte of hdd. i loved my windows but needed a mac cert for my new job so i got one thinking this will suck. i sold my pc 6 weeks later. mac is the only thing i need its so much nicer
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anyone can buy mac os and put it on their machine i bought a 5 licnese version of tiger i only have 3 macs so i put one licnese on my xbox and one on an old dell. its possible you just have to want to do it.
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Cause it's a PC  (piece-o-crap)... Get a MAC...   look below, that proves it, to get your laptop working, turn it off, bang it, turn it on... fu(kin spare me..
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Since your Mac is a Powerbook G4, it is probably using the PowerPC G4 and not the Intel Chips. The G4 and Power indicates that your notebook does not have the Intel chips.
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As far as servers are concerned, yes.  I know that the AMD Opterons are.  However for desktop processors the Intel Core Duo which has made its debut in the Intel iMacs and MacBook Pro are dual core but are not 64-bit processors.\n\nIf you are getting servers, do with an AMD Opteron.
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You can either run a hacked (and most likely illegally obtained) copy of Mac OSX built for X86 (the cpu architechture of PCs and upcoming as-of-yet-unreleased Macs), or you can run a PowerPC emulator on your PC, such as PearPC: http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/ and install Mac OSX using your legally-bought (or not...your call) install media.
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its another way to make the mac version appear even more inferior.\nThis seems most likely a case of bad business by an almost monopoly. If a certain company, let say "micro-hard" just so we dont take chances messing with potential danger, realizes that its largest competitor (apple) has better hardware and software than the computers that carry it software, one easy way to stay in business would be to pay many companies to make all software for the competing company inferior, as to make the customer believe that the computers by the competing company are inferior.\n\nI almost forgot to mention, if you think the mac version is bad, take a look at the unix version. poor thing is a crying shame. I guess Gates really does rule the world.
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is it a windows? because windows suck. macs are much better.
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Some hardware have device configuration which allows that; namely, it should not be allowed as MAC is the physical address written on the hardware by its manufacturer.
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There's no point if you have PC or Laptop, as long as both/all have Macs, everything is compattible.
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If your looking at a mag the only reason people get mac is for the graphic programs, the new intel macs have not been proven yet, I dont recommand any product till it's been out in the market for a year.\n\nIf you looking for a PC just buy an xp windows base computer.
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There reallyisn't any known disadvantages yet.  Do you know anyone that has one.  But honestly, I think that intel makes good chips.  At least in a mac they will be able to run better without crashing as much.  \nBut you always take a risk when you are the first person to buy something.
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Mac User Here :)\n\nI prefer the Mac OS in general because it is more stable and more efficient.  The last thing you want is a frozen computer or re-start in the middle of a project.  \n\nPrice is comparable now (if you compare apples-to-apples); granted, they sell PCs for cheaper, but the specifications on those are also significantly less.  \n\nThe new Intel Macs can now run both Mac OS and Windows.  That is what I currently use, so IF in the design world, some of your clients or partners "must" use Windows, your Mac can boot both operating systems.  I use the Mac OS almost 90% of the time except the occasional need to boot into Windows\n\n\nRecommended hardware (minimal):\n- Mac: I would recommend at least a 2.0Ghz Core 2 Duo processor\n- PC: 3.0Ghz Intel processor or equivalent\n- As large of a hard drive as you can get (80GB miminum)\n- I would say at least 1GB of memory (RAM), and again, the more the better\n\nSoftware: Cannot beat Photoshop and the rest of Adobe's Creative Suite.  However, Adobe is planning to release CS3 in Spring 2007, and so the current CS2 may not be worth it unles you really need it.
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Intel CPUs will be used in future Machintosh machines and Some call these MacIntels. Apple will not support running Microsoft Windows on their machines. Dual Booting refers to having two operating systems on the computer, MacOS and Windows, or Windows and Linux are all examples. You'll have a choice of using either operating system at any one time. Switching to the other operating system will require a reboot. The operating systems will not interoperate with each other, they can't see each other, and you can't have them both running at the same time. At least not without some virtualization (whole other discussion.) So you can choose one or the other every time your computer starts up and your chosen Operating System will be loaded and the other will stay dormant.
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I guess only Steve Job is qualified to answer this one. But let me hazard some intelligent guesses.\n\n1) Proprietary technology. There is no Apple-compatible machine from say, Taiwanese manufacturers which explained the lower prices of PCs.\n\n2) Smaller market arising from smaller demand which equates lesser clout in purchasing parts.\n\n3) Integrated software. Apple develops most of the software required by most people and then bundle them with the Mac. This will costs money, which you normally have to buy separately for a PC (case in point, iPhoto). Of course there are freewares for PC as well.\n\n4) Premium pricing to give the 'image' of a better quality and cooler product.
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There are directions in the comments.  On top of that it only runs on specific hardware with a certain amount of RAM, and you need to have the retail version of OS X 10.4 (Tiger), plus the software to allow OS X to run on the laptop.
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it will never come out, coz Apple is now underway transiting from choosing PowerPC (G3, G4, G5) as cpus for the new macs to Intel. also, "G5 mobile" is a kinda "non-existent" coz IBM/Freescale has no intention from day 1 in releasing G5 mobile according to recent reports.\n\nthe first Intel based mac will be released by June 2006 according to Steve jobs in his earlier keynote speech, CEO of Apple.