Installing mac as primary os on a windows pc

[nikkisboricua]

hey you guys,

I have a question about mac and a windows pc. say i no longer wanted to run windows on my pc, could i install macintosh on the hard drive and use that as the primary operating system? thanks much, and happy new year

voodoo5 video card
soundblaster 128
80 gb hd
500 mhz
network card

[thunderace1k]

hey you guys,

I have a question about mac and a windows pc. say i no longer wanted to run windows on my pc, could i install macintosh on the hard drive and use that as the primary operating system? thanks much, and happy new year

voodoo5 video card
soundblaster 128
80 gb hd
500 mhz
network card

No, you can't do that directly.

Apple computers use a completely different cpu and the Mac OS is written fot that type of cpu.

There is, however, a company claiming they've developped an emulator allowing PCs to run MacOS/X.

You can visit their website here:
http://www.cherryos.com/

[thunderace1k]

Oups!

I've noticed that this software (www.cherryos.com) is quite controversed.

Here's a link to a Wired article about it:

http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,65368,00.html

And here's the link about PearPC, an Opensource project:

http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/