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Can a Mac Operating system be installed on a PC-based computer? PJ
 
Probably not legally but you can install Linux.
 
Here is an article on "how to" instal Mac OS on a PC. Note in the article it says you also need a Mac computer along side to download the OS. Also, the PC needs to have an appropriate iNtel chip and must be capable of 64-bit operation.

www.wikihow.com

How to Install macOS on a Windows PC (with Pictures)

Follow this step-by-step guide to install macOS on any Windows PCDo you have a Windows PC but prefer to use macOS? Installing macOS on a Windows PC is possible, but it can be a time-consuming and complicated task—we recommend moving...
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It was just a curiosity as I never heard of someone doing it. I have a Linux computer with Fedora 34 in it.
 
Basil - are there any PC's with cpu's compatible with up to date MacOS?
 
NutmegCT said:
Basil - are there any PC's with cpu's compatible with up to date MacOS?
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My guess is no. The new OS is written for the M1 processor, so the CPU architecture is completely different.
 
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My question would be: "Why would you want to?" ;)
 
And that's what I was trying to get to when Paul first asked his question. You may be able to "install" MacOS to a PC, but MacOS won't *run* on a PC.

OK - let's bring back cp/m! Who's with me?
:jester:
 
Like I said, it was just a curiosity. 🙃 I'm on my Linux machine now, faster than Windows, but it won't run my favorite browser, Brave??
 
NutmegCT said:
And that's what I was trying to get to when Paul first asked his question. You may be able to "install" MacOS to a PC, but MacOS won't *run* on a PC.
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Depending on the version of intel chip, you can install - and run - some versions of Mac OS on a PC. The intel chip must be 64 bit. From all I've seen, it is a pain to do it but it is "possible." Even in the Mac world, with intel-based Macs, not all MAC OS versions will run on all Macs. For example, I have an older (2015) MacBook Pro that will not run the latest OS.
 
and I can't get the latest Windows to run on my go-to computer ...

121121034453-witch-computer-restoration-uk.jpg


Note the dollies and wheels. It's a portable.
 
My son set up an old PC which ran Linux/windows/Mac.... just needed to choose what you wanted when booting.
Linux ran best
Mac took 2nd place
windows was slowest
 
NutmegCT said:
and I can't get the latest Windows to run on my go-to computer ...

121121034453-witch-computer-restoration-uk.jpg


Note the dollies and wheels. It's a portable.
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Tom, that must have had a massive storage base, 150 meg, or was it that high! But it was portable. :devilgrin:
OH, Didn't Basil operate one of those at NORAD? :jester:
 
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PAUL161 said:
Tom, that must have had a massive storage base, 150 meg, or was it that high! But it was portable.
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The NORAD SAGE computer system (IBM ANFS/Q7) was the computer that ran our nations Air Defense up until the mid-80s. I was a maintenance man on that computer in the mid-to-late 70s. 'There were two computers - one running the active mission and one having preventative maintenance done on it. Every night at mid-night we would "switch" computers and do PMs on the other computer. Each computer had two memories - a "little" memory of 10k and a BIG memory of a whopping 256k (that's 1/4 of 1 meg). The memory was ferrite core and the control circuitry was vacuum tubes. Here is a picture of the "Little Memory" of one of the computers I worked on. That cabinet is about 8 feet tall and probably 3.5 feet on a side. This is only 10kilobytes!! The structure you see through the glass are the "core memory planes". - 33 of them - one for each byte of the computer word (32 bits plus pa parity bit).

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Paul - that photo is basically just the "cpu" - the data cruncher part of "the Witch". The storage ("ram") was just the paper tape. IIR, there was no permanent memory (i.e. no hard disk). Storage only lasted as long as the circuits were on and the tape was running through the reader. The longer the tape, the more "memory". Paper output was on something close to a teletype writer.

great video:

 
Amazing just how far advanced they've come in such a short time. Just read an article where they took a tractor and trailer, loaded it and sent it on an 80 mile trip with no human on board, electronics, and satellite imagery controlling the whole operation! Where will we be in just another ten years? Hard to imagine. :rolleyes2:
 
PAUL161 said:
Where will we be in just another ten years? Hard to imagine. :rolleyes2:
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I'm leaning more and more to a remote cabin in the mountains.
 
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