Bob Ippolito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Intel doesn't make PCs either. They make processors. Macs and PCs use > the same line of intel processors. Macs used to use Motorola or IBM > PPC processors, but no current models do. > >
Okay, I get this. But... > > > > > No, of course not. There's not a free Windows either. Mac OS X is very > > > particular about hardware though. > > ...Why would a mac OS refuse to run on a PC if the same kind of processor is involved? > > > That is correct. An intel mac would also let you use Windows in > virtualization (or on another partition). One machine gets you > everything (32-bit). If it has a Core 2 Duo processor you can also do > the x86-64 builds. > Then I guess the issue now is affording a mac. I'll have to start pricing...