[computerhelp]

hi i want to install a second os on my computer which is is packardbell imedia (windows xp home based pc) i am wondering if i can install the new mac panther os as a second os with partition magic is this possible or not any help is welcome!

many thanks in advance

c.h

[emoxley]

I heard that OSX, being unix based, has been put on and run on a pc. But, it ran very slow. Not worth the trouble............is what I heard.

[rcleland2]

No you can't install panther on the second partition. Becuase it is PPC based and not X86 based(Intel, AMD, etc) you need an emulator that is host based. PearPC is the emulator that allows you to run OS X on X86 machines. It is available for Windows and Linux. emoxley is right however , it is extremely slow and unless they released a new version since .2 OS X Panther has a kernel panic when installed, and won't run

[ahhoe]

no. the hardare config is dif. you cant install a mac os into a pc.

[emoxley]

You CAN install OSX on a pc...........but extremely slow running.
You probably don't just double click the installer and go with it. It's a bit of a job to set it up to run, but it will work.