# Intel Apples to Support Windows.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intel-apples-to-support-windows/351454>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 5, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intel-apples-to-support-windows/351454 "2006-04-05T18:32:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intel-apples-to-support-windows/351454/1 "2006-04-05T18:32:05Z")

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> Turning a decades-long rivalry on its head, Apple Computer introduced software today that it says will easily allow users to install Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system on Apple’s newest computers.

[link](http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/05/technology/05cnd-apple.html?hp&ex=1144296000&en=be5f952c341872f2&ei=5094&partner=homepage)

Pretty cool. If only it were possible to run Mac stuff on non-apple hardware.

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**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intel-apples-to-support-windows/351454/2 "2006-04-05T20:35:23Z")

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I am not sure why you would want to run Mac stuff on non Mac hardware, but you can do it. I read somewhere on the internet that you can hack Tiger to run on a Windows box.

Maybe someone knows of a link for it.

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**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intel-apples-to-support-windows/351454/3 "2006-04-05T22:22:47Z")

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> [@Translucent Daydream](#):
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> I am not sure why you would want to run Mac stuff on non Mac hardware, but you can do it. I read somewhere on the internet that you can hack Tiger to run on a Windows box.
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> Maybe someone knows of a link for it.

Because OSX is, in at least a few ways, a superior OS, but Mac hardware is expensive compared to homebrew PCs? That’s why I’d like to anyway. That and the novelty value. 🙂

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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intel-apples-to-support-windows/351454/4 "2006-04-05T23:03:08Z")

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[Thread about this in IMHO](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7269110)