how can you make OSX run virtually?

I've got a friend with a C2D E6400 on a DFI Infinity 975X/G mobo. lots of RAM, storage, running a 7900GT I think. he's a web developer and uses Mac's at school. he wants to put OSX on his rig and right how he's looking at using PearPC. being his hardware is so close in spec to what Mac uses now, I'm thinking he should be able to run and install it virtually using some vm-ware engine or whatever.

is this possible? I'm aware of the EULA stating you can't, but that's probably violating our law's in Canada, so we're not worried.

any direction to instructions, etc?

thanks!

 

So your friend wants to run MacOS on his PC? The only method to achieve that is to hack, or acquire a hacked version of MacOS which is of course illegal.
Other than that, it is necessary to have a separate HDD to install the hacked version of MacOS, as it doesn't really support dual booting.
Do note that even if you do manage to install MacOS on your PC, there will be severe compatibility issues, as MacOS ONLY supports Mac motherboards (which currently has Intel chipsets). Everything on a Mac (other than the RAM and HDD) are specially made for the Mac.

 

Yup, no way to do it legally.
Sorry mate, but if he's a web dev, then he'll have to get himself a mac. As all good web devs should :-D
It's the reason I bought a mac.
There is also no way to run OS X in a VM.

 

There is a way to do it legally, since this part of the EULA is invalid in Canada (and most everywhere as I suspect). Buy a Mac Mini , uninstall OS X from it and use the DVD then (it won't work; but then, as long as you use the copy on a single machine, you're safe on the legal side, and you are free to try and hack it to run in another machine). Or wait till Leopard is released, which is a better deal methinks.

 

No software will let you run OS X in a VM state. Period. VM Ware will not le tyou do it. Unless you hack it, which is still illegal. Reverse engineering or modifying proprietary code is illegal. I believe Both Canada and Europe follow those same laws.
While there may be technicalities regarding installing it on a machine (not in a VM) may be cloudy... I believe you have to do modifications to the BIOS. I'm not sure, but that also sounds illegal, in both Canada and Europe.
Though, I'm not a lawyer or anything, but whiel other countries may not follow the same EULA, I know other laws regarding software are probably in place to protect publishers rights.

 

As hollownail said, even if you could find a copy of OS X legally, there is no VM out there that will support OS X as a guest OS. Your only option would be something like PearPC. The better option would be for your friend to just go out and spend the money on a Mac Mini and use it to test the software. It will give you better performance than any VM or hacked version would.

So, with that said it seems your question has been answered. Since we have a glut of threads like this and they all spiral into a legal/illegal debate with a few links that we cannot show to boot, I am gonna go ahead and close this.