Building a mac from scratch

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Building a mac from scratch

Posted By: Scott Braun (76.181.62.5)
Date: Sunday, 3 August 2008, at 2:38 p.m.

Would it be possible to build a computer using regular PC products that normally run windows based software and run mac OS on it. I figure I gather all the parts and put together a computer. it will act like a mac if i install mac software from the get go. OR... do I have to buy apple hardware in order to accomplish this. My thought process is that a computer doesn't know if it mac or pc until a piece of software/programming tells it to be. I read the build a mac from scratch posting already. But since PC parts are much cheaper and easier to come by I figure it'd be better in the short and long term to go that route. If you guys want to help out a lot, I would also like to try having 2 hard drives. one to run pc (my gf goes to school online and needs it) and one to run mac using a program like boot camp or something.

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Building a mac from scratch
Scott Braun (76.181.62.5) -- Sunday, 3 August 2008, at 2:38 p.m.
- all you need to know
  Zach (68.6.98.38) -- Monday, 4 August 2008, at 5:11 a.m.
  - I forgot to add:
    Zach (68.6.98.38) -- Monday, 4 August 2008, at 5:15 a.m.

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