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How does Bootcamp work; technically?
I am curious to know how exactly Bootcamp works at a technical level.
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That should give you answers to your questions.
You were right, in that the procedure emulates a BIOS to boot XP from. After that, there is no translation. Your Mac IS a PC.
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Wouldn't it then be completely possible to run OS 10.4 on a PC with an emulated Mac BIOS?
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Wouldn't it then be completely possible to run OS 10.4 on a PC with an emulated Mac BIOS?
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Not an advocation for this site, posted for informational purposes only. (I have enough Macs to worrk about, don't need to make a HackinTosh)
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Seeing how Apple makes profit off hardware sales not operating system sales, they've understandably gone through lengths to block OS X from running on cheap PC hardware. It is illegal. Just like how Microsoft made it illegal to virtualize Vista Home Editions.
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