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How do I turn my Windows Vista into a Mac?

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LaxChris

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Dec 13, 2008
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I heard you can for a cheap $100. Is there a way? NO I'm not selling this to get a mac. I just got this computer my parents are going to be like, "YOU JUST GOT THIS COMPUTER YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET A MAC!"

So. . .Any help?

EDIT: So if I buy a mac could I turn that into a Vista if I needed to?
EDIT2: When I switch to Vista like ejenks909 said using BootCamp will it like open in a window? Or.. Like turn into one and erase all my Mac data? Also, Is the MiniMac a deal? The iMacs are way to much.
EDIT3: MacWorld???
 
As an answer to your second question, yes, because you could run bootcamp and use vista on your mac.
 
Although possible, I wouldn't recommend trying to run OS X on your PC. You could buy a Mac, and then be free to run Windows XP, Vista, or Seven on it.
 
If you want to get away from windows but don't have apple hardware, check out Ubuntu Gnu/Linux. With Ubuntu you can use a lot of great free open source software and ubuntu itself is free. There are also ways to make ubuntu look like mac os x. There are other versions of Linux as well.

If you want something that looks more macish out of the box, check out opensolaris. With opensolaris you can install VirtualBox to run windows vista (and its software) inside opensolaris like it is an application.

VirtualBox works with Linux and Windows so you can install it in vista and try out linux or opensolaris before you make the switch to see which one you like.

Both Ubuntu and opensolaris are downloaded as LiveCDs so once burned, you just pop the disk into your computer, wait for it to boot up, and try them right off the disk.

VirtualBox also works with Mac OS X but you can only host other OSes you can't have Mac OS X as a guest OS. VirtualBox is a really good free alternative to Parallels and VMware. I have had less problems with VirtualBox than anything else for virtualization.
 
LaxChris said:
I heard you can for a cheap $100. Is there a way? NO I'm not selling this to get a mac. I just got this computer my parents are going to be like, "YOU JUST GOT THIS COMPUTER YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET A MAC!"

So. . .Any help?

EDIT: So if I buy a mac could I turn that into a Vista if I needed to?
EDIT2: When I switch to Vista like ejenks909 said using BootCamp will it like open in a window? Or.. Like turn into one and erase all my Mac data? Also, Is the MiniMac a deal? The iMacs are way to much.
EDIT3: MacWorld???
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VISTA is an OS...not a computer
a mac is a computer
please dont say 'turn my windows vista into a mac'
rather, say 'my pc'

but
you CAN run OS X Leopard on a virtual machine on your pc
i'm sure someone here on macrumors could explain that to you

bootcamp will not open up vista in a separate window or erase all your mac data
the mac mini (not minimac) is probably has the WORST value ever
but if you are looking for the most basic mac and if you already have a keyboard, mouse, screen, etc then go ahead. its not my money...
but imacs are NOT WAY TOO MUCH and have a much better value and 'bang for your buck.'
you could always sell your pc and use the money from that to get a mac...

and then theres also the hackintosh method but i wouldnt recommend that

no one really knows whats going to happen at macworld
most likely the desktop line of macs are to be refreshed such as the imac and mac pro
maybe even the 17 inch macbook pro
but who knows
snow leopard should come out at wwdc
 
tycheong said:
actually
you CAN run OS X Leopard on a virutal machine on vista on your pc
i dont know exactly how but i'm sure someone here on macrumors would know
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You can only run Leopard server virtually.

the mac mini (not minimac) is probably has the WORST value ever
but if you are looking for the most basic mac and if you already have a keyboard, mouse, screen, etc then go ahead. its not my money
but imacs have a much better value and 'bang for your buck'
you could always sell your pc.......
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Hopefully Apple will update the mini at MWSF.

snow leopard should come out at wwdc
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no it shouldn't. It might be more openly seeded to developers, but we shouldn't expect Snow Leopard until the end of 2009.
 
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