Mac OS, a dual boot?

[PowerMan57two]

can u do a dual boot if I wanted to install MAC OS X?

[PowerMan57two]

a dual boot so I can choose which OS I want to run on bootup.... I don't think u can, but it's worth asking

[Music Pirate]

Are you talking to yourself I guess....

[Sarevok]

Mac Os X is based on Unix. Unix uses a different file system for accessing the HD than Windows. So you would need two HD's partitioned differently if you wanted to do that, and you would have to set up the bios to prompt you at start-up which HD you would want to boot into, otherwise it would always boot into the HD plugged in as the master drive. Don't quote me, as I personally havn't tried it, and if I were you I wouldn't :P, I just know thats the way it would need to work.

[BloodySabbath]

you want to dual boot macOS and a x86 (windows) OS? if thats the case, the answer is no. the processors for the two operating systems are not compatible.

you can emulate the mac on a PC though, but i cant name a program that does it off the top of my head.

[PatientSaint]

hehe i wouldn't know my suggestion to solve it....get a PC.:fire

[Diamondback_007]

I have dual booted an iMac G3 (blue case) before. Its actually very, very easy to do. With my particular situation, OS 9.2.2 was already installed. When I put in the Mac OS 10.1 disk, it just started installing and gave me an option for partitioning the 1 hard drive that was in the computer. I partitioned it into 2 partitions (1 for 9.2 and 1 for 10.1), finished the OS 10.1 install, and everything worked fine. However, I don't believe there is any way to have the system set up so you choose which OS you want b4 it boots up. You switch between the 2 by going to the disk utiltiy and choosing which one to boot from. Both 9.2 and 10.1 have a disk utility to choose which one you want. You can even run 9.2 inside of 10.1 while its running so you can run older programs that are not compatable with 10.1. Since I did this at a school computer, with no permission from any school authority (not like they would let me anyway), and by hooking the "OFFLINE" Mac to the schools network to get on the net (also without permission), I learned an astonishing amount about the Mac system. But its not like I would ever buy one.

[[MA]MayaFox]

Mac OS X, while based on a Unix core isn't directly comaptible with the x86 achitechture. Darwin (The core under OS X) does have a x86 version out, but is not supported by Apple and lacks the nice slick Gui. If you are running a Mac, You can boot into Linux PPC ( search for yellow dog linux) Mac Os 9.x and OS 10.x (if you have Virtual PC that expands to any Version of windoze as well). if your running a wintel (so sorry) you may install Darwin or Linux, and you choice of KDE or gnome once it's installed. (you might check a project called mac on linux, but I think it requires a actual PPC linux version, and a complete install of Mac Os 9.x) as for running any verion of MAc os your out of luck. the Chip design is so differnt you x86 would fry it's litle 16bit head on a 32bit multitasking OS
and before you go knocking me consider this :G4 350mhz 448mb of ram running OS x.2, 9.2.3, and win 98 under VPC, and a Ibook 600mhz G3 running the same... and yes I did run yellowdog till a rom update killed it's boot )

[kahless]

RISC good for crunching numbers.
CISC good for things that matter :)

[[MA]MayaFox]

Games = Number crunching at its finest (I just cant help that Apple likes slow hardware compared to PC) ^^ :)

Things that matter: Risc never needs 'em ( how many ways can you play solitare anyhow?)

[kahless]

RISK! Were liable to get confused doing so many things at once!

[TC75580]

I can beat anyone in a game of RISK =)

[pogue]

You can buy a Mac and run a Windows Emulator. Works great.

[[MA]MayaFox]

"....works great:" Right on down to the BSOD in every wintel OS , and i doubt youll see Jobs making idiot of himself like Ballmer.... ^_^

Pogue: you who I think you are? David Pogue, Collumnist for Macworld and NY times?? *Sorry I can't spell that well IE needs to take advantage of that sys wide Spell check10.x has* ^^