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Apple Computing Products:
Running Windows on your Mac
How and Why are Macs able to run Windows?
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<blockquote data-quote="durkajosh" data-source="post: 615681" data-attributes="member: 51034"><p>You can run Windows on a Mac because the Mac now runs on the same hardware as Windows. It is an intel architecture known as the x86 platform.</p><p></p><p>OS X has pretty much always had an x86 counterpart even when they were running PPC as they were anticipating the switch since PPC processors sucked.</p><p></p><p>OSX out of the box can't be installed onto a PC because Mac hardware has a specific chip (I can't remember what its called right now) that OSX looks for upon install. PC's lack that hardware layer so you can't install on them.</p><p></p><p>Macs and PC's are the same exact hardware now though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="durkajosh, post: 615681, member: 51034"] You can run Windows on a Mac because the Mac now runs on the same hardware as Windows. It is an intel architecture known as the x86 platform. OS X has pretty much always had an x86 counterpart even when they were running PPC as they were anticipating the switch since PPC processors sucked. OSX out of the box can't be installed onto a PC because Mac hardware has a specific chip (I can't remember what its called right now) that OSX looks for upon install. PC's lack that hardware layer so you can't install on them. Macs and PC's are the same exact hardware now though. [/QUOTE]
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