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Running OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) in VirtualBox

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I've heard good things about OS X Yosemite, and would like to try it out myself. The problem is, I don't have a Mac, and the only option is a VM. I found a guide some time ago on how to run Mavericks in VirtualBox, but nothing for Yosemite. Does anybody know how to do this? I have Windows 8.1 64-bit running on a quad-core AMD chip with 8GB RAM. Thanks.

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I'd just make a partition or take a temp harddrive and install it as a Hackintosh, VM will probably be a crappy experience.

VMs are totally fine. 

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If you have Windows 8, I would use Hyper-V instead. 

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If you have Windows 8, I would use Hyper-V instead.

That's for 8.1 Pro.

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I thought virtual box supported mac but to legly do it you will need a mac to get Yosemite anyway and download it through the app store and extract a image.

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That's for 8.1 Pro.

ohh, my bad. 

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I tried Snow Leopard in a VM on my granny's computer and it was slow as fuck. I would do a Hackintosh.

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I tried Snow Leopard in a VM on my granny's computer and it was slow as fuck. I would do a Hackintosh.

I can't afford a new PC.

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I tried Snow Leopard in a VM on my granny's computer and it was slow as fuck. I would do a Hackintosh.

Of course, it depends on the PC you VM also. Mavericks on my laptop on virtual box was great.

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I heard from a friend that nobody's gotten beyond Mountain Lion on a VM... and he's into virtualization...

 

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I heard from a friend that nobody's gotten beyond Mountain Lion on a VM... and he's into virtualization...

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But I got Mavericks running on vm...

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Of course, it depends on the PC you VM also. Mavericks on my laptop on virtual box was great.

@Speedbird I'm just going to say happy birthday now before I forget later!!

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Thanks. But due to fucking timezones my birthday is actually tomorrow....

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Guess I'll just stick with Mavericks for now....

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