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What OS does mac use? Can I buy that and put it on my pc?

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If by mac you are talking about Apple's computers then it is Mac OS X and the current version is Mountain Lion

You can buy it from Apple's website but not all PC's can support the installation

Check this guide to know which parts are compatible with Mac OS X installation http://www.tonymacx86.com/325-building-customac-buyer-s-guide-january-2013.html

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Thank you:) Yes I mean apple's computers...

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Even if you manage you get OS X on your PC, it probably wont run as well as windows will since OS X was made for specific hardware and isn't very well optimized for most other hardware.

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That's true.

It is not easy to run OS X in a normal PC but in some cases you can get hardware that doesn't get conflicts with the OS, a lot of people do that and build what's called a Hackintosh

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My friend runs dual boot with windows and hackintosh. Windows for games and hackintosh for other stuff. He pretty much had it in his mind that he wanted to use hackintosh when he bought the system though. The only difficult thing is if you run a 3rd gen Ivy bridge CPU it's difficult to get mountain lion to install.

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Ye I will not be building a hackintosh then...

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Ye I will not be building a hackintosh then...
Smart choice.

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Ye I will not be building a hackintosh then...
Just got all the parts for my first build!!!! Will put it together tomorrow!

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Ye I will not be building a hackintosh then...
Ye the price tag on hackintosh threw me...

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Ye I will not be building a hackintosh then...
I can't imagine what the price for a real mac would do :P
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Ye I will not be building a hackintosh then...
I could do a lot with 2300$....

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I know your question was answered but here is something extra. Mac OS X uses a UNIX based kernal, the same as Linux.

Edit: I worded that last part poorly, Linux also uses a UNIX based kernel.

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I know your question was answered but here is something extra. Mac OS X uses a UNIX based kernal, the same as Linux.

Edit: I worded that last part poorly, Linux also uses a UNIX based kernel.

Wait, there's more! :p

Mac OSX is basically a slightly rewritten BSD distro. So what you could is simply install BSD on your system and then find a GUI that resembles Mac OS.

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I know your question was answered but here is something extra. Mac OS X uses a UNIX based kernal, the same as Linux.

Edit: I worded that last part poorly, Linux also uses a UNIX based kernel.

linux and OS X aren't exactly based off UNIX, they are UNIX like and somewhat follow the POSIX standard, however much has changed. OS X was originally based off BSD, but probably doesn't have much of this code in the kernel anymore. Linux was originally similar to MINIX which is a micro-kernel and was used by Linus Torvalds to develop Linux.
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I wouldn't recommend installing OSX on a pc , its only licenced for use on apple computers so no offical tech support or garantee how it will work.

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I know your question was answered but here is something extra. Mac OS X uses a UNIX based kernal, the same as Linux.

Edit: I worded that last part poorly, Linux also uses a UNIX based kernel.

"Apple based OS X on NextStep, an OS with a UNIX kernel. . . . Mac OS X with its UNIX origins, . . ." (pg 31) "In 1991, Linus Torvalds started a new hobby that resulted in Linux, an open source operating system based on UNIX." (pg 277) Holcombe, Jane, and Charles Holcombe. Survey of Operating Systems. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2012. Print.
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I know your question was answered but here is something extra. Mac OS X uses a UNIX based kernal, the same as Linux.

Edit: I worded that last part poorly, Linux also uses a UNIX based kernel.

"Apple based OS X on NextStep, an OS with a UNIX kernel. . . . Mac OS X with its UNIX origins, . . ." (pg 31) "In 1991, Linus Torvalds started a new hobby that resulted in Linux, an open source operating system based on UNIX." (pg 277) Holcombe, Jane, and Charles Holcombe. Survey of Operating Systems. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2012. Print.
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I know your question was answered but here is something extra. Mac OS X uses a UNIX based kernal, the same as Linux.

Edit: I worded that last part poorly, Linux also uses a UNIX based kernel.

Don't know where you pulled that info from, but Torvalds did not base his work on UNIX code. OSX is BSD based. They are UNIX like, not based on it. Do some more research.
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I know your question was answered but here is something extra. Mac OS X uses a UNIX based kernal, the same as Linux.

Edit: I worded that last part poorly, Linux also uses a UNIX based kernel.

I pulled it from a textbook...
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I know your question was answered but here is something extra. Mac OS X uses a UNIX based kernal, the same as Linux.

Edit: I worded that last part poorly, Linux also uses a UNIX based kernel.

BSD, and therefore OSX are derived from UNIX (unics re: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Unix_history-simple.svg) Linux is not branched from, but it uses the same principals and file system structure as unix. There is no unix code in linux, but there could still be some in OSX

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I know your question was answered but here is something extra. Mac OS X uses a UNIX based kernal, the same as Linux.

Edit: I worded that last part poorly, Linux also uses a UNIX based kernel.

The OSX kernel has been redesigned plenty of times since then so there is likey very little BSD code left in there. Linux, windows and OSX used to use the BSD network stack but all this has changed.
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Ye I just installed windows 7.

Life is pain. Anyone who says any different is either selling something or the government.

 

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I know your question was answered but here is something extra. Mac OS X uses a UNIX based kernal, the same as Linux.

Edit: I worded that last part poorly, Linux also uses a UNIX based kernel.

The question is: where are you getting that info from? :s

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I know your question was answered but here is something extra. Mac OS X uses a UNIX based kernal, the same as Linux.

Edit: I worded that last part poorly, Linux also uses a UNIX based kernel.

information on the origins of linux and BSD are all over the web, its really not hard to find.
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