text: how to install os x on a pc? what's the best configration? hardware compatibility list there is only one difference between the new pc's that run os x and the ones that don't. a chip that has some information for loading the os. i downloaded a beta version of os x for x86 processors a while before they put in the drivers for that chip and it worked great on my system. all i had to do was install it like i would on a mac. a later beta of os x for x86 had drivers for the chip, and all you had to do was delete them and it worked. all you need to install it is the cd and those drivers taken off. but in the release version they will make it a little harder because they will try to integrate those drivers throughout the system software, but people will get around it pretty quick probably. i have tried it on intel and amd systems and it worked. it is compatible with most hardware and you can use linux drivers with some hardware without too much trouble. but if you like moc os x, you probably have a strong aversion to terminals because of the old marketing put out by apple and microsoft.