text: can i install mac os on my intel based laptop... from where can i get it.. iam usin win xp now?   it isnt the hardware, because os x is now written for x86, the problem is that your laptop uses a standard bios, and the mac os requires efi instead.  in the not to far off future when ms converts to using efi, so will most wintel hardware, and then in theory you would be able to.  efi = extensible firmware interface bios = basic input output system