Install any mac os on intel Atom CPU

Hi All,
Can i install any MAC OS on Intel Atom cpu N270 1.60 ghz( 2cpus) 1 Gb RAM???

anandrkumar wrote:
Can i install any MAC OS on Intel Atom cpu N270 1.60 ghz( 2cpus) 1 Gb RAM???
No, even if you could the CPU isn't strong enough.
However you can install the DVD version of Linux Mint 10.10 (not 11 or 12) then theme it to MacBuntu 10.10 (follow the links in the quote instructions below) and it will look like OS X, plus it's a lighter OS version and runs well on netbooks. I have one myself as Apple doesn't make a netbook.
Don't do this on your only machine, you need a way to get online and ask at Linux Mint for assistance.
http://www.linuxmint.com/index.php
MacBuntu 10.10 video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxODltR8IZY
Note you will not be able to run Windows programs (perhaps a few with Wine) or OS X programs in Linux. But there is lots of free software in the Software Manager and Linux Mint 10.10 (DVD version) installs a lot of useful stuff free, like LibreOffice, software to manage music, Firefox, mail etc etc.
Netbooks are not that powerful anyway, so Linux makes a excellent choice over Windows.
Again 10.10 is the best you can likley do on your hardware.
Enjoy.
ds store's: Easiest, trouble free way to install Linux I have found yet.
These instructions are for a complete wipe of a boot drive and install of Linux, not a "dual boot" / "partition alongside" Windows which is a more risky and involved affair.
Once you do this, unless you have a FULL Windows install disk and valid product key, your PC Vendor version of Windows, it's factory recovery partition, your files and programs, will be totally removed and unrecoverable.
This will NOT work for Mac's as they use EFI and no BIO's, only generic PC's with BIO's can this work.
Linux overwrites the entire drive with a new EXT drive format, recovery of data is not possible. If you do this to a machine that doesn't belong to you, you will likely be facing serious charges of the destruction of private property.
1: Download PenDrive Linux, USB Easy Installer (Windows), stick in a empty (or soon to be empty) 2-4GB USB drive.
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/
2: From the first menu you see there, pick a distro (my advice for your first Linux, is Linux Mint 10.10)
If you want to look like OS X then pick MacBuntu, if Like XP, then "Like XP 10.10"
All three of these ARE based upon Ubuntu, but much, much better.
3: Check the box to download the distro, go get a beer and have a sandwich.
4: Browse to the finished download, Set the correct drive letter for the USB. Format the drive. Leave rest alone. Create.
Stick the USB in the target computer, for towers you need to use the BACK USB port.
Hook up a Ethernet cable to your router or modem to download wifi and other drivers, important!
Now you need to find your BIO's boot key on this page.
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/a/biosaccess_pc.htm
5: Enter the BIO's and set the USB as the first boot and save. Reboot off the USB key.
6: Your in the installer, choose to erase the whole disk and install Linux. Make sure you have a wired internet connection for drivers/updates. (Linux formats the entire drive, all data will be lost)
That's it, it's very, very easy. Your machine should be fast too.
Get sick of one distro, there are others. You can even turn Linux Mint into MacBuntu at this link
http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/326
I would go this route if your interested in the OS X look, because Linux Mint is the best desktop for newbies. Everything is there, then you take that with you with the OS X theme switch.
Also if you have a powerful machine, you can install VirtualBox and run a distro in that as well, like Ubuntu.
Good Luck
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