Install MAC OS X 10.63 on a PC using Oracle Virtual Box

Hi I have a Sony VAIO PC I have tried to install MAC OS X 10.63 Snow Leopard using Oracle Virtualbox but it failed to boot from disc. I have spent 4 hours online with a justanswer.com analyst and he tried various things like copying to an isa and changing various settings but it did not work

Virtual machine software makers won't violate Apple's EULA's.
You can only run OS X on Apple hardware.
However there is a solution if your willing to run Linux, it looks and acts like OS X (even better in some areas) and it's free to download and use.
You won't be able to run OS X software, but free Linux software instead.
The best way to go about this is to download and then install Linux Mint 10 (DVD 32bit Gnome) into your VirtualBox,
http://www.linuxmint.com/release.php?id=15
Next perform this Linux adjustment in terminal (in Linux)
http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/326
Once you do that then you can update Linux Mint via the Update Manager.
What this will do is give you Linux Mint, which is the best Linux version (especially for newbies as everything is included), it has the gnome desktop based upon Ubuntu Linux, then after making the MacBuntu desktop switch you'll have a OS X looking UI on your PC in VirtualBox. (safer)
The instructions work for Linux Mint 10, so that's why I gave you Linux Mint 10 link, even though Linux Mint is at 12, so you upgrade from within Linux Mint to 12 later got it?
Search YouTube to see what MacBuntu looks like yourself.
Remember your installing Linux into VirtualBox running under Windows, don't create a boot cd of Linux and install it directly onto your Windows machine without knowing full well what your doing as Windows could disappear as a result.
Note: With Mac's we are pretty much stuck ONLY running OS X on our machines (and Windows 7), Apple doesn't support anything else, but on your PC hardware you can run any operating system you want, just not OS X.
http://distrowatch.com/
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