Installing Leopard os on a Compaq laptop

Hi,
Last week my partner got a Imac from and for his job. I loved the way the system works. So want that too!
The Imac has a dual boot with Windows for programs that are not compatible with Imac software.
But I have a Compaq Presario V6000 and no budget to buy another laptop from about 1000 euro's. A new o.s. from Imac (about 130 euro) is optional.
I have heard that it is possible to install Imac o.s. on a not Imac computer. But there is no one I know who had done this or has experience with this.
So my question is:
Is there someone here who can tell me more about this and might be able to advise me?
Can I install the latest o.s. version from Imac on a Compaq Presario V6000?
We enlarged the work-memory from 1 gb to 2gb. That is all we have changed on this laptop.
I would like a dual boot as well.
If you are willing to answer my question, please do not use to many difficult English terms. My English is ok to certain hights, not in the specialist English terms.
With kind regards,
Ingrid

As Simon pointed out, Leopard will install only on Macs. Furthermore, even if you would succeed in installing the software, this would be in violation of the law and software license which states that Apple software is only to be installed on Apple machines. For the license agreement you can search for "non-Apple" e.g. in [this document|http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/WelcometoLeopard.pdf] (p. 72).
floba
PS: If you can't afford an iMac you still could buy a Mac Mini. It's about 500€. Have a look at http://store.apple.com/nl/browse/home/shopmac/family/macmini?mco=MTE3MDQ
and
http://www.apple.com/nl/macmini/ .
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Erik J Lundeen wrote:
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Welcome to Apple Discussions, PandaJin.
This is a sensitive question because it is both unsupported and violation of the license agreement.
There are hacks that allow OS X to install on a pc. However, even if you do install 10.5 on your HP, it will be fraught with problems. Mac OS X is built to run on Mac hardware. You have different specs, different hardware, different drivers. And AFAIK, you will be unable to run updates.
In short, if you do get the job done, you may have some bragging rights but little of anything else of value.
-mj

Installing Leopard os on a Compaq laptop

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