Installing Mac osX Tiger

Hi there my name is Taha and i am from Pakistan
I want to know if there is any possible chance of installing mac osx tiger into my pc i had recently bought the specification of the pc is Intel 2.66 core 2 duo with 2 gb ram 160 Gb hard disk and a 128 Mb graphics card
if not can you please give me the reason why it is not possible
Thank you

Hi Taha
Your question was asked and answered here.
Hypothetical question but why can't you install OSX on non Apple computers?

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double-clicking a file from the desktop worked fine before I re-installed OSX.
Does this sound like an OS or Photoshop issue.

Archive and install misses Adobe Unit Types from the hard drive/library/scripting additions folder. Reinstall Photoshop or restore that file from the archive.

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I am trying to get to the root of some kernel panics that I am experiencing. In dont think I have a heating, hardware, RAM, or logic board issue but I am not sure. Ran the applecare repair CD hardware test for 3 hours and it could not find a problem. I am about to do the same with Tech Tools Pro and will see if it finds a problem. But then again it may be a software issue as it just started to show up last week after I installed Missing Sync 2.03 and have since uninstalled this app.
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When you actually use the entire OS X and applications, the computer will
multi-task and more resources are used; the system configuration will be
more stressed and any issues with RAM or some failing corrupted software
on the hard disk drive or damaged files are more likely to express themselves.
Sub-standard RAM can fail under a load; and in a computer with one chip
on the logic board you cannot replace, sometimes that could be a problem.
To troubleshoot the hardware verses software issues, takes time & patience.
SafeBoot mode disables several system functions and limits many things. Wi-fi
is unlikely to be enabled so long as the computer is running in SafeBoot mode.
With a load of processor activity, and the hard drive working to support Virtual
Memory to running apps and the OS itself, the computer will get hotter; also
the graphics chip would get a little warmer, too, when some programs run.
That test suite may not be adequate, to tell what may be weak under load.
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may be that some of this may change some, too, depending on OS X build.
• Mac OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564
• Mac OS X: Starting up in Safe Mode
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1455
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different kinds of testing; but some of the better information regarding
what is going on in the computer may be found in Console utility logs
and also the software logs inside System Profiler.
Did you have an original install disc software packet with the Apple Hardware
Test on it, to run also? Some of those tests do different things. The pros have
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