Tiger and other intel machines

My question is can i install tiger on any intel machine now and if yes what would the system requirments be. if no how come, and is there anyway to do it.

hi higod,
yes, you can: on any apple intel machine - but i guess you meant on any pc.
and with some effort even that is possible, but it is forbidden to do so.
j.

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