IMHO if you bought a legit copy of Mac OS, it would be
ok to install it on your laptop.

The trouble is, there's no Mac OS on sale for Intel chips
at the moment so you'll have to illegally download it off
the net.

I guess it would be ok also if you use it for a while and
see if you like it. Then you can decide to buy a Mac!

- yap

Apple's EULA for OS X says you can only install OS X on an Apple-labelled computer so you have to buy an Ipod to get the Apple Stickers and then you can stick one on your PC case. That should make it all OK if I were presiding over your court meeting with Apple Inc. Or maybe not.

Back to the question on topic. GMA950 chipset should be OK, just try and see lah. But remember once you install OS X, there's no going back to XP. It's that good. Even if it doesn't fully work, it'll make you want to buy a real Mac.

I'm running OS X on an old Acer Travelmate 280. P4M 2.2Ghz with 845 chipset. Most things work but graphics, no QE/CI (ie no accelerated graphics) which is a bit of a bummer.

i think maybe u r still confused?
u need a modified copy of mac osx to run in normal computer, which is not an original copy of mac osx

even u bought urself a copy of original mac osx in the market... u cant get it installed on a normal pc..

it work best on a mac machine...

Let's put it in an analogy. If OSX was a car, you'd buy a license to use the car based on the terms of the EULA which means you can only drive the car on Selangor roads. If at anytime you violate the EULA, say by going to Cameron Highlands for a holiday which would be difficult anyway since only Selangor roads have rails meant for the car, then Apple has the right to revoke your license hence taking your car back to Applestore. But of course they'd have to catch you first.

If you really want to use OS X, I suggest stealing an iMac or a Macbook Pro  than trying to run it on a hackintosh since according to some reports from the US, piracy is a worse crime than robbery, fraud, etc... Also it'll save you a lot of headaches cos lotsa things don't work in a hackintosh.

The hackintosh actually generates sales of real Macs for Apple. I speak from my own experience. I've been a long time Mac user & advocate (& Windows user also). My first "Apple-labelled computer" was a Performa 630 (System 7.5). Now I own an iMac 17" and like to play around with hackintosh.

I have this Acer Travelmate notebook running OSX which I show to some of my customers or friends. These are ppl who are brought up on Windows and have never felt the need to try anything else. I'd show them OSX on my hackinbook and most of them love it. So far I have at least 3 friends who bought a real Mac after having the chance to try OSX on my notebook. It's become a little side income thing for me. Better than selling PCs since the margins are higher.

So, in this case anyway, Apple should be be happy that there is such a thing as the hackintosh. It's a pity that I can't use OSX on a PC legally. Instead we have ppl selling underground PowerMac G6/G7 and even notebooks preconfigured with OSX for a premium of a few hundred ringgit.