Is there any way to run Mac OSX in a virtual machine in a PC?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

With VirtualBox, VMware, Xen, or whatever?

My current task at work would be easier if I had every OS under the sun available as VMs at my machine.

[RoyGBiv]

1. Probably not ...

I have read some success stories of running a hacked OSX version, but whether you can get that to function like you need it to for work is questionable at best. The plain vanilla OSX will not work in a virtual machine.

Naturally, it's also illegal whatever course you might find to get it to work. Of course, my DVD player in my Linux machine is technically illegal too, so I'm not judging, just saying.

Now, if you had a MAC, you could run Virtualbox and anything else you want, which is stupid, but then that's the Apple way of doing bidness.

[struggle4progress]

2. Running OSX in a Virtual Machine under Windows XP - Blasphemy?..

http://www.thenorth.com/apblog4.nsf/0/4196A7FB0FB5C2CC852574A000814246

http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Vmware_how_to

[Deja Q]

3. Not legally.

Hackintosh... and even then, YMMV. It probably won't be stable -- and if it isn't, don't blame Apple. That's why Apple keeps the hardware as controlled as possible. They take responsibility. They don't "delegate" it like how Microsoft does on an hourly basis.

Microsoft has the reputation of being unstable bloatware. That's due to more than just handfuls of poorly programmed peripheral drivers, but the drivers are a significant part of it too. Apple wants to avoid that. Rightly so.

Consumer Reports also agrees; their hardware quality is typically beyond reproach...