Once you have gotten hold of all those items mentioned above, let's kick off this OS X adventure.

Get the latest VMware workstation (), really doesn't matter whether it's a free trial or a proper licence.A retail copy of Mac OS X Lion operating system (my version 10.7.3 -, cost $31.99), made into a vmdk file for VMware.

Minimum 40 GB Hard-drive space (requires 5G more space for xCode if doing development).

Minimum 2 CPU Processors (4 processors are more preferable).

Pre-requisites and Tools You Need to Have So I take this 'special' opportunity to share this 20 mins installation guide in order to get you with a Mac OS X Lion VM in no time. Therefore, I have to get my hands dirty in this case to dive into the IOS development to move across the dark side.īasically, these days, Apple already began to use Intel as processors for CPU providers, so in other words, it's surely compatible to install Mac OS X operating system on top of the Intel PC.Īfter spending a bit of time poking around the 'Hackintosh' community and overcoming a few quirks along the way, I have successfully set up my 'first Mac Lion OS X' on my workstations (Windows 7 Ultimate) and work laptop (Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise). The client I'm currently consulting with would like to revamp a current BI Dashboard prototype into a iPhone/iPad native application rather than a mobile web app.

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