Mac OS X 10.3 installed on Nokia N900 via PearPC, barely usable for impatient geeks

Curious folks around the world enjoy a bit of hackintosh every now and then (although once is enough for many), but no geek has successfully ventured as far as Toni Nikkanen of Finland, who became the first person to run OS X on a phone -- the Nokia N900. As you can see in the video after the break, Toni's hack relies on PearPC -- a PowerPC emulator -- to install good ol' OS X 10.3 (Panther), but the mammoth sluggishness means it's far from usable. Still, if you can spare 90 minutes for each boot-up plus plenty more for the snail-paced cursor, then head to the source to learn from Herra Nikkanen.

[Thanks, Matija]

[chiefy Posted Feb 1st 2010 10:03AM]

well at least it can multi task now.

[jobber99 Posted Feb 1st 2010 11:02AM]

the N900 does Windows 98 as well:

http://forum.maemoworld.ru/viewtopic.php?pid=7223#p7223

[Alex Atkin UK Posted Mar 13th 2010 10:40AM]

This is the problem the N900 has. People are too busy running things on it that are pointless that it still is missing software that is actually useful. :(