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by viraptor 1986 days ago
You can, but it's illegal. You're only allowed to virtualise MacOS on MacOS host. You also have to obtain the system which as far as I can tell you can't buy anymore - you can only upgrade to.
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Just because something is unauthorized or breaks EULA (mostly void here in EU anyway) doesn't mean it's illegal.
Even if you don't expect EULA to be enforced (will you pay for my lawyers/fine if it is?), you still need a copy of the system which you can't buy directly. You're left with unauthorised copies if you don't have any MacOS hardware and the same question - would you cover my legal costs?
You can download MacOS directly from Apple for free.
How do you legally download Big Sur without having an existing Mac machine? I thought that option was gone for some time now. A quick search doesn't bring up good solutions.
On the flip side, why would it be legal? It's looks like a pretty cut case of copyright infringement. It's their software, you're not authorized to use it, but you're using it anyways.
First it's illegal but secondly the performance is atrocious anyways (at least last time I've tried) so it won't even help you that much.