Is it possible to install OS X on an assembled desktop? I've recently purchased an assembled desktop (it has an i5 processor, and a intel DH67CL motherboard). Is it possible for me to install OS X on a separate partition, just to understand the experience of working in OS X? I don't mind if its a trial installation (which won't work after X days), but I need to understand whether working on OS X would suit me. I'm 60+, and have used Windows all my life, hence the hesitation before buying a MacBook.
1) OS X doesn't have any of that licensing/trial bs you're probably used to. There is just 1 version of OS X that you run, and that's it.
2) OS X can't just run on regular hardware without being "tricked" into thinking it's a mac
3) What's you're trying to do is against Apple's EULA, but is possible. You should see the Hackintosh project, and the OS X 86 project.
4) Running OS X on standard hardware is a very common feat, which is well documented on the internet… all you need is a simple google search query.