I run it under Windows XP Home. I don’t know what it’s minimum requirement is; presumably it’s on their web page.
The cheapest (legal) source of Windows I’ve found is a local custom PC shop. They have a stock of the OEM version that doesn’t get used because most of their customers don’t want Windows pre-installed. You might look for similar in your area.
Katherine
I used to use Omnipage and it seemed pretty accurate. Haven’t used it in quite a while, though, so I can’t say what the current incarnation is like.
(NB: Omnipage is not a product of Omni Group, the folks who do all those nifty Mac programs.)
There’s a free Windows one I’ve used at work.
It seems very good for freeware, as in, no problems with the program. It’s accuracy depends on the clearness of the original text, of course; a multi-copied, dot-flecked, blurry original will give you trouble.
And blow it up big before importing!
I’m completely non-techy, so most of the stuff already posted here about options for using Scrivener on a PC, or importing back and forth has gone waaaay over my head…
Could someone put it is language for eejits?
That said, I’m probably going to take the easy option and buy a Mac, because I so desperately want to use Scrivener. I’ve heard such good things, and now that I’ve quit my day job and am ready to start writing full time, I want to do it on Scrivener.
I haven’t even used it yet and I’m a convert.
Well, if you’re not a techie and you can afford to, the best thing to do is just buy a mac. It’ll be easier.
Yeah, the short answer is; no, Scrivener does not work on a PC, and it likely never will. If you want to use it, buy a Mac 
antony, I wouldn’t say that either. I’ve got Scrivener running on Mac OS 10.4 running on Windows XP. There’s a way. Scrivener running natively on Windows… I doubt it. Either way… Mac is good and so is Scrivener!
That’s why I said “short answer”.
[a] Pyran doesn’t sound like the kind of user who wants to be mucking about with the OSX86 project or an emulator running an unsupported system.
[b] The implied question is “will Scrivener ever work on Windows?”, not “will it ever run on PC hardware running a dodgy verson of OSX” 
For those who are thinking about buying a Mac to buy Scrivener, I have created a screencast showing the main features of Scrivener. It will be available in the next couple of days, when the site gets updated with 1.1. The screencast goes over Scrivener’s main features, so should hopefully give users thinking about buying it but who cannot download the trial for whatever reason a better idea of whether it is the sort of thing they are looking for. I would hate for anyone to shell out a thousand dollars on a Mac only to find the software for which they bought it didn’t live up to their expectations.
All the best,
Keith
While point A is very right - i’m not sure i totally understand exactly what you’ve said but i’m sure you’re right.
Point B, however, is not. I don’t think I asked a question…I just asked if there was someone about who could possibly put all the techy stuff into small words i can understand so that i could try running Scrivener (at some rate) on a PC.
I would, of course, prefer to use my PC and not buy a Mac. But i can do either…
@KB - Thanks for the advice/ disclaimer, and i look forward to the screencast. I will try and be sensible and not spend lots of money just so i can use your software, but I guarantee nothing 
You said you were “completely non-techy”. Trust me, if you’re non-techy, you don’t want to be mucking about with trying to get OSX to run on a PC
No, but it was a general statement about the thread, and:
This is the problem. There simply isn’t a “non-techy” way of doing it. OSX will only run on Apple hardware by design. Running it on non-Apple hardware requires either a hacked system (like the OSX86 project) or an emulator (which are generally beta level solutions at best). Therefore, the only simple way to run Scrivener on a PC is to use a Windows version. Except there isn’t one 
Ok, ok, i get the hint.
But there are people who have done this, correct?
I just need to be a little more techy?
The problem is, I don’t speak nerd. I don’t know what an emulator is (though from the word itself i have an idea), nevermind where i might get one, and random phrases like ‘OSX86 project’ make my head spin.
So, i shall go sit back in the corner with my old typewriter then. 
Pryan, hiya,
You sound like a candidate for a change of direction, career-wise. How about Welding?
Pyran, to put it in the sort of terms you have in mind, Scrivener is an application written precisely to run on a machine with OS-X, and a recent version of OS-X at that. So to get Scrivener to run on a PC, you have to run a program in Windows that makes your PC think it’s a Mac running OS-X; that’s an emulator. And there’s the rub, 'cos getting such an OS-X emulator to work on a PC is definitely not for the faint-hearted – for “faint-hearted” read “non-geeky” – as it has to work with all the input and output system, the drivers, the hardware … and the problem with that is that the range of configurations is enormous as no one is in control of exactly which hardware items and drivers any particular Windows box may contain.
Obviously it can be done, but unless you are willing to get down to learning some pretty basic stuff about how your PC is set up and to spend time fiddling trying to get the emulator to work with your particular set-up … either look for an equivalent program written for Windows, or raid your piggy bank and get that Mac.
Me … I’d get the Mac. I first did it over 15 years ago, and I haven’t looked back.
Mark
Not to be the honor police or anything, but just FYI: I’m pretty sure that installing Mac OS X on anything other than a Mac is against the EULA.
(At least it used to be.)
Well, there is that, too.
(Yes, it still is.)
Wow, why did i never think of that before? Your contribution has been invaluable.
Next time, maybe get my username right.
@ xiamenese - thank you! That was all i wanted - a little bit of explanation.
@ studio717 - I shan’t be running OSX on anything other than a Mac i promise. It’s not within my welding regime.
I’ll return with more useful comments when I’ve bought a Mac! Thanks for all the help though.