Will Windows XP run on an iMac G3?

LOLZpersonok · Nov 9, 2012, 10:21 PM

Or any other version of Windows for that matter? The specs of the iMac are in my signature. I'm pretty sure Windows XP requires at a minimum 64MB of RAM and at least a 233MHz processor.

simsaladimbamba · Nov 9, 2012, 10:23 PM

And an x86 processor, which the iMac does not have.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=175876
http://www.osnews.com/story/3997

AnonMac50 · Nov 11, 2012, 12:01 PM

You'll need an emulator, and on the G3, that would be really slow. Natively, it won't work.

LOLZpersonok · Nov 12, 2012, 12:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by simsaladimbamba

And an x86 processor, which the iMac does not have.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=175876
http://www.osnews.com/story/3997

Oh yeah...I forgot that PowerPC wasn't x86 lol

I wasn't really thinking, but I kinda thought it might have been possible.

But, it can run on the Intel Macs natively, correct?

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Originally Posted by AnonMac50

You'll need an emulator, and on the G3, that would be really slow. Natively, it won't work.

Sort of like VirtualPC for Mac? I have it on my PowerMac G4 and XP runs just fine on that, but still.

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