virtual os x????

[CramSoup]

with Virtual pc you can run windows on a mac but is there a program that i can run osx on a pc?????

 

[TMA]

There is a way yes, I can't remember the name of the program at the moment. I'm sure someone else can provide that.

However I have read it is stupidly slow. Alot slower than emulating windows on a mac. PC CPU's just don't cut it for emulation. So while a Dual 2.5Ghz G5 might emulate a usable 1Ghz Pentium PC, a Dual Pentium 3ghz system running the OS X emulator will feel like a 50Mhz mac.

It's pretty much useless except for the novelty value or if there is something small you really really desperately need to do in OS X.

 

[CramSoup]

I know i just need to make the switch!!! I am in love with ilife but money is tight i was wanting to play with it till i can buy a mac. but from what you are saying it doesn't really seem possible.

 

[TMA]

http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,63456,00.html

some information in that story. Also i noticed them say it runs approx. 500 times slower than the host system & took 4 hours to install OS X.

You really should have a good play with OS X though, I'd suggest getting to an Apple Centre or maybe find a mate or a friend of a friend who would show you.

 

[Veldek]

It's PearPC and it's just in its very early stages of development. So it's in fact quite slow.

 

[TMA]

It's PearPC and it's just in its very early stages of development. So it's in fact quite slow.

I think the important point to make is that it'll never be fast. I remember reading it boils down to the CPU. PC's (CISC) cannot emulate very well, where as Macs (RISC) can do it pretty well. Windows emulation on a mac is only just bareable.

 

[rogerw]

I think the important point to make is that it'll never be fast. I remember reading it boils down to the CPU. PC's (CISC) cannot emulate very well, where as Macs (RISC) can do it pretty well. Windows emulation on a mac is only just bareable.

How bearable?

 

[Nermal]

There are three major Mac emulators.

Basilisk II - Runs OS 7 and 8 (fast). Requires a ROM image.
SheepShaver - Runs OS 8 and 9 (medium).
PearPC - Runs OS X (slow). Requires a Darwin CD to partition the virtual hard drive.