Windows Xp Or Mac Os X

[johnstringer 0]

I personally like Macs better, especially OS10, but for personal reasons, I am always forced to use Windows XP only because I'd be out of synch with everyone else. In other words, it's more of a convience thing. I am looking towards purchasing a Mac soon though.Just out of curiosty, is there any way to put a Mac OS on a PC?Cheers,John

[MajesticTreeFrog 0]

I personally like Macs better, especially OS10, but for personal reasons, I am always forced to use Windows XP only because I'd be out of synch with everyone else.  In other words, it's more of a convience thing.  I am looking towards purchasing a Mac soon though.

 

Just out of curiosty, is there any way to put a Mac OS on a PC?

 

Cheers,

 

John

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There is an attempt to do it through linux, via PearPC. Also, there are linux 'skins' or 'themes' that can make it at least look like OSX. Also, there is GNUstep, which is an OSS implementation of NeXTStep(which apple bought to turn into OSX). So, maybe all of these will combine to become an OSS OSX. That would be nice.

[Soleq 0]

There's an emulator named Executor (I think) that was marketed several years ago touting full OS8 emulation. However, the major drawback is that it could only emulate the 68k instruction set, meaning it basically ran as a 400mhz 68040. This alone limited both the operating system, as well as any real usage with PowerPC applications. So, it's essentially a novelty.On the flip side, VirtualPC actually does produce a usable version of Windows on MacOS X. While it's not powerful enough to run games, it does allow one to use programs like Access that aren't available for Macs (but really should be). I've heard of PearPC, but I haven't cared to look for any real specifics or benchmarks.