Run Mac OS X on Windows XP

[Maccess]

Thinking of switching to Mac, but want to try out Mac OS X on your WinXP PC?

Your PC centric company won't buy you a Mac to play with?

Read this article on how to run Mac OS X on a Windows XP PC.

http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/01/18/PearPC.html

[Maverick]

has anyone tried this yet? :wound:

[Polar Mac]

But if they can run it on their pcs... won't give them much of a drive (well for some) to switch to an actual mac, cuz like they can run it na.... :wound:

[wildcard]

WOW!!!, parang Virtual PC ng Mac. I am definitely going to try this, 'cause I'ved been wishing that my PC at home would turn into a Mac. And now here is the answer. pero mas gusto ko pa rin yung the real thing, kesa "virtual" lang. kaso can't afford ako.

[Maccess]

Just a reminder!!!

You are still required to buy a licensed copy of Mac OS X to run in the PC emulator. Please do not pirate Apple's products!

A Tip: you might be able to buy some one else's Mac OS X 10.2 cheap if he has already upgraded to 10.3.

[wildcard]

I said, I was going to try. what if it didn't work?, I will be waisting my money on an OS that I won't be able to use. If it work, I will test and re-test it. If the performance is to my liking I'll buy the licensed copy without any second thoughts. I like the Mac specially the OS, it is a dream machine, but ordinary people like me won't be able to afford one.

[mikaelrules]

If you do get it to work, take note that it is REALLY slow. Just opening a finder window takes like 10 seconds or so. And this is with an Athlon 64 3400+ with 1GB of RAM...

[Nazgul]

Looks interesting but 10 sec to open a window is just too slow.

[jozepc]

i read from a forum that they installed something and their xp look like mac.. just like a new theme, here's the link http://tipidpc.com/viewtopic.php?tid=30273

[keyboardstyli]

Originally posted by wildcard
WOW!!!, parang Virtual PC ng Mac. I am definitely going to try this, 'cause I'ved been wishing that my PC at home would turn into a Mac. And now here is the answer. pero mas gusto ko pa rin yung the real thing, kesa "virtual" lang. kaso can't afford ako.

If you really want the real thing, but you couldn't afford to buy it, you could always buy a 2nd hand/used Mac if you really want to (then sell your PC and buy yourself Virtual PC, if you still find the need for it)! :shy:

It's good to buy brand new (if you have the moolah?), :sleep: but if buying/wanting what you can't afford (right now) is the only reason that's keeping you from using/trying out the Mac, you don't know what you're missing (ask everbody here as well, also!).

Originally posted by Maccess
Just a reminder!!!

You are still required to buy a licensed copy of Mac OS X to run in the PC emulator. Please do not pirate Apple's products!

A Tip: you might be able to buy some one else's Mac OS X 10.2 cheap if he has already upgraded to 10.3.

I agree!

And on that note, is anybody here selling their old OS X v10.2 or maybe even v10.3 if you've just upgraded to Tiger recently?

I'm on a tight budget myself, but I'd rather have an OS X version that's a version or two behind, rather than be using the latest Windows version! :embarrased:

Just u2u me if your selling yours ok?

Thanks. :cheers:

Originally posted by wildcard
I said, I was going to try. what if it didn't work?, I will be waisting my money on an OS that I won't be able to use. If it work, I will test and re-test it. If the performance is to my liking I'll buy the licensed copy without any second thoughts. I like the Mac specially the OS, it is a dream machine, but ordinary people like me won't be able to afford one.

It's not worth it! :uh-oh:

And would you believe that a low-end Mac is still high-end compared to Windows, and would be worth much more than any PC hardware in the long run? :devious:

More often than not, it's true! :cheers:

[Edited on 5.3.05 by keyboardstyli]