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OpenOSX Provides Virtual PC Alternative

Posted by pudge on from the this-might-do-the-trick dept.

lucas.clemente writes "OpenOSX has just announced a cheap alternative to Microsoft's Virtual PC for Mac OS X, OpenOSX WinTel. What's more, the OpenOSX version will be compatible with Apple's new G5 architecture, whereas Virtual PC users will have to wait until the next major upgrade for G5 compatibility." It's a frontend to bochs, which we've discussed before as a possible Virtual PC replacement, and the biggest obstacle seemed to be getting it up and running. Perhaps this product will fill that hole. Prices start at $25 for download, but it is covered under the GPL.

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  1. The real question is... by dnahelix · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can I make my Mac run the LoveSan virus?

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  2. But will it run WINE? by goombah99 · · Score: 2, Funny
    Since it will run i86 Linux I guess it could run WINE on top of that. Then I could run cygwin on top of that!

    Now if only I had a PPC emulator for i86 Windows, then I could run mac OSX on top of my WINE running on Linux Running on Boch running on OSX. I could then have it running mac Classic and emulate my 68000 processor that emulated my Atari 6502.

    Finally I'll fire up a web browser, kick back and re-read Nick Bostroms "you are almost certainly living in a simulation" web page.

    The only problem would be not knowing which window to close when I was done.

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