Slashdot Mirror
Successful PearPC/Mac OS X Install Documented
rocketjam writes "OS News has an article by a user who successfully installed Mac OS X using the 0.1 version of PearPC, the PPC emulator for x86 machines. He said it took 5 hours to run the first install CD but he did get it up and running on an AMD Athlon XP 1600+ with 512MB of RAM. The article has several screenshots of the Mac OS X install and new user set up running on his machine." See our previous story.
Pears are better than apples...
So now I can finally run Photoshop on my Windows machine! What's that you say?
Ok Steve, Hell realy *has* frozen over now.
It Just Works
With one button - how can it break?
Since the UI is running in slow motion, it may be a useful debugging aid, in addition to the logging you can do with an emulated system.
Oh SO FUNNY!
1992 called. They want their joke back.
anyone know how long the install would take on a comparable macintosh?
;-)
Less than 10 minutes.
has anyone run any speed tests yet?
Yes. It took seven hours to complete a task that a Mac would have done in under 10 minutes.
I write in my journal
No, wait, here's what you need to do:
Get a Sun system that supports those wacki SunPC SBUS cards Sun used to make -- you know, with an actual Intel desktop processor on them.
Install Linux. This gives you 'Linux inside Solaris.'
Install VMWare on that Linux.
Install Windows XP through VMWare. You now have XP Inside Linux Inside Solaris.
*NOW* use Pear and install MacOS X, giving you OSX Inside XP Inside Linux Inside Solaris.
Way 1337er.
still, it's probably faster than running the thing on a G3 from what i've heard ;)
Software Freedom Day!.
Pears are better than apples...
Classic George Carlin bit:
"And now, a message from the National Apple Institute: FUCK PEARS!!"
If it's for-profit but free, you're not the customer -- you're the product (e.g., the Slashdot Beta's "audience").
Speaking of which, does anyone know if PearPC uses multiple threads? I mean can it really take advantage of SMP? Because while it may be slow (a 3 GHz PC would run like a 75 MHz Mac), if it could use multiple processors (different tasks use different processors) then it would FEEL faster.
If this was the case, all you'd need is 4 Opterons or Xeons with HT and you could get yourself the equivenent of a 300 MHz iMac that you could buy for a fraction of what all that hardware would cost you. But it would be really geeky! Who says Macs are more expensive than equivelent PCs ;)
Comment forecast: Bits of genius surrounded by a sea of mediocrity.
Yeah, well--
.= "retort ";
#!/usr/bin/perl
$year = 1999;
$retort = "";
while(1) {
$year++;
$retort
print "$year called, and they want their witty retort $retort back\n\n";
}
That was the turning point of my life--I went from negative zero to positive zero.
Windows -> Cygwin (?) -> Linux
Linux -> PearPC -> OS X
OS X -> VirtualPC -> Windows
repeat ad infinitum.
Yes folks, we just have discovered the new way to stress test your new computer. The more loops you can get going, the better.
Why bother? Why...BOTHER??
:)
*fart* *gasp*
Because!! Because it can be done!
Wha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
You know the drill, not alway sane, but sometimes entertaining! Hell, if I had no concept of modern entertainment and nothing better to do...well I'd probably watch porn, but hey.
Quack, quack.
Since I had nothing else to do (PearPC took 99% of my processor and all the RAM it could possibly find), I actually started to clean my bed/computer room. Thank you, PearPC.
Other testimonials:
PearPC changed my life! I no longer have to use this silly pacemaker - Dorothy Krutz, West VA.
Without PearPC, I wouldn't have been able to achieve cold fusion in my livingroom! Thanks, PearPC! - Johnny Taylor, Age 12, Branson, MO
PEARPC HAS MOST GRACEFULLY HELPED MY EMAILING BUSINESS, BASED IN NIGERIA. THANK YOU MOST SINCERELY, PEARPC - Mganda Ngawe, Nigeria
I wonder if PearPC will run in Virtual PC on a Mac. I mean, not that you'd want to, but it would be an interesting experiment: PPC running OSX --> Emulated x86 running Windows --> Emulated PPC running OSX.
Okay, enough caffeine for me today.
The Spoon
Updated 6/28/2011
How can we continue to believe in a just universe and freedom to eat crackers if we have no ale?
...running VirtualPC again, with the PearPC running OSX with VirtualPC with.... hm. Wonder when it all says *poof* if you try this...
The single use license similarly restricts use and installation to one "Apple labeled" computer.
Masking tape, marker, problem solved.
Wonder when it all says *poof* if you try this...
When you try to install the Virtual PC inside virtual PC and get an error that reads something like
"No, you cannot install Virtual PC inside another Virtual PC. You just had to try, though, didn't you?"
...and that's all there is to it.
Nope, even on top of the line PC hardware its slow as dirt
but I do believe with the proper mind-altering substance, it would be quite possible to have "a normal MAC user experience"
now i can play games in Mac os X running inside PearPC running inside Gentoo Linux running inside vmware running inside Windows XP!
oh yeah.. shit.
I want my Jesus back, Jesus back, Jesus back ribs from Chili's!
Christian music is just pop, but s/baby/Jesus, as applied by a friend of mine
But now you're in violation of copyright and trademark law...
For what it's worth, I'm lonely and geekish enough to have actually done THIS
:D
....so lonely....
It took hours on end, but I finally got Mac OS X running via Pear PC on Windows XP being emulated in Virtual PC on MacOS X.
something I can run under bochs :)
You have got to be kidding yourself. Too much paperwork and redtape to build a new mouse? LOL.
Apple comes out with hundreds of new products every year, but a new mouse would bring their entire operation to a grinding halt. Can you hear yourself?
I just love the part about part numbers... that's friggin' classic! Well, at least it should become a new Slashdot classic.
Why hasn't Duke Nukem Forever been released yet? They're still working on the part number.
Why was Half Life 2 really delayed? They're still working on the part number.
"on a 2.66MHz Sony Vaio that seems [...] no faster than my 1GHz G4 PowerBook"
That doesn't really support your argument that well...
That should be MHz, not mHz.
Good job, saved me the trouble of a post.
Oh, wait..
jred
I'm not a mechanic but I play one in my garage...