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Cherry OS Claims Mac OS X Capability For x86
jediboytj writes "According to the MacWorld Article, Cherry OS, does what Virtual PC does for Macs, only the opposite. PC Users are now able to run Mac OSX at G4 Speeds (Company claims 80% of the speed of your PC). It also includes full hardware support: hard drive, CPU, RAM, FireWire, USB, PCI, PCMCIA bus, Ethernet networking and modem. The software is being distributed through electronic download at $49.99 USD..." Note: it does not come with a copy of any Apple OS. Anyone in Windowsland tried it to provide a thumbs up (or down)?
Read: MOST people don't have that stable of an installation of Windows to begin with.
/. crowd is quite different that the average user. They keep up on routine maintenance, patches, and security fixes (most of which require a reboot anyway).
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The average user doesn't have a clue what windows update is except for that little icon in the bottom corner of their screen that keeps nagging at them and won't go away until they hit the little "X" in the window.
I wasn't speaking in all-encompasing terms, so don't get offended when I tell you that MOST Windows machines out there aren't incredibly stable.
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I have not worked with or even looked at either instruction set. Nonetheless your average application will spend only a small percentage of its time using Altivec (certain apps like video encoders and editors, and similar programs will almost not certainly function at 80% speed) and most of Altivec should be emulatable through the use of the common x86-compatible processor vector operations. I suspect that the most commonly used instructions will map 1:1, except for endian-ness, because they will by definition be most commonly implemented.
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Shop as usual. And avoid panic buying.
This could work out. The reasons why I would NOT get a mac are that they are slower and cost MUCH more than equivalent PCs, but more importantly, can't run Windows. Meaning that they can't run my games. And trust me, Cedega under Linux on PowerPC isn't going to run them much better than a Palm would run Unreal Tournament--I have friends that have tried, and, uh, friends that have failed. But now that Mac OS X is available on the PC (and is fast), perhaps I can use a fast, cheap PC to run OS X. But a problem I see is that... Macs only have a chance vs. PCs because they have very efficient architecture. Apple doesn't have nearly enough money to compete with Intel or AMD, so they use a more efficient architecture. But since they write the OS also, they can take advantage of that. However, OS X applications will run quite slow under Windows machines because they are optimized for PowerPC, not x86. So I expect that OSX will not actually be used for much serious video/image editing... it may end up becoming more of a novelty than an actual useful OS.
WHY CAN'T YOU PEOPLE GET THIS? You're not a thief if you download music illegally (or do some similar act). It is not stealing! Therefore, someone who does it is not a thief. They are a copyright infringer. Oh and by the way, the concept of intent is not a new one in law. For example, manslaughter is not the same as murder.
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Who the hell modded this bollocks insightful, window transparency, shadows, and various other pretty effects all existed prior to quartz extreme.
Everything still works without quartz extreme, as many of the machines still officially supported by OS X are not QE capable.
Please someone with a brain mod this down to -1 Troll where it should be.