Running Mac OS X on x86 PC!

[S.MULLA]

a new emulator called PearPC seems to be able to run OS X on x86 machines:

http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/index.html

Check out the screenshots:

http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html

source:aqua-soft.org [forum]

[ATLien_0]

as fast as speed i dont think it'll change the speed at which u run this emulator i think that all depends on what spec computer u have i just wanna know more processor values, 1 for looks and 2 so that its not a G3 because they r kinda old

What do i need to do for it to say g5

[offroadaaron]

mate that is what im trying to find out myself i have already made it run with 512 ram and now i just wanna make it a g5 anyone with some values that will make this happen?? :blink:

[Fozzieb]

could you not change from explorer.exe to ppc.bat in the reg (kind of like litestep does to load itself)?

[ATLien_0]

yea i wish they could come out with a number soon and a way so this program doesnt use 100% of my cpu im killing it everytime i run this. Its a pentium 4 1.8ghz so its not that old

[XanDaMan]

as fast as speed i dont think it'll change the speed at which u run this emulator i think that all depends on what spec computer u have i just wanna know more processor values, 1 for looks and 2 so that its not a G3 because they r kinda old

What do i need to do for it to say g5

:no:

[ATLien_0]

???

[Jackalo]

SoftPear [http://softpear.sourceforge.net] would be the project to follow if you're interested in replacing Windows all together. If you prefer a Virtual Machine (like I do), then PearPC is the stuff.

[Fozzieb]

yea i wish they could come out with a number soon and a way so this program doesnt use 100% of my cpu im killing it everytime i run this. Its a pentium 4 1.8ghz so its not that old

Thats's ancient ;)

[offroadaaron]

well im only using about 52% or of of my cpu so :cool:

[ATLien_0]

its not well it doesnt run like its ancient

[Menge]

What do i need to do for it to say g5

technically, you cant. for quite a few reasons:

1) the G5 is 64bit. PearPC emulates a 32Bit PowerPC Processor

2) You'd need to the the 64Bit enabled version of OS X in order to run it.

3) there are missing instructions that exist in the G5 and don't exist in PearPC. IF you managed to get it to say G5, it prolly wouldn't run OS X (OS X wouldn't run for sure unless u had the 64bit enabled version) nor anything else due to the lack of those.

[offroadaaron]

what's :no: for XanDaMan

[ATLien_0]

hmm softpear

[ATLien_0]

well what about the number for a g4

[offroadaaron]

well g4 then or is that the start of 64 bit??

[ATLien_0]

no i have a friend that has a g4 and g5 both r 32bit

[offroadaaron]

damn it you beat me too it willvg

[ATLien_0]

hehe

well i just installed 10.3.4 and it says my network card is unpluged

the config file has a 1 next to it what to do

go back to 10.3.3?

[Menge]

@offroadaaron: G4 is 32bit. BUT still the G4 has instrcutions that aren't emulated in PearPC

@willvg: well... i'm sorry but you're wrong. the G4 is 32 bits. the G5 is 64 bits. and it was also CLEARLY stated by apple @ G5's release that the regular OS X does NOT run on the G5. G5s come with a special build of OS X that runs only on them.

Edit: @willvg, on your netoworking issue, all you need to do is remove the card from the config (just comment), boot osx, then re-add the card and boot osx again

[Jackalo]

no i have a friend that has a g4 and g5 both r 32bit

Um... The G5 is 64bit. Hate to burst your bubble.

http://www.apple.com/g5processor/

[offroadaaron]

y bother updating it its not going to make any difference stick with what works at the moment people :wacko:

[ATLien_0]

ahh its cool

i just need help with this network problem in 10.3.4

[Fozzieb]

@willvg

did you try disable card in cfg, start osx, shut down, add card in cfg then start osx again

[ATLien_0]

i tried that when i disabled it did i actually have to go into system preferences. Cause all i did is boot it up then shut it down a reenabled it and it still said it was disconnected

[aka JAWheat411]

I got mine working..........

Upgrading to newest OSX

Edited May 27, 2004 by aka JAWheat411