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]

[Dazzla Veteran]

Just updated to OS X 10.3.3

[five04]

dazzla, how are you installing 10.3.3? when i start up the installer it tells me that my hard drive doesn't meet the requirements.

[Dazzla Veteran]

Have you got enough space? It needs like 250MB.

[FatCat]

  Dazzla said:

Just updated to OS X 10.3.3

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sherry.pontin.../PearPC1033.jpg

dazzla , how slow is it? can you actually do stuff, (you seem to be) or is there way too much lag?

[jack_canada]

  FatCat said:

dazzla , how slow is it? can you actually do stuff, (you seem to be) or is there way too much lag?

it takes 3 seconds to see the cursor move

[AquaFX]

  five04 said:

so? you don't have to use darwin. that's the whole point of this. it boots up off the install cd of os x into a command line environment where you do all this.

also in the first step listed there it says "and we're about to tackle the job that Darwin would've been used for if it were needed."

ok you just totally lost me there buddy, i installed osx using a .iso file on PearPC..but i got that error, is there anyway to fix that error since i didn't install darwin...?

[KeR]

  jack_canada said:

it takes 3 seconds to see the cursor move

Hmm that's not normal mine works almost instantaneously.

[Dazzla Veteran]

It feels like a P200-300 running XP with all it's effects on, so it's sluggish, but not unbearable. And no it doesn't take 3 seconds for the cursor to move, it's instant for me, I've allocated 512mb for PearPC as well. I've installed a few themes, installed Windowshade X and just installed iTunes 4.5:

[pmh]

Nice work dazz, how fast is you cpu? and what kind?

[Dazzla Veteran]

Athlon 64, 3200+, 1GB Ram.

[Redestium]

  Dazzla said:

It feels like a P200-300 running XP with all it's effects on, so it's sluggish, but not unbearable. And no it doesn't take 3 seconds for the cursor to move, it's instant for me, I've allocated 512mb for PearPC as well. I've installed a few themes, installed Windowshade X and just installed iTunes 4.5:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sherry.ponting/Junk/PearPC3.jpg

Wow that rocks. 0.1.1 must have helped.

[pmh]

Bah, I knew it was to good to run on my 32 bit rig. Hehe.

[okt00]

So... I was worried about trying this on my athlon 64 3200+ system, I though I read somewhere that it won't work on 64bit. Must be wrong though. What kind of ram? (PC4000, PC...)

[aldo]

It should work _much_ faster on A64. I'm not sure if PPC takes advantage of this yet, however...

[okt00]

Currentally I have ti running off of my iPod, so it shouldn't be hard to move! :D

BTW "Equally, PearPC will probably only run on 32-bit architectures. This shouldn't be hard to fix either. (You can donate...)"

From the PearPC official, I know I read it somewhere!

[Angel Blue01]

So there goes being able to run it on my 866-PIII XP?

I wish I had a faster PC.

[phalanx126]

can someone please help me! everytime i try to execute my config file, it says that it's not recognized as an external or internal command...what do i do?

[uniacid]

so does networking work on linux then? just wondering :)

[Detroit]

How would oyu allocate 512mb to it?

[uniacid]

  ubersheep said:

How would oyu allocate 512mb to it?

use this in your ppccfg_HD

memory_size=0x20000000

[Detroit]

thnx :D How do i connect? I can only choose modem :s

[evacsoul]

^ is the performance boost from doing that noticeable?

[pmh]

I would imagine so.

[uniacid]

  evacsoul said:

^ is the performance boost from doing that noticeable?

not really sure havent tried it with 128mb or less than 512, I only used 128 when installing and it was slow but thats normal I'm guessing

[Detroit]

How do i connect? I can only choose modem :s which i dont have!