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Ishan - 31 Jan 2004 05:51 GMT

I am running Windows XP Professional. Is it possible to
tun MacOS X (Jaguar or Panther) on my Windows XP using
Virtual PC?

Does anyone know of any software that will let me do this?

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Steve Jain - 31 Jan 2004 06:18 GMT

>I am running Windows XP Professional. Is it possible to
>tun MacOS X (Jaguar or Panther) on my Windows XP using
>Virtual PC?

No, Virtual PC emulates an x86-based system, not a PowerPC based
system.

Darwin, the PC-based version of OS X doesn't run in VPC.

>Does anyone know of any software that will let me do this?

There isn't anything. Apple doesn't license its OS ROMs. You can
find older Mac emulations, like Basilisk, that run OS 8, but thats
about the extent....and you need to have Mac ROM code to do it also.

>Please reply here or to
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>Yes, it is a real email address, just temporary to avoid
>spam.

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Robert Comer - 31 Jan 2004 06:40 GMT

> I am running Windows XP Professional. Is it possible to
> tun MacOS X (Jaguar or Panther) on my Windows XP using
> Virtual PC?

No, it only emulates a PC.

> Does anyone know of any software that will let me do this?

Not that I know of.

- Bob Comer

> I am running Windows XP Professional. Is it possible to
> tun MacOS X (Jaguar or Panther) on my Windows XP using
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> Yes, it is a real email address, just temporary to avoid
> spam.

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Smokin Moe - 02 Feb 2004 03:12 GMT

Try vmware
www.vmware.com/products/desktop/ws_features.html it runs
linux as a virtual os and MAC OSX is a linux based OS.

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>> I am running Windows XP Professional. Is it possible to
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Robert Comer - 02 Feb 2004 03:37 GMT

> Try vmware
> www.vmware.com/products/desktop/ws_features.html it runs
> linux as a virtual os and MAC OSX is a linux based OS.

Sorry, that's not true, Mac OSX uses a BSD kernel it's true, but everything
that is MAC specific is PPC only, so there's no way to run it in vmware.

- Bob Comer

> Try vmware
> www.vmware.com/products/desktop/ws_features.html it runs
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anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com - 02 Feb 2004 08:18 GMT

>-----Original Message-----
>Try vmware
>www.vmware.com/products/desktop/ws_features.html it runs
>linux as a virtual os and MAC OSX is a linux based OS.

OS X is not linux-based. its Unix-like OS is called
Darwin, and is based on BSD. BSD will run on x86
platforms. Darwin, could as well with some work...source
would need recompiled. however, OS X also has many other
components, Aqua being one, that do not run on x86 and no
source is available. sorry, these "closed source" vendor
make it difficult to get things done :(

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Robert Moir - 02 Feb 2004 18:43 GMT

>> -----Original Message-----
>> Try vmware
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> platforms. Darwin, could as well with some work...source
> would need recompiled.

Open Darwin can run on a PC. (http://www.opendarwin.org/ - enjoy!)

But not, sadly, not a virtual PC.

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