[martymas]

hi team a freind
has gone to another country
to live and has given me
a mac instalation disk
i have never come in contact with a mac OS or products
before
will it dual boot with win xp.
what is required as far as registration number
what is required as far as hadware drivers is concerned
i would appreciate any in put
as far as mac is concerned
thanks
marty

[jcl]

You'd need a Mac, Mac clone, or Mac emulator -- it won't run on IBM PC-compatibles.

[martymas]

hi jcl
not quite sure what you mean
will it not run on an ordinary home built compt
with microsoft
drivers. ect
as im a stranger to mac the language needs to be defined for me
thanks
marty

[macmarauder]

yep it's made specifically to run only on mac hardware or mac clone hardware or you can run an emulator but i wouldn't recommend that. they really really don't want you to run it on just any computer. that's what the whole PC Mac debate is really about. Not which is better but the control of hardware vrs control of software. that the biggest reason why macs are more reliable, they don't have to build support for a ton of hardware since you can only run it on theirs. like i've said before, advantages and disadvantages to such control.

[martymas]

macmarauder, on Jul 29 2005, 03:49 PM, said:

yep it's made specifically to run only on mac hardware or mac clone hardware or you can run an emulator but i wouldn't recommend that. they really really don't want you to run it on just any computer. that's what the whole PC Mac debate is really about. Not which is better but the control of hardware vrs control of software. that the biggest reason why macs are more reliable, they don't have to build support for a ton of hardware since you can only run it on theirs. like i've said before, advantages and disadvantages to such control.
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ok thanks for your info
i will probably forget about it un less i get a mac sys
thanks again
marty

[macmarauder]

yeah i know. they very easily could make it so that OS X would run on a PC but they want to control the hardware and make more money. HEY don't do that! especially since MACs aren't mostly memory based systems anymore. they're becoming just high end PCs. which makes the whole MAC vs. PC argument funny since by the time they start using Intels you might as well call them the other computing white meat. HEY stop that! when that happens the only real difference is which natural OS it has. did you smack me in the back of the head? don't kill the messenger. wait it was a lurker, wasn't it? who done it?

[murtu52]

Just wondering, can Mac OS run on VMware?

[jcl]

murtu52, on Jul 31 2005, 09:37 AM, said:

Just wondering, can Mac OS run on VMware?
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Not unless VMware sneaked a Mac emulator into their products when I wasn't looking. AFAIK PearPC and (maybe) SheepShaver are the only x86 PowerMac emulators available. There are also a few M68k Mac emulators out there.

[martymas]

thanks jcl
ive just read through your mac links
and it is interesting stuff
but i think ile forget it
i need a mac machine to run it and i cant afford another
i have two already so that is my lot thnks

macmarauder
has some interesting observations
so i may stick with win.
marty

[hitest]

Interesting to note that in the not too distant future Steve Jobs has announced that PCs will be able to run OS X. Now, that would be cool.

[martymas]

hitest, on Aug 1 2005, 01:30 PM, said:

Interesting to note that in the not too distant future Steve Jobs has announced that PCs will be able to run OS X.  Now, that would be cool.
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in that case ile hold on to this disk
thanks
marty

[murtu52]

jcl, on Jul 31 2005, 10:50 PM, said:

murtu52, on Jul 31 2005, 09:37 AM, said:

Just wondering, can Mac OS run on VMware?
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Not unless VMware sneaked a Mac emulator into their products when I wasn't looking. AFAIK PearPC and (maybe) SheepShaver are the only x86 PowerMac emulators available. There are also a few M68k Mac emulators out there.
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I see....however, all x86 mac emulators run quite slow, but i guess it is a small price to pay....Perhaps I'll just pick up a mac mini when i want to

[TheLetterK]

jcl, on Jul 31 2005, 10:50 PM, said:

murtu52, on Jul 31 2005, 09:37 AM, said:

Just wondering, can Mac OS run on VMware?
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Not unless VMware sneaked a Mac emulator into their products when I wasn't looking. AFAIK PearPC and (maybe) SheepShaver are the only x86 PowerMac emulators available. There are also a few M68k Mac emulators out there.
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Sheepshaver doesn't support OS X. OS 8 and OS 9 only.

[TheLetterK]

martymas, on Aug 1 2005, 01:45 PM, said:

hitest, on Aug 1 2005, 01:30 PM, said:

Interesting to note that in the not too distant future Steve Jobs has announced that PCs will be able to run OS X.  Now, that would be cool.
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in that case ile hold on to this disk
thanks
marty
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No point. You'll need an x86 version (it's actually a 'fat binary' version, but that's neither here nor there), and you don't have one unless you downloaded it or rented a DTK.