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    PROOF! Windows can run on a Power PC Mac(through emulation)

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Thomas, Oct 16, 2007.

  1. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Not really proff as the first time but neat nonetheless!
    I've seen other emulation programs bu, none like this.
    This seems to be legal. It uses a program called Q too emulate 32 x86 processes. It seems to be similair through Wubu for Mac but, adds emulation.
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    Thomas, Oct 16, 2007
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  2. thekaz

    thekaz Notebook Consultant

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    You know posting stuff like this is just gunna make the Mac guys all cry and go and worship thier SteveJobs dolls :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    Good work though......
     
    thekaz, Oct 16, 2007
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  3. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Yee but, this is cool. Even if you don't use the emulation It's a great Windows on a Mac program.
     
    Thomas, Oct 16, 2007
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    system_159 Notebook Deity

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    very nice. My friend has a ppc mac mini and wants some of my programs to run on his computer, this will be nice for him.
     
    system_159, Oct 16, 2007
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    HLdan Notebook Virtuoso

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    To the OP: Have you ever heard of Virtual PC. It's been out for years on PPC Macs and it can run XP not that crap 98 in the video. Do some homework before you post something you think is actually revolutionary . :rolleyes:
     
    HLdan, Oct 16, 2007
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  6. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    I know about Virtual PC. But this one is really cool as far as interface & can run XP too I realize it isn't revolutionary but still.
    Also, this program is free :D
     
    Thomas, Oct 16, 2007
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  7. NeedALaptop07

    NeedALaptop07 Notebook Consultant

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    Well be rude why don't you? :rolleyes:
     
    NeedALaptop07, Oct 18, 2007
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  8. Redline

    Redline Notebook Prophet NBR Reviewer

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    Virtual PC isn't free? Odd...

    And hdlan had the same reaction to it that I did.
     
    Redline, Oct 18, 2007
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  9. Paul

    Paul Mom! Hot Pockets! NBR Reviewer

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    This has been around for years through Qemu, Virtual PC, and Parallels. The harder part has always been the ability to emulate a PPC system on an x86 system to run OS X on a PC; but PearPC did that years ago too, albeit quite slowly.

    EDIT: By the way, I'm pretty sure Q is just a Mac version of Qemu, which has been available for Linux and Windows for years. It is also free and open source.
     
    Paul, Oct 18, 2007
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