Just saying that I'm currently in the process of buying upgrades for my ram and my hard drive and using parallels workstation for windows I'm gonna be running leopard.
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Who Needs Windows on A Mac When I'm Gonna Run Mac On A Windows?
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you don't need to upgrade your ram to run leopard
but yeah, you might want a larger hard drive
i'm interested to see how this works out for you
but yeah, you might want a larger hard drive
i'm interested to see how this works out for you
You will probably need to upgrade your CPU as well. That pentium M is going to run Leopard dog slow under Parallels.
Actually I get a new computer when I go to college for free that is suppose to be an up to date current model. I'm gonna ask for a mac but I'm assuming they wont give me one so I'll be happy with something thats just generally faster than what I have now.
What is it exactly that is running at 239Mhz in your sig or is that a typo?
It'll still run dog slow, even with Tiger. Your CPU is similar to the one used in the
TV only slightly faster. I have seen people running full blown OSX on the TV and it is painful. Of course, the TV only has 256MB of RAM.To be quite honest I'm not exactly sure I think its just a type but I just basically copied and pasted from the properties menu of my computer.
It probably has the processor throttled back. My work laptop does this, but it usually falls back to 800 MHz, not 2something
Sorry to burst you enthusiasm balloon, but I have run leopard through vm workstation in vista on my mac pro and leopard runs dog slow. My mac pro has 4 gb of ram and quad processors as well. So the moral of the story is, if you want a true mac experience, buy a real mac.
Am I missing something? I just checked out the PW page, and it doesn't mention Mac as a supported guest OS.
Given Apple's EULA, which says you can ONLY run it on Apple-branded hardware...ie, no virtual machines...I'm not surprised. Apple's not saddling up on the OSx86 crowd yet, but still, it's an unsupported hack that I can't imagine Parallels getting behind.
So what's up?
I think its called "playing".
I've thought the same thing. Once I got ubuntu running on my pc running VMWare workstation, my next thought was, boy, I wonder if I could get OSx running in a VM.
I dont think apple or anyone else is very worried about hobbyists one-offing something they didnt anticipate.
I've thought the same thing. Once I got ubuntu running on my pc running VMWare workstation, my next thought was, boy, I wonder if I could get OSx running in a VM.
I dont think apple or anyone else is very worried about hobbyists one-offing something they didnt anticipate.
the way the talk is going on this, tank, you're going to have to do it
everyone will be watching
i have no doubt you can do it
the problem is that it'll probably be very slow
is it worth th effort?
everyone will be watching
i have no doubt you can do it
the problem is that it'll probably be very slow
is it worth th effort?
redwarrior,
You're talking like a normal user, not an uber-geek. The ubergeek does it just to do it. Whether its useful or not.
The vmware web pages are very specific in that they say their vm will host any OS that will run on an intel based machine. So there is no doubt that it can be made to work.
Don
You're talking like a normal user, not an uber-geek. The ubergeek does it just to do it. Whether its useful or not.
The vmware web pages are very specific in that they say their vm will host any OS that will run on an intel based machine. So there is no doubt that it can be made to work.
Don
i have no doubt that it can be done
but i've had plenty of people who are supposed to be "ubergeeks"
tell me things and have no experience outside of their one shot at it
i don't just accept that it will be slow
i want to see it work
but i've had plenty of people who are supposed to be "ubergeeks"
tell me things and have no experience outside of their one shot at it
i don't just accept that it will be slow
i want to see it work
A more accurate heading might be " . . Run OSX on Windows".
fine. we all figured it out
redwarior - who knows, it may not be slow. I didnt say that. I dont see any reason why it would be. Frankly, its Unix, its smaller than windows.
If windows on windows in a vm works, I would think that properly hacked/patched OSX would run fine. Like in any VM, the speed is determined by the resources of the host system as well as the resource configuration of the virtual system.
don
fine. we all figured it out
redwarior - who knows, it may not be slow. I didnt say that. I dont see any reason why it would be. Frankly, its Unix, its smaller than windows.
If windows on windows in a vm works, I would think that properly hacked/patched OSX would run fine. Like in any VM, the speed is determined by the resources of the host system as well as the resource configuration of the virtual system.
don
ok so you got me there but then again I'm a windows user so forgive me I'm not a very mac minded person but I am trying. I just got an acceptance letter from Berea College in Kentucky not to long ago where I plan to go and get a technology management degree. amoung the classes I have to take, I have to have a graphics class. This is all done on macs and theres 15 of them side by side in one room. Almost made me cry lol. But while I may not be very mac orientated, at least I'm trying to become that way. I like the macs more than windows for obvious reasons such as parallels and the 4 gigs of ram amoung other things. So hopefully I'll have something good eventually.
As everyone says, it's going to run slow in a virtual machine.
One thing I didn't see anyone mention, his CPU doesn't have IVT (Intel Virtualization Technolgoy) extension, so if it runs, it's going to run dog slow.
IVT wasn't introduced to Intel's laptop CPUs until Core Duos.
One thing I didn't see anyone mention, his CPU doesn't have IVT (Intel Virtualization Technolgoy) extension, so if it runs, it's going to run dog slow.
IVT wasn't introduced to Intel's laptop CPUs until Core Duos.
No - not recommended. This is what we needed to do on better hardware than what Apple had on offer, and it didn't work out too well. You're better off with Leopard for all sorts of reasons.
As everyone says, it's going to run slow in a virtual machine.
One thing I didn't see anyone mention, his CPU doesn't have IVT (Intel Virtualization Technolgoy) extension, so if it runs, it's going to run dog slow.
IVT wasn't introduced to Intel's laptop CPUs until Core Duos.
well hopefully when i get to college they'll give me something more updated with duo core and i'm hoping that since they use macs for my graphic design class i'll be taking that also they'll have an option between a pc or a mac when giving us our free laptops.
Get a Mac. There are many issues with running Mac OS X on PCs. A lot of hardware is not supported, and even if it is, it'll run pretty badly.
Also, it's illegal. Yes, even if you buy Leopard, it's still illegal to run it on a PC, as you need a cracked version, and the EULA states that you are to not run Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware.
Basically, even if it does run, don't come running to us when a software update breaks it, or if it's not stable or whatever.
Also, it's illegal. Yes, even if you buy Leopard, it's still illegal to run it on a PC, as you need a cracked version, and the EULA states that you are to not run Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware.
Basically, even if it does run, don't come running to us when a software update breaks it, or if it's not stable or whatever.
i was thinking the same thing
shouldn't it be
Who needs windows on a mac when i'm gonna run leopard on a pc?
but then, aren't macs technically pc's?
cause they are personal computers
right?
How about this...
"Who needs to run Windows (95, 98, 2000, XP, Vista) on Apple hardware such as an iMac, Mac Pro, MacBook or MacBook Pro when I can run OS X (Panther, Tiger, Leopard) on hardware that was engineered more appropriately for Windows, Unix or Linux users?"
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