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There’s a new PowerPC emulator that’ll sort of make it so you can run OS X on a PC (really depends on how loosely you want to define the word “run”). Install PearPC 0.1 at your peril.
http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/
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Posted: 2004-06-04 00:53:46
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Afaik, Linux host only, and a bunch of problems. I installed os 8 with basilisk though, 'twas ok
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Posted: 2004-06-04 00:58:06
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After becoming obsessed with a story on Wired News from last month about people getting their Windows PCs to have the same look and feel of Mac OS X,Aqua-Soft.org staff member Kurt Williams gave the lowdown on how do it ourselves.
So, you wanna make your ugly Windows XP interface look like Mac OS X, huh? It’s really not all that difficult to do, and with a little luck, you’ll be able to convince all but the most die-hard Mac users that you run an Apple computer. First, here’s a list of the programs you’ll need:
StyleXP or WindowBlinds (skins the Graphical User Interface of your operating system)
ObjectBar (the white Finder bar on the top of Macs; has File, Edit, View, etc. on it.)
ObjectDock, YzDock (discontinued), or MobyDock (The dock on the bottom of a Mac that contains icons and shortcuts to programs
Trillian (chat program that can be skinned to resemble iChat)
YzToolbar (skins the toolbar icons in your Windows windows)
YzShadow (puts a lovely drop shadow under your windows á la Mac OS X)
Rainlendar (popular skinable desktop calendar)
Rainmeter (skinnable desktop system statistics)
Samurize (like Konfabulator for the Mac; can display just about anything, such as clocks, uptime, and the weather)
iTunes for Windows (self-explanatory)
Icons (The pretty little pictures on your desktop that point you somewhere. There are millions out there, but try the link provided for over a 1,000 lifted from Mac OS X 10.3 aka Panther)
That’s pretty much what you’ll want for starters. You don’t need all of these, and in fact, you really only need a few to get a reasonably good looking OS X facsimile, but if you’re gonna do this you might as well do it right. Now on to the guide.
This guide assumes that you have either downloaded/purchased the programs listed and 0that you know your way around a computer, at least to a reasonable extent.
1) I use StyleXP for my visual style, so that’s what I’ll detail here. WindowBlinds isn’t that different, but if you prefer it, be my guest. The first thing you’ll need to do is download a skin. I recommend Kol’s website, StudioTwentyEight for some excellent skins, but feel free to look around for any others that might interest you. Download your ZIP, and extract it to C:WINDOWSResourcesThemes. Open up StyleXP and load up that baby. Your windows should now look like the skin you downloaded. If you chose Panther (an excellent choice) then they should look somewhat like this:
2) Time to find a good ObjectBar skin. I’d suggest crni’s website for some excellent themes. Download the one you like best and extract it to your ObjectBar folder. Open the new folder in there (named something like the theme you downloaded) and double-click the .OBTHEME icon. The top of your screen should now look something like this, depending on your theme (Milk for me):
3) Next up is the dock. Open up whichever version you settled on downloading. This is pretty easy to set up. Basically all you need to do is drag shortcuts or executables to the dock and ta da, you have a shortcut. To change it’s icon, right-click and select “change icon” or some variation. To get new icons to select, make sure you put them in the icons subfolder (for YzDock) or the main dock folder (for ObjectDock). Easy as pie. When you have the icons and programs you like, it should look something like
4) For those that don’t know, Trillian is a nifty chat program that ticks AIM, MSN, ICQ, and IRC into one program. If you don’t use it, you should if for no other reason that it can look a lot like iChat. You may or may not need the Pro version to get the skin to work. I’ve heard mixed reports, but if it doesn’t work right, I’d say you need the Pro version. An excellent choice for skins are Danimator’s iChat skins. Extract it to your Trillian skin directory, open up Trillian’s preferences, go to skins, and select the new skin you want to use. You can follow the readme for some more precise directions to get it looking perfect. When you’re done, it should look like this:
5) YzToolbar and YzShadow are pretty self-explanatory. Just install ‘em and run ‘em. You can find good YzToolbar skins on the net: I’d recommend Aqua-Soft or AquaXP. Depending on skin (Milk, for me) and settings, it should look something like this:
6) Rainlendar and Rainmeter are also pretty easy to install and set-up. Just run the installer, and find a good skin. Again, there’s many to choose from. I’d suggest searching the forums at the aforementioned Aqua-Soft and AquaXP. Here’s the Rainlender skin I use.
7) Samurize is a bit complicated, so if you’re going to try and use it, be forewarned that it can be a very big hassle, if it works at all. I’m not even going to try and explain it in this brief overview, but if you are serious about it, check out the Samurize forums at Aqua-Soft and AquaXP. Here’s an example of what it can do:
If you listen to music on your computer, no Aqua-fication can be complete without the authentic iTunes for Windows. Apple provides plenty of documentation on how to install and use it, so I’ll leave that part to them. If you want to make it look more like iTunes for Macintosh, check out localhost’s multi-plugin.
So that’s pretty much all there is to it. Good luck!
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Posted: 2004-06-09 22:01:14
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That's not that good. We also need to replace welcome screen - logonui.exe, and all this stuff works too peecee on pc. And i dont like all that expensive glitchy apps and trillian.
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Posted: 2004-06-09 23:54:30
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Then again...
Get a Mac, and run Virtual PC on it.
Used to work brilliantly but MS has bought it so I am not so confident of the new version!
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Posted: 2004-09-06 15:51:43
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Ok, so this guy took an old iMac,and decided to rip out all the original stuff inside and turn it into a PC, an “iPC” if you will. And then he took the box-bending to a whole other level by skinning Windows XP Pro he was running on the iPC so it’d look like he was running OS X on it.
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Posted: 2004-10-01 14:03:57
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Or he could just be lying and it migt well be an iMac with osX on
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Posted: 2004-10-01 14:09:00
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On 2004-10-01 14:09:00, MixiN wrote:
Or he could just be lying and it migt well be an iMac with osX on <IMG SRC="/images/smiles/icon_razz.gif">
May well be!
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Posted: 2004-10-01 17:10:59
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Now you really can run Mac OS X on a PC!
MXS today announce the immediate availability of Cherry OS software . Cherry OS is a software translator that allows you to install Apple’s Operating System on x86 computer architecture. To put it simply you can now run Apple’s award winning Panther OS on your PC! This breakthrough in OS development now gives home users, software developers and web designer’s ultimate flexibility in both the operating system and hardware platform you use for your personal computer or testing environment.
Cherry OS runs Panther as a virtual machine on your Windows PC. This virtual machine has full network capabilities including the ability to share folders and access the web. The virtual machine also has complete access to the computer’s hardware resources including, Hard Drive, CPU, RAM, Firewire, USB, PCI, PCMIA BUS and RJ45/Ethernet and Modem.
Arben Kryeziu, Cherry OS inventor and a software developer, got tired of carrying both a Mac and a PC around with him, so he invented Cherry OS. “Think about it,” says Arben. “Now about 600 million PC users can have the MAC advantage. One computer to use all software and if PC users would use MAC software to get email, perhaps they would avoid viruses, Trojans and spy-ware.” He went on to say that , “You can build and test applications for a Mac on your development PC, test web site design for Mac web browsers without having to buy the hardware, run OS X, the world’s best Operating System, on a less expensive hardware platform and use your favorite Mac apps on a PC.”
Pricing and availability
Cherry OS is now available only on line at
www.cherryos.com as a download, for $49.95. (Mac software not included)
Why use Cherry OS?-
There are many reasons why you would need to emulate a Mac on a PC. Here a few ideas:
Build and test applications for a Mac on your development PC.
Test web site design for Mac web browsers without having to buy the hardware.
Browse the Internet and access your email without having to worry about viruses, trojans and spy-ware.
Run Mac OS X, the world’s best Operating Sytem, on a less expensive hardware platform.
Use your favorite Mac apps, like iLife, on a PC.
Test drive Apple’s OS before switching to Mac.
Why ever your need to run Panther on a PC, Cherry OS is your solution!!
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Posted: 2004-10-12 16:54:18
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umm...until the great CherryOS is released...(whatever time,reality,figment of imagination that might be) Anybody who is interested in emulating OS X on their Windows PC might want to take a look at
http://www.pearpc.net
yes, it does work...at about 1/15th of the host machine...at the time of this writing there is no sound support, however there is networking support...
because of the slow speed, it is really only useful for a conversation piece, or for ripping resources from OS X...I have however been able to run small applications such as yahoo or msn for mac, and although very sluggish...it does work.
and for those of you waiting for CherryOS and it's claim of 80% the speed of the host PC...please keep in mind that the "team" behind it has already delayed release 3 times...the first time they said it was to be released very shortly, then they changed it to November 25th, 2004, and at last check it was first quarter of 2005. The project is also strongly accused of violating PearPc's GPL, as source code that was shared shows glaring similarities between the code of PearPC and CherryOS. which would also seem to show that CherryOS is grossly overstating their capabilities..
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Posted: 2004-12-28 11:09:09
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