Who else is waiting for this CherryOs Mac emulator?

[ddadmin]

In case you're not aware, last month a company called CherryOS claimed they come up with a software that allows you to emulate a Mac almost entirely on a PC. A lot of people have claimed it's BS and even based on stolen code (see Wired article here: http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125...w=wn_tophead_2). However, if the product is real, it'd certainly be great news for web developers like us that want to test out DHTML scripts in Mac but don't want to buy a Mac.

FYI Cherryos has announced that a free trial version will be available on Nov 25- http://www.cherryos.com. Lets see how this story ends.

[cr3ative]

Slashdot have articles on this, It's the next big release for the internet community. Someone who got a trial version of the software ran OSX in Windows, which was in turn running Windows inside OSX in another emulator. It reported a CPU of 0mhz

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[ddadmin]

Breaking news: CherryOS is actually a portal to another dimension!

[cr3ative]

Oh lordy, look what I found on the BBC website:

edit: since removed. website pruning.

: D

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[cr3ative]

On a more serious note,

http://www.artworxinn.com/alex/arben.htm

Important, read this : http://forums.pearpc.net/viewtopic.p...er=asc&start=0

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[ausant]

erm.. could some one please explain what this is????

[cr3ative]

Ok, here we go;

PearPC runs the Mac Operating System on a normal PC (slowly)
CherryOS claims to run the Mac Operating System on a normal pc incredibly quickly.

The author is a well known GPL theif, but still he persists that he wrote all the code himself in 4 months. If you've ever used PearPC, it's obvious that he has taken the code and replaced the logo's/copyright notices.

PearPC is free; CherryOS will be $50.

Basically, PearPC hate CherryOS's developer for stealing code, CherryOS are trying to imply that they're the best of friends and haven't used their code.

Also, CherryOS claims 80% original speed. Utter rubbish. Anyone with logic, it was pointed out, could figure this:

CherryOS recieves instruction from user
CherryOS has to translate to PowerPC RISC Instruction
CherryOS sends RISC instruction to processor
CherryOS is ready for another command.

Whereas on a normal Mac, the command is recieved, processed and ready.

So the best they can realistically do is 50%, but that's pushing it.

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[ausant]

so.. what ur saying is that its for apple macontosh computers right??
but i have a windows computer (operating system) does that make a difference if i used CherryOS?? and can i use it on my pc?

[ddadmin]

CherryOS is for the PC. It emulates a Mac on a PC, so you can run Mac programs like OSX, Safari etc on your PC.

[ausant]

ok.. yea i get it know thanks