Now I know that Apple and other software developers produce amazing applications that are only available for the Mac.
I mean, really, if you want Mac OS X badly enough to run it in emulation mode, then you should probably just buy a Mac and be done with it.Īlso, because most software available for the Mac is available for the PC, running any Mac app in emulation mode seems a bit silly. In this case, the coder is Sebastian Bialla from Germany, and this Wired article, OS X Makes Slow Debut on PC, has all the gory details about the Frankenpanther – or whatever it should be called.Īnyway, while it may be an interesting exercise, there hardly seems to be a market for this sort of thing. If a coding challenge presents itself, at least one coder will take a run at it. There’s nothing quite like having more than one operating system under the hood without shelling out for an entirely new system.Īs much as I like emulators, I’m a little mystified by PearPC.Īs an exercise in pure geekiness, it makes lots of sense. I’ll admit that I think emulators are pretty cool technology.
It’s dog slow and buggy as, well, as Windows, but we can’t blame that on x86 architecture because this is just an emulator called PearPC.
2004: If your head’s been buried in the sand, you may have missed the fact that Mac OS X finally made it to Intel hardware.
