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    Parallels, osx and windows?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by MYK, Feb 2, 2007.

  1. MYK

    MYK Newbie NBR Reviewer

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    I've seen thinkpads run osx. I've read how they did and it seems to be a headache. Can't I just run a virtual machine with osx on my thinkpad using parallels? The other way around was easy on my mac.
     
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  2. zadillo

    zadillo Notebook Virtuoso

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    Not specifically, at least as of yet, there aren't any virtual machine programs that fully emulate the Mac hardware in order to run OS X (and there's some question about how this would be done).

    There were some rumors about this after some discussion about how Parallels and VMware were talking about Mac OS X virtualization support, but it turned out they were actually talking more about the ability to do virtualization on a Mac (i.e. to run "virtual Macs" within a Mac OS X system), not the ability to emulate the Mac hardware on a PC.

    So at least as of yet, the answer is no. There isn't currently a Windows version of Parallels or VMware capable of running OS X.
     
    zadillo, Feb 2, 2007
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    zadillo Notebook Virtuoso

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    Having said that, it would be interesting to see someday. I remember when Jobs first came back to Apple, he wasn't using any Mac laptops, etc. He was using a ThinkPad running OpenStep.
     
    zadillo, Feb 2, 2007
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