virtual machine for Mac OS

dim_gr · #1 February 22nd, 2008, 07:21 AM

hi!

Do you know any virtual machines software for Mac OS?
i d like to install another OS without making partition to my hard drive.

Could you please help me?

Tommo · #2 February 22nd, 2008, 08:06 AM

By other operating systems I assume you mean Windows or Linux, OSX licencing prohibits running it in a virtual environment. If that is the case if you have an Intel based Mac there is a choice of Parallels Desktop or VMWare Fusion. I would recommend the latter.

If it is a PowerPC based system the only one I can think of was Microsoft's Virtual PC.

nixgeek · #3 February 22nd, 2008, 08:28 AM

It all depends on whether you have a PowerPC Macintosh or an Intel Macintosh.

There's a program called Q which is the graphical Mac OS X port of QEMU. It's open source which means its free, and it's a universal binary which means that it runs on both PPC Macs and Intel Macs.

Aside from that, you'll only find Virtual PC as your option on the PowerPC side and it's REALLY slow. On the Intel Mac side, there's VMware Fusion and Parallels Desktop.

dim_gr · #4 February 22nd, 2008, 08:56 AM

Sorry but i am a newbie,
I am going to install Mac OS on a PC with a intel dual core proccessor. so take into account
Intel based Mac, or PowerPC?

nixgeek · #5 February 22nd, 2008, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by dim_gr

Sorry but i am a newbie,
I am going to install Mac OS on a PC with a intel dual core proccessor. so take into account
Intel based Mac, or PowerPC?

If you're planning on installing OS X on a stock PC, you're on your own. It's against the board rules here. If you want to run OS X, you'll need a Mac.

As for running Mac OS X in a virtual machine, Apple hasn't made that possible either since the requirement for OS X is either an Apple-branded PowerPC or Intel Macintosh computer.