I remember having read somewhere that there are other solutions letting you run old Mac OS versions on Intel.
There are PPC-Mac emulators (SheepShaver and PearPC). There are also 68K-Mac emulators (Basilisk II and mini vMac). I don't know how well they work - I haven't ever used one. I believe you need to have a ROM image from a compatible Mac in order to use them. If you've got an old Mac, you can extract the ROM image. If you don't, you'll probably need to violate copyright law in order to get it.
Not if there isn't any virtual network hardware....If you or your business depend on Windows apps, you really have to run the app on a real copy of Windows, whether natively booted or running in a VM.
Thanks for the extensive response.
All I really need from a VM are Office 2007 and Quicken, if I decide to keep it. I keep hoping for a Mac version that doesn't suck. And so far all the Mac-based Quicken alternatives are too poor to meet my needs.
It sounds like a VM solution would do what I want, without too much fuss. I would just keep it closed unless I needed it. Also, deny it access to email and only allow internet access for updating programs and downloading online bank records. All of which should be secure and virus/spyware free.
Of course, if Microsoft would offer a cross-grade program, like Adobe does, and if Intuit were to produce an acceptable Mac version of Quicken, then I wouldn't need any VM-ware and wouldn't have to worry about it.
I have to say, Cross Over is nice. Office XP works decent enough for me. Better than firing up a VM. IE is okay...would like to see plugins improve a bit. Regarding Parallels, I trashed it for Fusion earlier this year and haven't looked back. It's simply better and better-supported.
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I remember having read somewhere that there are other solutions letting you run old Mac OS versions on Intel.
There are PPC-Mac emulators (SheepShaver and PearPC). There are also 68K-Mac emulators (Basilisk II and mini vMac). I don't know how well they work - I haven't ever used one. I believe you need to have a ROM image from a compatible Mac in order to use them. If you've got an old Mac, you can extract the ROM image. If you don't, you'll probably need to violate copyright law in order to get it.
Not if there isn't any virtual network hardware....If you or your business depend on Windows apps, you really have to run the app on a real copy of Windows, whether natively booted or running in a VM.
Thanks for the extensive response.
All I really need from a VM are Office 2007 and Quicken, if I decide to keep it. I keep hoping for a Mac version that doesn't suck. And so far all the Mac-based Quicken alternatives are too poor to meet my needs.
It sounds like a VM solution would do what I want, without too much fuss. I would just keep it closed unless I needed it. Also, deny it access to email and only allow internet access for updating programs and downloading online bank records. All of which should be secure and virus/spyware free.
Of course, if Microsoft would offer a cross-grade program, like Adobe does, and if Intuit were to produce an acceptable Mac version of Quicken, then I wouldn't need any VM-ware and wouldn't have to worry about it.
Why is Cross Over not as popular as Parallels and Fusion? I can run windows apps without having to install windows.
cause it sucks bawls.