CherryOS -- Just another emmulator for windows?
I had just noticed an article on Slashdot
After having watched the video footage, I am wondering just what impact this would have on MacOS. I have only one thing to hope for at this time: the failure of that project just like all of its predecessors.
There are some videos on the cherryos website to see what im talking about.
After having watched the video footage, I am wondering just what impact this would have on MacOS. I have only one thing to hope for at this time: the failure of that project just like all of its predecessors.
There are some videos on the cherryos website to see what im talking about.
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On a related note, check out http://pearpc.sourceforge.net It is another virtual G5 system that runs Mac OSX. Also take a look at http://www.hackaday.com/entry/4733053428552506/ where some one else has gotten their X-box to run mac applications by using PearPC.
In the end I can't see it having a harmful affect on apple though.
In the past the organization for which I worked would only support PC's. Now that we have virtual PC and can run multiple PC operating systems, some linux support has been added. Hopefully with CherryOS we can easily provide mac support without the expense of getting macs for all of the developers.
Originally posted by b0xeruss
I have only one thing to hope for at this time: the failure of that project just like all of its predecessors.
Do you mind me asking why you want it to fail?
Originally posted by alcedes
Do you mind me asking why you want it to fail?
Interesting......
Seriously, though, when everyone laughed off Transitive's announcement as impossible, why does everyone think some guy on Maui can make such a breakthrough in emulation performance? He was tired of lugging around both a Mac and PC, so he decided to whip this together one afternoon. Sorry, I need to see more before I believe this one.
I haven't heard anymore about "Shareware". Strange coincidence this is also from Maui, no?
Me (Apple-X): "I've noticed numerous claims of 80% the speed of the physical CPU while emulating the PowerPC architecture..."
Kryeziu: "Well that 80% could be anything, it could be the RAM, the processor bus--"
Me: "I guess my question is, sir, what sort of real Mac hardware could you compare the emulated hardware to in terms of performance? Now I understand that clock speed isn't a scientific way of determining performance, but could you give me a rough guess? Let's say you had a 3 GHz Pentium 4, well, would CherryOS yield a speed equivalent to, say, a 500 MHz G3? More, less?
Kryeziu: "Like you just said, we've tried a 3.2 GHz Pentium 4 computer, and about equal to that is a 1.2 GHz G4, and then 80% of that would be around 900 MHz."
Me: "So, to clarify, using CherryOS on a 3.2 GHz Pentium 4 would be like using a 900 MHz G4?"
Kryeziu: "Yes."
From the CherryOS PDF ...
CherryOS has been tuned for performance. You can expect to get about 80% of your processors power when working in the Apple Environment. For example a 1ghz PIII would run about the same as a 800mhz G3 machine.
I'll bet 5:1 odds that if there actually is a product that they send out, that it's a copy of PearPC in violation of the license, wrapped in a Windows installer.
Originally posted by Kickaha
Scaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmm...
I'll bet 5:1 odds that if there actually is a product that they send out, that it's a copy of PearPC in violation of the license, wrapped in a Windows installer.
$50 * 200 = a nice little scam with very little work.
This is from the Virtual Springfield FAQ, the old CD-ROM Simpsons game that ran on Macs and Wintels.
http://www.wetware.demon.co.uk/simpsons/vsguide.txt
2.8 CHERRY OS AND SOL
The computer in Principal Skinner's office is, as you may all have
noticed, a reference to the Macintosh class of computers. Instead
of an apple, the Computer Art Director of this game decided to put
a cherry as a logo and also creating a desktop similar to that of
a Mac. Some icons were also created for the faux OS, but
unfortunately, they can't be seen because of the SOL window
covering it. And, as we all know, SOL is a parody of the widely
used online service.
Cult of Mac
Yup, just PearPC stolen and wrapped in an installer.