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Windows virtualization on the Mac - here now?
by Victor Agreda, Jr. Apr 6th 2006 at 11:25AM
Apparently
everyone and his cousin must be trying to get at this right now (ah yes, there it is on digg), but some company called Parallels is beta testing some virtualization software for the Intel Macs that'll
run Winders right inside OS X. No word as to how well it works yet, but apparently we are just a few days/weeks/months
(tops) from a real alternative to that lame dual-boot solution. Play Fear while I compose in GarageBand? I
believe the only term for that is: w00t! Anyway, the beta is free, but I'm guessing they're going to charge for this
eventually. Get it while its hot! I'm sure someone at Parallels.com is really scrambling for more servers and bandwidth
right now...UPDATE: It's a 45-day trial, not a free beta test, I as previously said. Doh!
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jill carrol said 12:33PM on 4-06-2006
Windows virtualization on the Mac - here now?
I found new site with windows virtualization flash drive but I dont know about MAC
http://www.apponusb.com
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FlyingSpaghettiMonster said 1:18AM on 4-29-2006
Check out Q/Qemu (Q is a GUI for it), a cpu emulator that can emulate many cpu's including x86..
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tris said 5:56PM on 4-29-2006
I've got Qemu, still trying to get it to work, if i can, it will be a really cunning stunt, on a g4 tibook...
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