OSX on x86?

Dyck15 · 10-07-2003, 10:33 AM

Since I have been using iMacs at school for the past 2 years, Ive really began to like the Mac os. I think we use 9 point something. I was wondering if anyone knows if Apple plans on releasing an x86 version of panther/jaguar, or if anyone knows of a good way to emulate them on a windows PC (Let me know if this goes against forum rules). Last resort, one hell of a great theme for XP Pro.

Any takers?

10-07-2003, 10:37 AM

OSX is based on a Unix core, so all you gotta do is find a distro that offers a similar interface. There is also a sweet looking OS X skin that a friend of mine uses...

minibubba · 10-07-2003, 12:19 PM

you can't get THE OSX on a PC, but there are many things for Linux that can mimic parts the OSX gui... you could just install Linux on a Mac, but that's not what you were asking ;)

DigitalDD · 10-07-2003, 09:03 PM

Enjoy Darwin: http://developer.apple.com/darwin/

this is the X86 version of MacOS X

there are both power PC and x86 version available here: http://www.opendarwin.org/downloads/

minibubba · 10-08-2003, 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DigitalDD

Enjoy Darwin: http://developer.apple.com/darwin/

this is the X86 version of MacOS X

there are both power PC and x86 version available here: http://www.opendarwin.org/downloads/

interesting, but it seems to be primarily for developers and not for use as a desktop OS, but I could be wrong :shrug:

Dyck15 · 10-08-2003, 01:11 PM

Thanks guys. Ill try out this darwin but im not keeping my hopes up. It sounds like just the developer side, but its worth the shot. And hey, its a nice fast server, D/L was <1MB for a while before averaging out at 405kb/s :D

I also managed to find a nice XP Skin @ http://www.jonmega.com/~iceman/ if anyone else out there is interested. It does require that you have StyleXP or another styling program of the sort.