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CherryOS 1.0 released

by Scott McNulty Mar 8th 2005 at 11:41PM

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The often talked about, but seldom seen, CherryOS has finally seen the light of day. Just in case you don’t know what CherryOS is, it is basically Virtual PC only in reverse.

Huh?

It is a G4 emulator that runs on PC with a clockspeed of at least 1.6Ghz (though Pentiums, Pentium Ms, Xeons, Athlons, Opterons, and Durons are welcome). You do need a valid license for OS X and Windows XP (Pro or Home will do).

What will running OS X on your PC cost you, other than your immortal soul? $49.95, though there is a free trial version.



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Paul Hoffman

janeiro: What kind of "legal trouble" are you saying that someone will get into if they buy a copy of CherryOS instead of using PearPC?

March 10 2005 at 5:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
janeiro

why pay for this when you can get for free from the guy who actually wrote it? http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/05/03/09/0258220.shtml?tid=179&tid=3 CherryOS is ripped off from PearPC in violation of the GPL. use at your own risk. or, better yet, save yourself the $49 and some legal trouble!

March 09 2005 at 10:18 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Scott McNulty

As always thanks for the constructive criticism folks. It was late, and I was excited so I apologize for the grammatical errors. Though, if I never made these mistakes how would you have any fun? :)

March 09 2005 at 8:07 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Marian

I ment the Mac Mini is much more cost effective.

March 09 2005 at 5:59 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Marian

You better buy a Mac Mini instead. It's not much more cheaper and for sure is much faster - no emulation. A Mac Mini: $499 CherryOS: $49 + additional software costs (all the software that you need to buy have a real Mac system)

March 09 2005 at 5:57 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
glebd

You may want to learn how to use apostrophes. Should be "Xeons, Athlons, Opterons, and Durons".

March 09 2005 at 5:35 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Small Paul

Allegedly, yes.

March 09 2005 at 4:30 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dan

Isn't this that scam that ripped off pear pc?

March 09 2005 at 2:13 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Matthew Huie

Downloading now... FYI the URL for a direct download (so you dont have to go through the registration) is http://movies.mxsinc.com/CherryOS_Software.zip

March 09 2005 at 2:00 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mark

And....wait for it....it sucks just like any other emulator, maybe even a lot worse than others since this seems to be version 1.try I wonder how long before Apple smacks down on this company?

March 09 2005 at 1:04 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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