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Run Windows on your Intel Mac in OS X

Sure, you could dual boot Windows and OS X on your Intel Mac, but what if you just need to use a Windows program once and awhile? Why not read this article about using Q, an open source Windows emulator, that let's you run Windows in a window (much like Virtual PC, which doesn't work on Intel Macs yet).

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Eay said 9:39AM on 3-22-2006
wow, i love your desktop wallpaper. where can i get this one?
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stainboy said 9:46AM on 3-22-2006
make sure you follow every step outlined in the article.
especially the part about the muffins. that's probably the most important step.
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Ultim8Fury said 9:49AM on 3-22-2006
When they get virtualisation working this project will be really good. Until then it's just interesting. In the coming months there will be one windows program I want to run. It may work with Darwine, if not then I will seriously look at Q. I certainly don't want to dual-boot for the sake of a single application.
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Joshua Ochs said 10:07AM on 3-22-2006
Q is looking promising, but still has a few bugs to get out before normal users will want to look at it. The biggie right now is some sort of memory error that I believe is messing up XP activation, most Microsoft installers, etc. However, this is *definitely* one of the most interesting programs out there to watch.
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itsmeee said 10:54AM on 3-22-2006
yeah I definitely love your wallpaper, please to link
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Michael said 11:34AM on 3-22-2006
Not as interesting as VMWare though who are supposedly quite close.
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arkowi said 11:47AM on 3-22-2006
I am running Windows 2000 on my Dual G5 using Q. It is not fast, but it is great for checking websites in Windows.
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Neil said 12:59PM on 3-22-2006
Great to see people giving muffins the props that they deserve...
The desktop wallpaper is called "Freebebot" and I got it from the always essential PixelGirlPresents:
http://www.pixelgirlpresents.com/images/desktops/fatcat/freebebot1600.jpg
Give her some props if you grab the wallpaper.
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Joe said 1:20PM on 3-22-2006
Q is nice, but what I'm wiating for is the OS X version of CrossOver Office.
http://www.codeweavers.com/
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James said 2:11PM on 3-22-2006
All I want is to be able to run Half Life 2 (and, of course, Counter Strike, and mods with HL2). That's the only reason that fat, ugly Dell monster hasn't been tossed out the window yet - if I could get HL2 going, then I'd be happy.
What if you had a version of XP installed on an external hard drive, formatted on a PC, with games etc on it - would that make it easier to boot from XP, rather than having a partition and so on? Excuse my total ignorance in all of this...
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eric said 11:50AM on 3-23-2006
why not make os x run on a pc machine now?
that would be better than getting Windows on a MAC!
or has this been done already..
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