VMware Fusion

first of all, there isn't one. But, comparing the tasks I put to my FreeBSD/x86 boxen, G4 is slightly faster MHz for MHz than Pentium III; I ttribute that to bigger L2 cache. In all honesty, I would expect a Xeon to perform better, but these are even more expensive than Apple hardware. Obviously, I have to qualify the tasks these machines perform: mostly...

if you need a PC, IMHO, it's better to actualy buy one. VirtualPC is one of the best emulator apps I have seen, only topped by VMWare under Linux. ...

It doesn't need Intel, but it does need an x86 compatible CPU. VMware is a proprietary product that only ships in binary form. It will not run under OSX. ...

vmware does not need intel inside..... does it fulfill the reqs listed? i cant find any in depth docs on mac os x, at least no tech manuals on darwin...

connectix, VMware, BochsNG(it has a different name), you name it, all of them are the same thing. IIRC, IBM came up with the first 386 virtualizer (OS/2 Red Box, I think was the name), but it was not fully functional. The first one out was the VMware. And, as already said, the task would have been much simpler if the x86 hardware actually supported virtualization.

I was not refereing to VMWare here: http://preview.connectix.com/ C 4 ur own i 's Admiral

There is vmware for linux and some others that lets win32apps to run on top of linux and not needing an install of Windows. ...

True. Mac On Linux is an example, also VMWARE on the intel side. ...

Sorry, VMware uses the the fact that there is a i386 in the machine, therefore it is not possible with MacOS X on PPC to take advantage of it. ...

I don't know if it's possible on OS X, but there is this software called VMware (http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/common/freebsdtools.html) that allows you to run windows on FreeBSD (part of the OS X Kernel). It requires an X window system which we already have, Xtools from http://www.tenon.com. I think it would require some hacking to work, but it seems quite...