virtual machine for Mac OS
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By other operating systems I assume you mean Windows or Linux, OSX licencing prohibits running it in a virtual environment. If that is the case if you have an Intel based Mac there is a choice of Parallels Desktop or VMWare Fusion. I would recommend the latter.
If it is a PowerPC based system the only one I can think of was Microsoft's Virtual PC.
If it is a PowerPC based system the only one I can think of was Microsoft's Virtual PC.
nixgeek
Mac of the SubGenius! :-)
It all depends on whether you have a PowerPC Macintosh or an Intel Macintosh.
There's a program called Q which is the graphical Mac OS X port of QEMU. It's open source which means its free, and it's a universal binary which means that it runs on both PPC Macs and Intel Macs.
Aside from that, you'll only find Virtual PC as your option on the PowerPC side and it's REALLY slow. On the Intel Mac side, there's VMware Fusion and Parallels Desktop.
There's a program called Q which is the graphical Mac OS X port of QEMU. It's open source which means its free, and it's a universal binary which means that it runs on both PPC Macs and Intel Macs.
Aside from that, you'll only find Virtual PC as your option on the PowerPC side and it's REALLY slow. On the Intel Mac side, there's VMware Fusion and Parallels Desktop.
nixgeek
Mac of the SubGenius! :-)
If you're planning on installing OS X on a stock PC, you're on your own. It's against the board rules here. If you want to run OS X, you'll need a Mac.
As for running Mac OS X in a virtual machine, Apple hasn't made that possible either since the requirement for OS X is either an Apple-branded PowerPC or Intel Macintosh computer.