PearPC

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PearPC

my friend wants to do pear pc because he doesnt have a mac and he's too cheap to buy one since he has a good pc. pear pc is a power pc emulator which will let you install mac os x on a pc. he doenst want to buy a version of os x and have it not work (i convinced him it wont work) so he was wondering if there was anywhere you can download os x panther or tiger for free. i hate asking this, but hes my best friend, my software came on my mac, so i cant give him a copy of my tiger. please help, thanks

G5, Mac OS X (10.4.4), friends comp is hp pavilion with 3.00ghz pentium 4 and 300gb of hard drive and 512mb ram

Posted on Jan 19, 2006 3:36 PM

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Answer 1

ramez

Level 1

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Jan 19, 2006 5:13 PM in response to Scott Thiede

If your computer came with Tiger, you certainly have a backup disk. I would avoid PearPC and use mac-on-linux, http://www.maconlinux.org/. I have Panther working well on Mandrake 10.0.

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Answer 2

Scott Thiede Author

Level 1

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Jan 19, 2006 5:31 PM in response to ramez

but i would like to stay with microsoft windows Xp so i dont think im gonna switch to linux... still does anyone know where he can get os x for free? or does anyone know if PearPC will work? help needed

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Answer 3

a brody

Level 10

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Jan 19, 2006 5:42 PM in response to Scott Thiede

Mac OS X is not available for free anywhere. I would help your friend get a job, so he can buy a http://www.apple.com/macmini/

Or a used or refurbished Mac with Mac OS X preloaded:

http://www.macmaps.com/usedrefurbished.html

if he is too cheap to buy a Mac Mini. PearPC's emulation is very poor from what I've read and not like having the real thing. To really get the Mac experience he needs a Mac.

Disclaimer: Reference to links I make to my Macmaps.com website are a for your information only type reference. I do not get any profit from this page, and it is open to the public.

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