Cherry OS Claims Mac OS X Capability For x86

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Posted by timothy on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @01:50PM from the funny-it-requires-windows dept.

jediboytj writes "According to the MacWorld Article, Cherry OS, does what Virtual PC does for Macs, only the opposite. PC Users are now able to run Mac OSX at G4 Speeds (Company claims 80% of the speed of your PC). It also includes full hardware support: hard drive, CPU, RAM, FireWire, USB, PCI, PCMCIA bus, Ethernet networking and modem. The software is being distributed through electronic download at $49.99 USD..." Note: it does not come with a copy of any Apple OS. Anyone in Windowsland tried it to provide a thumbs up (or down)?

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So, you're asking (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @01:51PM (#10505026)

If anyone has popped the cherry on CherryOS yet?

recipe for a slashdotting (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @01:52PM (#10505042)

Wow, there is a recipe for a slashdotting-- let people run OS X on the cheapest ahrdware they can find...

That was quick. (Score:5, Funny)

by Spackler ( 223562 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @01:52PM (#10505052) Journal

They saw us coming around the corner!

Server Error in '/' Application.

Just a dot away from a PERFECT error message.

Oh Boy! (Score:5, Funny)

by JoeLinux ( 20366 ) writes: <joelinux@gma[ ]com ['il.' in gap]> on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @01:53PM (#10505060)

Now I can have my life-long dream of running a Laserwriter using appletalk!

Future Slashdot Story Idea (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @01:53PM (#10505067)

Running MacOS using CherryOS on Windows using VMWare on FreeBSD using Linux binary compatibility.

so.... (Score:3, Funny)

by dummkopf ( 538393 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @01:53PM (#10505071) Homepage

does it also do the "diiiiiiing" when you start up? should not, as the usual PC has no built-in speaker. that will take away a big chunk from the experience....

Re:Site is dead? (Score:5, Funny)

by savagedome ( 742194 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @01:53PM (#10505072)

Try this [cheerios.com] instead.

Re:So, you're asking (Score:5, Funny)

by Triumph The Insult C ( 586706 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @01:53PM (#10505078) Homepage Journal

well, it would appear as though the OS on their webserver has been popped. does that count?

OS X on PC's??? (Score:5, Funny)

by bpatterson ( 554715 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @01:53PM (#10505079) Homepage

What a perversion.... I'm going back to getting my Cuisenart to run Debian. - B

Re:CherryOS goes down! (Score:4, Funny)

by johnnyb ( 4816 ) writes: <jonathan@bartlettpublishing.com> on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @01:54PM (#10505089) Homepage

It's running DotNet. [troll]It will probably be down for the rest of the day.[/troll]

I'll finally... (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @01:54PM (#10505091)

I'll finally be able to play all those games I can't get for the PC platform.

Uh... (Score:2, Funny)

by chuckcolby ( 170019 ) writes: <chuck@noSPam.rnoc.net> on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @01:55PM (#10505109) Homepage

One can only hope that the emulator is more durable than their web server.

Re:There's your problem... (Score:5, Funny)

by ganhawk ( 703420 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @01:55PM (#10505112)

No. you got it all wrong. It is actually IIS running on a virtual PC inside Cherry OS inside a normal PC.

Re:recipe for a slashdotting (Score:4, Funny)

by Phroggy ( 441 ) * writes: <slashdot3@@@phroggy...com> on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @01:57PM (#10505137) Homepage

Wow, there is a recipe for a slashdotting-- let people run OS X on the cheapest ahrdware they can find...

If their web server were running OSX, it might work a little better...

Cherry Os (Score:5, Funny)

by null etc. ( 524767 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @01:57PM (#10505142)

I tried it today... it crashed when I clicked the right mouse button.

Good idea (Score:2, Funny)

by rackhamh ( 217889 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @01:57PM (#10505150)

I have some Windows software I need reviewed. What would be the best place to ask? Oh, I know... Slashdot! Of course!

It works (Score:2, Funny)

by alecks ( 473298 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @01:58PM (#10505161) Homepage

This does work. I'm posting this right now from OSX, running in a window in XP. Ofcourse, XP is actually a VMWare window which I'm seeing through a web-citrix ica client on my sun box. isn't technology great?):

Re:CherryOS goes down! (Score:4, Funny)

by dekropisvol ( 801636 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @01:59PM (#10505186)

LOL, got maybe a license for 5 connections :)

Re:So, you're asking (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @02:01PM (#10505210)

Jimmy, why do you always use such tasteless humor! Now come upstairs out of the basement, lunch is ready. And I removed the crusts off of your sandwiches, just like you like. The milk is warming in the microwave too, and the cookies are fresh.

Re:I'd like to see a comparison (Score:5, Funny)

by mmusson ( 753678 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @02:03PM (#10505243)

Or cherries to pears?

from TFSite (Score:5, Funny)

by justforaday ( 560408 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @02:03PM (#10505244)

You can install all your favorite mac applications on your PC like iLife, iTunes and Photoshop ... to name just a few.

WoW!!! I can finally run iTunes and Photoshop on my PC!!!

Re:Future Slashdot Story Idea (Score:4, Funny)

by lordandrei ( 821457 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @02:04PM (#10505250) Homepage

You mean you don't want to run the palm emulator of FreeBSD first?

Eighty percent is dead accurate! (Score:5, Funny)

by PCM2 ( 4486 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @02:04PM (#10505251) Homepage

Yes, the process of emulating a PowerPC on an Intel x86 chip takes up 80 percent of your host CPU -- leaving 20 percent for user applications. What's so hard to understand about that?

Re:recipe for a slashdotting (Score:3, Funny)

by devphaeton ( 695736 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @02:07PM (#10505297)

If their web server were running OSX, it might work a little better...

No, but it would have had a more lickable error message.

I mean, that's what Apple is all about- licking stuff.

Re:Try this instead: (Score:5, Funny)

by boaworm ( 180781 ) writes: <boaworm@gmail.com> on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @02:07PM (#10505302) Homepage Journal

PearPC, same thing only open source, free, and runs on Windows and Linux.
...but... i have a Mac.. how do I do ? I cant see any Mac/PPC versions out there. Bugger!

In A Related Story (Score:5, Funny)

by Omega1045 ( 584264 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @02:10PM (#10505324)

A company has also released a Mac OS X clone for Linux. You can check out their site and download the software for you Linux machine (note: you will need VMWare or similar software to run it.
The URL: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp [microsoft.com]

Download (Score:5, Funny)

by Rosco P. Coltrane ( 209368 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @02:20PM (#10505444)

The software is being distributed through electronic download at $49.99 USD...

Oh good. I'm growing really tired of mechanical downloads...

Finish it (Score:5, Funny)

by sxltrex ( 198448 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @02:21PM (#10505455)

Running MacOS using CherryOS on Windows using VMWare on FreeBSD using Linux binary compatibility.

On an X-Box.

Re:Finally... (Score:5, Funny)

by Ford Prefect ( 8777 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @02:21PM (#10505457) Homepage

Not if one out of your five computers already runs it. Yay permissive Apple licensing! :D

Yay permissive Apple licensing not allowing the running of MacOS X on a non-Apple-badged computer!

Although...

Is this why I got a bunch of Apple stickers with my own iBook?

Re:Future Slashdot Story Idea (Score:4, Funny)

by Smiley8410 ( 175995 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @02:26PM (#10505516)

Running MacOS using CherryOS on Windows using VMWare on FreeBSD using Linux binary compatibility ...on a dead badger!

Re:Finally... (Score:4, Funny)

by mrchaotica ( 681592 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @02:26PM (#10505525)

hmm... crap. Maybe "Yay that Mac OS doesn't have product activation so they won't really be able to tell and it's not as if I'm sharing it with the entire world anyway" instead?

Of course, I wouldn't even need real Mac OS on my PCs if stuff like iTunes and Safari would run on x86 with GNUStep and X11 -- oh well : (

Re:Future Slashdot Story Idea (Score:5, Funny)

by mikefe ( 98074 ) writes: <(mfedyk) (at) (mikefedyk.com)> on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @02:26PM (#10505527) Homepage

Why emulate when I was born with two native ones?

According to netcraft... (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @02:26PM (#10505534)

"We have no uptime data for www.cherryos.com at present, and cannot plot a graph. "

Mod parent down! (Score:5, Funny)

by ggvaidya ( 747058 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @02:27PM (#10505541) Homepage Journal

Yeah, I downloaded that - and it brought me nothing but spyware! DON'T CLICK ON THE LINK!

It's just that simple! (Score:5, Funny)

by Zildy ( 32593 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @02:29PM (#10505562)

In other news, geek grows tired of carrying around lotion and a towel, invents woman.

Re:So, you're asking (Score:5, Funny)

by m_chan ( 95943 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @02:32PM (#10505600) Homepage

CherryOS.. run Apple software on Lemon hardware.

Re:Future Slashdot Story Idea (Score:4, Funny)

by Lord_Slepnir ( 585350 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @02:35PM (#10505639) Journal

What I want to see: Someone running MacOS on CherryOS on Virtual PC on MacOS.

What are you talking about? (Score:5, Funny)

by pjt33 ( 739471 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @02:37PM (#10505652)

What's a right mouse button?

Re:Future Slashdot Story Idea (Score:5, Funny)

by julesh ( 229690 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @02:37PM (#10505653)

I don't believe FreeBSD runs on dead badgers. You'd probably have to install Linux and then use Bochs to run it.

Now where did I leave that reanimation scroll...?

Re:Fraud (Score:5, Funny)

by hotspotbloc ( 767418 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @02:40PM (#10505673) Homepage Journal

Lagos, Nigeria. Attention: The President/CEO
Dear Sir,
Confidential Business Proposal
Having consulted with my colleagues and based on the information gathered from the Nigerian Chambers Of Software And Emulators, I have the privilege to request your assistance to transfer the sum of $50 (fifty United States dollars) into our accounts in exchange for a Mac OS X emulator that runs on your MS Windows PC. Great cost has gone into the research of this software and it must be transferred as soon as possible out of the country.
While there is no demostration copy available for testing I can assure you that you will be able to run Mac OS X at full speed on any computer with a Pentium III or faster. Screenshots will soon follow after we receive your check (complete with routing numbers).
Thank You And God Speed,
Howgul Abul Arhu

Re:Download (Score:5, Funny)

by HarveyBirdman ( 627248 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @02:42PM (#10505701) Journal

Oh good. I'm growing really tired of mechanical downloads...
Pfft! Spoiled brats! In my day, we had to download them by hand. Without gloves! In the snow! Uphill!
And there we're bears! Oh, such bears we had!

20% speed? (Score:5, Funny)

by mukund ( 163654 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @02:53PM (#10505818) Homepage

Company claims 80% of the speed of your PC

Re:I'd like to see a comparison (Score:2, Funny)

by cyfer2000 ( 548592 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @02:55PM (#10505848) Journal

What? I've been told not to compare Apple and Orange many times. But now people are comparing Cherries with Pears!

Re:I call BS (Score:2, Funny)

by Em Adespoton ( 792954 ) writes: <slashdotonly.1.adespoton@spamgourmet.com> on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @03:02PM (#10505921) Homepage Journal

http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/ [sourceforge.net] (PearPC) runs at around 20% speed, which leads me to believe that not only did the CherryOS people rip off the PearPC project, but they also inverted their ratio.

Re:Try this instead: (Score:2, Funny)

by TelJanin ( 784836 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @03:03PM (#10505934)

Apple distributes a free Mac/PPC emulator with all versions of their OS.

Re:What are you talking about? (Score:3, Funny)

by mslinux ( 570958 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @03:38PM (#10506330)

A right mouse button is an evil idea thought up by Bill Gates to confuse Mac users. It causes them to go into an infinite loop... which button to push, right or left?

"Dude... this PC has two buttons on the mouse and a wheel in the middle... what am I supposed to do?"

30 minutes later: "Fuck it Dude, PCs are too complex."

.

Re:Future Slashdot Story Idea (Score:5, Funny)

by MADCOWbeserk ( 515545 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @03:45PM (#10506419)

I don't believe FreeBSD runs on dead badgers

I think there is a NETBSD port for that platform.

Re:recipe for a slashdotting (Score:3, Funny)

by Afrosheen ( 42464 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @04:09PM (#10506712)

Here's your google-ized dialog for the same window:

Would you like some After-Crash mints?
[Yes][No][More Results (11-20)] [Ok][Cancel] [I'm Feeling Lucky]

Re:recipe for a slashdotting (Score:5, Funny)

by djdavetrouble ( 442175 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @04:14PM (#10506767) Homepage

this bears recalling the excellent beos browser haikus:

These three are certain:
Death, taxes, and site not found.
You, victim of one.

delivered with a 404.

Re:Thievery (Score:3, Funny)

by westlake ( 615356 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @04:16PM (#10506822)

How do you know the copy you're downloading is stolen? Oh wait, you mean to say that you are stealing by downloading a copy? I see. Then it's just that you don't know what stealing is, not what is stolen.
I'll keep that in mind the next time I buy a kickass stereo system sold off the back of a pickup truck at 4 AM.

Re:Oh Boy! (Score:3, Funny)

by node 3 ( 115640 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @04:49PM (#10507261)

I know you were just being a smartass, a time-honored tradition around here, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to be informative.

You misspelled 'pedantic'.

Wouldn't you say the slashdot effect... (Score:1, Funny)

by DannyiMac ( 216056 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @05:11PM (#10507514) Homepage

... has popped its cherry?

*places pinky finger to corner of mouth like Dr. Evil*

Hic Non Sequitur (Score:4, Funny)

by abb3w ( 696381 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @05:23PM (#10507632) Journal

According to the license you cant run the OS on an emulator because its not "Apple hardware".
You presume that the emulator is running on a real PC, rather than one itself emulated on, say, Virtual PC for Mac.

Re:Download (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @06:08PM (#10508114)

Uphill? Doesnt that make it an upload, grandpa?

Top 3 Signs You're Running OS X on a PC (Score:5, Funny)

by Zhe Mappel ( 607548 ) writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @06:42PM (#10508464)

1. Inexplicable urge to download Dance_Monkey_Boy_Dance.avi
2. Inordinate amount of time spent visiting rumor sites to find out when emulation will be sped up.
3. Funny, this beige computer case clashes with the drapes; I never noticed that before...

Re:So, you're asking (Score:2, Funny)

by niteice ( 793961 ) writes: <icefragment@gmail.com> on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @06:59PM (#10508601) Journal

I don't think I've ever heard anyone's member described as 'pointed', before, unless they've done some undescribable modification to it!
/me grabs steak knife

Re:recipe for a slashdotting (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @08:28PM (#10509330)

Q. How do you keep hundreds of Mac zealots busy for days?

A. Make a joke about Macs on /. - they'll ALL have to explain, in all seriousness, why that just isn't really the case for most people and anyway PCs are much worse so there.

Re:Finally... (Score:3, Funny)

by jrockway ( 229604 ) * writes: <jon-nospam@jrock.us> on Tuesday October 12, 2004 @09:43PM (#10509837) Homepage Journal

I like firefox on Linux (and XP), but I hate the mac version. Mostly because I can't middle-click links to open them in a new tab! Safari lets me do this. (Oh the irony, the vendor that ships with a one-button mouse has better multi-button support than a program originally designed to run on X11, a platform that has had three-button mice forever!)

I also like PithHelmet better than AdBlock.

Safari is my choice browser on OSX because it blends in with the rest of my apps. It looks the same as iTunes and iCal and iEverythingElse (Mail.app seems to stick out like a sore thumb, though.)

Also, firefox has this weird pseudo-window that only shows itself when Exposé is activated. What is with that...

Mac users neglected AGAIN (Score:3, Funny)

by skinfitz ( 564041 ) writes: on Wednesday October 13, 2004 @05:42AM (#10511904) Journal

Bleeding TYPICAL - something like this comes out and you can bet it will never get ported to the Mac.

I wan't to run it on my PowerBook but I can't because they will only support Windows and maybe Linux.

I demand to be able to run OSX on my Ma... oh wait.

Comment removed (Score:5, Funny)

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recipe for a slashdotting (Score:5, Funny)

That was quick. (Score:5, Funny)

Oh Boy! (Score:5, Funny)

Future Slashdot Story Idea (Score:5, Funny)

so.... (Score:3, Funny)

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OS X on PC's??? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:CherryOS goes down! (Score:4, Funny)

I'll finally... (Score:5, Funny)

Uh... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:There's your problem... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:recipe for a slashdotting (Score:4, Funny)

Cherry Os (Score:5, Funny)

Good idea (Score:2, Funny)

It works (Score:2, Funny)

Re:CherryOS goes down! (Score:4, Funny)

Re:So, you're asking (Score:3, Funny)

Re:I'd like to see a comparison (Score:5, Funny)

from TFSite (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Future Slashdot Story Idea (Score:4, Funny)

Eighty percent is dead accurate! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:recipe for a slashdotting (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Try this instead: (Score:5, Funny)

In A Related Story (Score:5, Funny)

Download (Score:5, Funny)

Finish it (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Finally... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Future Slashdot Story Idea (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Finally... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Future Slashdot Story Idea (Score:5, Funny)

According to netcraft... (Score:2, Funny)

Mod parent down! (Score:5, Funny)

It's just that simple! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:So, you're asking (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Future Slashdot Story Idea (Score:4, Funny)

What are you talking about? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Future Slashdot Story Idea (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Fraud (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Download (Score:5, Funny)

20% speed? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:I'd like to see a comparison (Score:2, Funny)

Re:I call BS (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Try this instead: (Score:2, Funny)

Re:What are you talking about? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Future Slashdot Story Idea (Score:5, Funny)

Re:recipe for a slashdotting (Score:3, Funny)

Re:recipe for a slashdotting (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Thievery (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Oh Boy! (Score:3, Funny)

Wouldn't you say the slashdot effect... (Score:1, Funny)

Hic Non Sequitur (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Download (Score:2, Funny)

Top 3 Signs You're Running OS X on a PC (Score:5, Funny)

Re:So, you're asking (Score:2, Funny)

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Mac users neglected AGAIN (Score:3, Funny)

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