Is the Mac OSX really unix(BSD) based or is it an emulation?
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Just as Linux and Sun Solaris are based on Unix, the Mac operating system is also. It is not an emulator. It is a result of an open-source development project called Darwin, with hundreds of programmers all working to make improvements in Free BSD so it would be the best Unix version available for home use. Of course, it has a graphic interface since Apple Computer was the first company to sell a home computer with windows and a mouse.\n\nWith virtually no exceptions, all versions of Unix use a graphic interface because it's a total waste of time to type commands instead of just clicking with a mouse. But if you want to control the computer by typing Unix commands, that is available, for example, by just opening the Terminal application. Be careful, though, Unix commands can do almost anything in the way of changing or deleting files!
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its another way to make the mac version appear even more inferior.\nThis seems most likely a case of bad business by an almost monopoly. If a certain company, let say "micro-hard" just so we dont take chances messing with potential danger, realizes that its largest competitor (apple) has better hardware and software than the computers that carry it software, one easy way to stay in business would be to pay many companies to make all software for the competing company inferior, as to make the customer believe that the computers by the competing company are inferior.\n\nI almost forgot to mention, if you think the mac version is bad, take a look at the unix version. poor thing is a crying shame. I guess Gates really does rule the world.
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I'm assuming your Macs run on Mac OS X. Mac OS X also has a "sub-operating system" of Mac OS 9 which can run most older programs, so I'm thinking yes, it should be able to do it using the Classic OS 9. When you install the program and choose to run it, OS 9 should boot up automatically. \n\nGood Luck.
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well, i'm not a mac user. \nbut i hope these links give you some information \nhttp://www.macosx.com/content/faq.php/q440/Installing-dmg-Files.html\nhttp://www.codecomments.com/archive240-2005-2-402171.html
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you dont need any emulators on the new macs based on the intel platform just use this software names boot loader . u can find it at \nhttp://download.onmac.net/
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there is a very nice program called dosbox. it is basicaly a ms-dos emulator. It lets you run ms-dos programs on a newer computer. It runs on a number of dfferent platforms including linux, windows and MAC os X. I have never tried the mac version but the windows and linux versions work very well.\n(i even ran games like Darkforces, Terminal velocity, jazz jackrabit and lots of others on it)\nit should work for you, it is not too complicated, and it has very good help documentation\n\nhttp://dosbox.sourceforge.net/
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You can run Mac OS X on prentium Pcs. Just do a google or yahoo search for Mac OS X86 or on intel and you should be able to find a patch that makes the os run on non Apple Hardware.
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This can be done easily on an Apple Mac computer running OSX - do you have a Mac or a PC?
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You can't wipe the Mac OS off completely, but you can run an emulated Windows XP environment from within the OS. Apple themselves have recently released software called "Boot Camp" that allows Mac users to do just that. This was big news when it was announced. You should be able to download a trial now from Apple's website (http://www.apple.com). There's also other provides of OS emulation software (or virtualisation software). VMWare (http://www.vmware.com) currently offer their VMWare Server application free for download - I *think* this runs on Macs too. The software allows you to create virtual machines based around a variety of OS's including Linux and Windows XP. \n\nHope that's helped.\n\nH
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It's in beta right now. I've tested it, but after an hour, you get bored with it... It also reminds me of Apple Mac OS X, but not that great compared to OS X.
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My answer would be simple if it was a PC..  I would love to learn more about MAC's and how to use them.\n\nSad for a guy who programs for a living.    I have ONLY had to deal with PC type machines.  Well, besides main and mini frames back long ago.
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Just to clarify the early statement. There are some core pieces of the Mac OS that are not supported on the PC side. So it is not likely that we will see anything like that happen. But if you have an old machine laying around you might take a stab at a flavor of linux.
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dont bother with usenext.\n\nI prefer giganews. it's much better. a decent mac newsreader is http://www.panic.com/unison/
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you are using a pc will mac os run on a pc or do you have to run on a mac\n\nsorry add to answer\n\nyes you could do it but the amount of changes needed would be vast i would say if you are looking for a good solid OP i would use linux redhat or mandrak
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AutoCAD Anybody?\n\nThis strategy by Apple addresses the "classic case" of inability to adopt Mac. The classic case is this: I can run every piece of software I need natively on Mac OS X, except for the one I need the most.\n\nFor many in the CAD world, this happens to be AutoCAD. Yet, for others it happens to be programs like SolidWorks, CATIA, Pro/E and others. Maybe a user wants to use Autodesk's 3D Studio Max. All of this is possible now at native -- and very attractive -- speeds.\n\nThis isn't the same thing as native solutions for OS X. And that is what Mac users ultimately want. But for now, this is Apple's latest big move in its efforts to win the hearts and wallets of folks frustrated with the Windows computing experience.
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you can get osx to run on a dell or an amd. I got bored and its running on my work pc which is a dell and its also running on my xBox. you just need to be not a noob. but honestly if you just switch to mac you will fall inlove. Trust me i switched about 19 months ago. I am an A+ certifed technician my last pc was an AMD 64 FX 53 with 4 gigs of ram and 1 terabyte of hdd. i loved my windows but needed a mac cert for my new job so i got one thinking this will suck. i sold my pc 6 weeks later. mac is the only thing i need its so much nicer
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Okay, here's a short version:\n\nThe term UNIX refers to any operating system based on a certain codebase; visit http://www.unix.org/what_is_unix.html to get some information on the specifics (but it's an incomplete history; search for "what is UNIX" for more info.)\n\nHowever, most people who say "UNIX" are really referring to any number of operating systems that look like, and work similarly to, UNIX: FreeBSD and GNU/Linux are just a few of these. All use different code, and are developed and maintained (and owned, where ownership applies) by different people or organizations. They don't necessarily run the same software (although they can in many cases) but they work in very similar fashion from a user perspective.\n\nNotice that I said "GNU/Linux" rather than just "Linux"; that's because the actual name of the operating system most people refer to as "Linux" is "GNU/Linux". GNU/Linux is a collection of free software tools (GNU applications) compiled to run on the Linux kernel. \n\nHopefully that clears up your misconception: Linux is actually a software kernel, and GNU/Linux (commonly referred to as Linux) is the collection of software compiled for and packaged with the LInux kernel that you can find distributed (hence "Linux Distributions") as Ubuntu, Knoppix, etc.\n\nYour quesion "do all these flavors use [the] same linux kernel" is a good question, because they do and they don't. On the one hand, each distribution -- and each version of each distribution, and in many cases each user's installation of each distribution -- may use a kernel that is based on a different version of the kernel source code, and may have been complied with different options. So you can't necessarily take a kernel from one system and drop it on to another; the applications and config files for distribution foo might require a kernel compiled with certain source code and options that a kernel from distribution bar won't have.\n\nHowever, at the end of the day, all Linux distributions are using one version or another of the Linux kernel codebase; that's what makes them Linux. If you collected the same applications and compiled and ran them on a BSD kernel, you'd be running BSD; compile and run 'em on Darwin and you're running Darwin; and so on. People running all three of those kernels could use the same apps, and have a desktop that looks and works absolutely the same.\n\nSo why choose one over the other? Well, different kernels have different numbers of programmers writing drivers and whatnot for them; some are trendier or better known than others; some kernels have stability or (obscure) features that the others lack, or perhaps a distribution you really like uses a particular kernel instead of another. As a user, you shouldn't really care (unless you have a preference between GPL, BSD and other code licenses, which you probably don't at this stage); you should just use the kernel that comes with whatever UNIX-style distribution you like, and which has drivers supporting all of your hardware.