Discussions related to using VirtualBox on Mac OS X hosts.
tbluhp
Posts: 1 Joined: 22. Jan 2008, 22:48
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by tbluhp 22. Jan 2008, 22:56
I was trying to install VirtualBox on my PPC but it said only for intel is there a PPC version coming out anytime?
shadedream
Posts: 1 Joined: 26. Nov 2007, 16:15
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by shadedream 23. Jan 2008, 00:07
Given that virtualbox isnt an emulator, no there likely wont ever be a PPC version. The reason it works on Intel machines is because a virtual machine basically just provides an environment for the OS to run in along side the host OS. Windows only runs on Intel-compatible hardware and would need that hardware emulated (much slower, see VirtualPC for Mac etc).
Entity
Posts: 100 Joined: 31. Dec 2007, 19:28Primary OS: MandrivaVBox Version: PUELGuest OSses: xp,mandriva,ubuntu,vista,7
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by Entity 23. Jan 2008, 01:16
Well, a VirtualBox on PPC could always load ppc linux or ooder mac versions, I guess, but anyways I doubt a PPC is even in the farest of the todo lists.
gh
Posts: 2 Joined: 29. Jan 2008, 21:02
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by gh 29. Jan 2008, 21:05
tbluhp wrote: I was trying to install VirtualBox on my PPC but it said only for intel is there a PPC version coming out anytime?
Perhaps you should have a look on Q / QEMU:
http://www.kju-app.org/kju/
It emulates x86-machines even on PPC systems.
Regards
Götz
stefan.becker
Volunteer
Posts: 7639 Joined: 7. Jun 2007, 21:53
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by stefan.becker 29. Jan 2008, 22:30
Forget it.
gh
Posts: 2 Joined: 29. Jan 2008, 21:02
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by gh 29. Jan 2008, 22:45
stefan.becker wrote: Forget it.
Q / QEMU is not that bad. On a G3/800 it was usable to boot Win98 - quite slow but fast enough for testing with MSIE.
Claymon
Posts: 2 Joined: 21. Jan 2008, 21:16
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by Claymon 30. Jan 2008, 18:38
stefan.becker wrote: Forget it.
eBay has it available.