[two1361]

I've heard rumors about OS X being created for the x86 platform, so I wondering for anyone else has any more details on that.

[Squashman]

Apple will never do it. But you can run OS X ontop of Virtual Machine Software. Look at PearPC.

[AvvY]

Why wouldn't apple support the x86 arch?

Late,

[two1361]

i think it wouldn't be a bad idea, especially if they marketed it cheaper then windows, give ppl another option to windows.

[AvvY]

I have to admit I'm not that familiar with the workings of a mac, but surely they will change their arch over to x86 and the 64bit processors that are coming onto the market. surely they'd make a version of osX that makes use of it?

Late,

[Squashman]

Originally Posted by bigavvystyle

64bit processors that are coming onto the market. surely they'd make a version of osX that makes use of it?

Late,

Edit: What do you think the G5 processor is?

[MSM Hobbes]

Yea, that rumour has been around for many many years - in various shapes and shades. As most rumours, there are at time a certain degree of fact w/in it. For more info, check out the following sites; keep in mind that I've included in the following a wide selection from various time periods to give a brief flavour; a google or a9 search will reveal much more...

http://artificialcheese.com/story/2002/8/31/161044/348
http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2005/...25022048.shtml

http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/ma...21/darwin.html - scroll down about 1/4 of the way...

For example, just a couple sites regarding the above mentioned PearPC:
http://forum.osnn.net/archive/index.php/t-3712.html
http://www.neowin.net/forum/lofivers...t165720-0.html

[AvvY]

Squashman:

Originally Posted by bigavvystyle

I have to admit I'm not that familiar with the workings of a mac

I don't know a huge ammount about macs - I don't use them, thus I wouldn't know what the heck a G5 is, or equivilant to in PC talk.

Late,

[MSM Hobbes]

bigavvy, no prob. just FYI, the G5 is Apple's latest, most powerful "chip"; esp. the dual G5... she purrrrrrrrrr's!!! Anyhow, the G5, which has been out now for some time, since 2003, indeed has 64-bit technology. Already.

if interested, can check out:
http://www.apple.com/powermac/
and
http://www.thescreamonline.com/techn...lehistory.html

2003 • G5

The PowerMac G5 was Apple's long-awaited fifth generation PowerPC-based machine. In an important move, Apple decided to break with Motorola, and used an IBM-designed processor. Motorola had been chronically delayed for both processor design and shipment, and was at least a year away from its fifth-generation PowerPC CPU. Apple and IBM had worked closely together for nearly a year of the PowerPC 970 Processor (publicly referred to as the G5), and the 64-bit PowerMac G5 represented a huge leap forward in both processor and machine design.

Housed in an innovative new Aluminum enclosure, the PowerMac G5 was the first 64-bit consumer-level desktop computer ever sold. It featured either a single 1.6 or 1.8 Ghz processor, or dual 2.0 Ghz processors. It included a variety of motherboard enhancements, including PCI-X slots, and 8X AGP slot, a Serial-ATA bus, and up to 8 GB of RAM. Most impressive of all was the front-side bus speed, which was increased to half of the processor speed-up to 1.0 Ghz. This represented a more than six-fold improvement over the previous PowerMac G4 model.

Couple more sites regarding the OS X upon x86 chip subject:
http://www.macworld.com/news/2001/06...hing/index.php
http://www.transitive.com/technology.htm
http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2005/...25022048.shtml
...*NOTE: please read the comments there for more take on this subject too*...

[two1361]

yea i got a 64 bit AMD... and i would prefer not to use windows, granted XP 64 is still beta. and only some linux distro have 64 bit. even for some $$$ i would love the 64 bit OS X

[Squashman]

Originally Posted by two1361

yea i got a 64 bit AMD... and i would prefer not to use windows, granted XP 64 is still beta. and only some linux distro have 64 bit. even for some $$$ i would love the 64 bit OS X

I would say Most Linux distros have 64 bit capability.

[Front242]

Hi, I am new to this forum, but this topic caught my interest. As far as the DarwinOS x86 is concerned most of the news on the net is very old; PII era in fact. Version 7.xx.xx Does seem to work with some stability on AMD systems. At this point I have only tried it with 2.2 gig processor on a Via Chipset. But I am going to attempt it on a nForce2 Chipset this weekend. I will keep you up to date on my progress.

[MSM Hobbes]

Welcome Front242 to TSG!

Thanks for the info, and look forward to hear what results you get.

[Front242]

Here is some up to date info on Darwin x86: http://macslash.org/article.pl?sid=0...00&mode=thread

Thanks for the welcome MSM Hobbs.

[two1361]

heheh yea took off because of cheapness, free downloads and such. but if apple made OS for the pc, i would spend $129 on it. better then spending money on windows. lol im sure if enough people pressured Apple they might consider it