[nightfire]

does anyone know if pear pc really works, people are telling me that it is probably just a hoax, does anyone have it, and if you do, what problems did you have whil installing it?

[MSM Hobbes]

Take a gander at this thread: http://forums.techguy.org/t352586.html, and do a search w/in TSG and/or the 'net for it. I've no first-hand experience w/ it. It is real, but... be prepared to sacrifice speed. Not to sound discouraging, but if interested in running Mac on a computer, would be much more better to just acquire a cheaper Apple, such as latest iMac.

[RSkwiat]

Originally Posted by MSM Hobbes

Take a gander at this thread: http://forums.techguy.org/t352586.html, and do a search w/in TSG and/or the 'net for it. I've no first-hand experience w/ it. It is real, but... be prepared to sacrifice speed. Not to sound discouraging, but if interested in running Mac on a computer, would be much more better to just acquire a cheaper Apple, such as latest iMac.

PearPC works....really slow, if you have used Virtual PC for the Mac, even on a Dual 2.5 GHz G5, it would only emulate a 600Mhz PC....so even an Overclocked 3.2Ghz x86 would run maybe a 500Mhz PowerPC, maybe....

[MSM Hobbes]

Oh, btw, instead of the iMac, I meant to say the Mac Mini... durn multitasking while on a conf call...

[nightfire]

I went to go install pear through this guide:

http://s87840517.onlinehome.us/pearpc.html

I followed the instructions, and when i went to go start it, pear pc minimized and nothing happened. There also is at the bottom of the guide, a link for if you have problems installing it, and i did the first two steps, but when it says to launch pear, and that a command prompt should come up, it doesn't. am i doing something wrong, i really want to get this to work.