[Lone Stranger]

Hey all. I'm not really sure whether this should be here or in the UNIX section but it is related to both.
Is it possible to run applications written for Mac OSX on a computer that doesn't have that particular OS? Could the apps run on a PC running something like BSD UNIX? Has anyone attempted this?
I'm just curious at this point as I can't afford a new computer now and my current one is a least 3 years old. It runs Linux fine but I'm not about to try BSD or anything else on it at this point in time.

[Headrush]

When you say OS X applications I'm guessing you mean Cocoa based applications. (GUI apps you see on OS X)

The answer is there is no way without running OS X.

[peterh40]

The only applications you can run on non-Mac platforms:
- X Windows apps
- Java apps
- SDL apps

otherwise, if source is available, is to re-write them for the APIs for the target operating system.

[tomdkat]

Originally Posted by peterh40

The only applications you can run on non-Mac platforms:
- X Windows apps

I don't know if this is true since you'll still need the Mac to serve as the X client host.

Peace...