[Ti] [OT] humor from slashdot

mac2 mac2 at oryx.cc
Tue Oct 12 15:03:02 PDT 2004


yes, this is what the article was about, the Cherry OS that allows people to use 
MacOS X/Panther on top of intel hardware.  the item in italics was from a 
previous poster.

I just enjoyed the "slashdot" commentary, and though that I would share it with 
the group.

Jerry K


John Griffin wrote:

> mac2 typed this message on 10/12/04 4:46 PM:
> 
> 
>><i>it's a shame that Apple doesn't release OS-X for x86 hardware..</i>
> 
> 
> Well, it isn't quite as amusing anymore. Read this from MacMinute:
> 
> 
> Cherry OS runs Mac OS X on PCs
> October 12 - 10:41 EDT   MXS today announced the availability of Cherry OS,
> a "software translator" that the company claims allows you to install and
> run Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) on a PC. "Cherry OS runs Panther as a virtual
> machine on your Windows PC," explains the developer. "This virtual machine
> has full network capabilities including the ability to share folders and
> access the Web. The virtual machine also has complete access to the
> computer's hardware resources including, Hard Drive, CPU, RAM, Firewire,
> USB, PCI, PCMIA BUS and RJ45/Ethernet and Modem." Cherry OS is priced at
> US$49.95.
> 
> Hmmm!
> 
> jg
> 
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