Run windows on a power mac G4
Hey, can i run windows on a Power Mac G4?
Which parts do i had to replace?
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No and yes. You can't run windows on a Power PC Mac. There's some Virtual PC software from ages back that emulates the x86 processor architecture necessary, but it never really worked well. I have it and I'll give it away, but it's not worth the effort. The newer versions require a minimum 1 GHz processor, anyway. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vir...
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You neglected to mention the possibility of a multi-boot, it doesn't have to be virtualization.
rab: you can't boot a g4 into windows. This is emulation, not virtualization, anyway.
Virtual PC 7 (I think the last version, company was purchased by m$) did run on PPC machine, however it was win95/ME/XP. It ran stable, but there were some things (particularly games) that didn't run or the hardware peripherals wouldn't be recognized.
Maybe you could find it online (ebay or Craigslist)
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rab if you're going to use this as a reference, how about negating the downvote you gave me on it ;-)
I did, someone else must have downvoted it
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Thanks for the help!
I don't think I will do it, because i had to upgrade the processor then!
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You can use software like Paralells to run windows inside mac OS, but windows cannot natively run on a mac, however they can run versions of linux.
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-1 Parallels doesn't work on ppc.
Oh, i know there is a program for that, but i misused the name, i'll try and find it.
WinTel $30 @ http://www.openosx.com/wintel/
Does it work? Do not know...
No, only for Intels
