Spotting the memory/processor usage:
Creating a user account:
And, finally: Enjoy your Apple computer!
Well, just when I was ready to start "Enjoying my Apple Computer", a weird bug appeared: I was dropped into an infinite Finder crash-loop. Well, not really infinite, 15 minutes or so later, the loop ended. Mac OS X 10.3, Panther, was actually running on my Athlon machine!
The only glitch left was the Dock. It also encountered a crash loop, but this one was indeed infinite. I am confident that these problems will be resolved in later versions of PearPC.
Conclusion:
I am truly impressed. I do not really have anything more to say than: thank you, PearPC, for this, well, enlightened moment. And for my clean room, of course.
Test system:
- AMD Athlon XP 1600+;
- 512 MB SDRAM;
- Ati Radeon 9000 with 128 MB DDR-RAM;
- CMI-8738 based 5.1 soundcard;
- MSI K7T Turbo2 mainboard;
- 40 GB harddisk;
- Standard ps/2 keyboard;
- Microsoft Trackball Optical (USB);
- Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (host);
- PearPC 0.1, emulating Mac OS X 10.3 Panther (client).
About the Author:
Thom Holwerda is a regular visitor on OSNews.com and has contributed more than once. His first computer experience dates back to 1991 (a 286 entered the household). Over the years he has played around with several computers, but it wasn't until 2001 that he really started to experiment OS-wise with computers. His favorite operating systems are Windows Server 2003, Mandrake Linux, BeOS. He also has an affinity for the QNX Neutrino RTOS. Thom also contributes to the SkyOS project, being responsible for the Dutch translation.
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