How to run Office:Mac on a PC?

[Thomas Bliesener]

For better support of Mac users, I want to run Office:Mac on a PC. Though I
know about PearPC http://pearpc.sourceforge.net, I did not yet give it a
try. Are there other solutions available?

Many thanks for all hints and explanations,

Thomas

 

[Michel Bintener]

Hi Thomas,

as far as I know, there aren't that many solutions to run Mac OS X on PCs. I
have heard of PearPC, but I don't think that you can legally run Mac OS X on
a non-Apple computer; if I remember correctly, the license agreement states
that you are supposed to run OS X on Apple hardware only. Also, since you
can only buy Mac OS X for PowerPCs right now, PearPC will have to emulate
such a PowerPC environment, which means that OS X will run rather slowly,
depending on your hardware configuration. If you have to support Mac users
quite frequently, you might actually be better off getting a cheap Mac mini
instead. Sorry for not being more helpful!

For better support of Mac users, I want to run Office:Mac on a PC. Though I
know about PearPC http://pearpc.sourceforge.net, I did not yet give it a
try. Are there other solutions available?

Many thanks for all hints and explanations,

Thomas

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:Mac (Entourage & Word)

***Always reply to the newsgroup.***

 

[Barry Wainwright [MVP]]

If you have to support Mac users
quite frequently, you might actually be better off getting a cheap Mac mini
instead. Sorry for not being more helpful!

Or, of course, you could buy an intel mac as your main machine and run both
OS X or Windows XP natively on it!

;-)

 

[Jim Gordon]

Hi,

Barry and Michel each make good points.

If you want MacOS to actually be able to do anything worthwhile then
running it in emulation just won't make a good experience for you.

The logical solution is to get an Intel based mac mini and continue to
use your existing keyboard, monitor and peripherals. Then run Windows on
the mini. I've been using the Parallels virtual machine on my iMac and
am amazed at the blazing speed of both operating systems. Windows on my
Mac is every bit as fast as on any other hardware that I've ever used.
There is no sacrifice in speed at all.

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

 

[Thomas Bliesener]

Am Sat, 03 Jun 2006 09:42:43 -0400 schrieb Jim Gordon:

Hi,

Barry and Michel each make good points.

If you want MacOS to actually be able to do anything worthwhile then
running it in emulation just won't make a good experience for you.

The logical solution is to get an Intel based mac mini and continue to
use your existing keyboard, monitor and peripherals. Then run Windows on
the mini. I've been using the Parallels virtual machine on my iMac and
am amazed at the blazing speed of both operating systems. Windows on my
Mac is every bit as fast as on any other hardware that I've ever used.
There is no sacrifice in speed at all.

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

Due to license conditions, which I was not aware of until now, and
performance factors, I now consider it a good idea to invest in an
intel-based Mac and run it as dual system. Provided, it allows not only for
XP, but for Vista as well.

Many thanks to Michel, Barry and Jim.

 

[Jim Gordon]

Hi Thomas,

Unfortunately one of the conditions of being an MVP is that we can not
disclose unpublished information about products that have not yet been
released. Vista is one of those products.

Instead, I can only suggest you check out web sites that have
information about running Vista in MacOS. The short story is that using
Apple's Boot Camp that you can run Vista if you properly re-partition
the drive.

I wrote a note to Parallels customer support about running Vista, but I
did not receive a reply.

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

Am Sat, 03 Jun 2006 09:42:43 -0400 schrieb Jim Gordon:

Provided, it allows not only for

 

[Thomas Bliesener]

Am Sun, 04 Jun 2006 11:40:30 -0400 schrieb Jim Gordon:

Unfortunately one of the conditions of being an MVP is that we can not
disclose unpublished information about products that have not yet been
released. Vista is one of those products.

Agreed, Jim. When NDA interferes, we should deepen these considerations in
the appropriate groups, i.e. a beta longhorn group or an mvp longhorn
group. I did start this thread in a public group, however, since I consider
the topic of general interest. Many thanks for your contributing so far.

using Apple's Boot Camp ..
you can run Vista if you properly re-partition the drive.

Yes, I appreciate the elaborations on boot camp on the apple site. It looks
very promising.