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iluvmymactoo · Dec 5, 2004, 10:03 PM

Thought ya'll might be interested in taking a look at this new software for running windows on your Mac. It's called iEmulator.

http://www.iemulator.com/

I've never heard of them before. Has anyone used it?

Shades of Gray · Dec 5, 2004, 10:26 PM

Notice that it only includes a DOS operating system. So not quite VPC 7 alternative.

iluvmymactoo · Dec 5, 2004, 10:32 PM

Originally posted by Shades of Gray:
Notice that it only includes a DOS operating system. So not quite VPC 7 alternative.

On the website it shows a movie using Win 2K and in the FAQ says you can install Dos through to XP.

Catfish_Man · Dec 5, 2004, 10:33 PM

It's a qemu front end. Qemu is free and has been available for a while now.

iluvmymactoo · Dec 5, 2004, 10:39 PM

Originally posted by Catfish_Man:
It's a qemu front end. Qemu is free and has been available for a while now.

Say what? LOL

Chuckit · Dec 6, 2004, 01:00 AM

How many threads do we need about a qemu frontend?

iluvmymactoo · 01:53 AM

Originally posted by Chuckit:
How many threads do we need about a qemu frontend?

Give me a break

Spheric Harlot · Dec 6, 2004, 02:48 AM

Originally posted by iluvmymactoo:
Say what? LOL

Huh?

Mohammed Al-Sabah · Dec 6, 2004, 07:15 AM

try this ?

http://darwine.opendarwin.org/

Chuckit · Dec 6, 2004, 01:59 PM

Originally posted by iluvmymactoo:
Give me a break

My thoughts exactly.

iluvmymactoo · Dec 6, 2004, 02:08 PM

Originally posted by Chuckit:
My thoughts exactly.

Is there any need to be so rude? If you don't have anything constructive to offer then perhaps just saying nothing.

Krypton · Dec 6, 2004, 02:15 PM

Originally posted by iluvmymactoo:
Is there any need to be so rude? If you don't have anything constructive to offer then perhaps just saying nothing.

What he is trying to say, is that there have already been several threads on iEmulator:

http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...hreadid=237466
http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...hreadid=236815
http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...hreadid=233104

iluvmymactoo · 02:33 PM

Originally posted by Krypton:
What he is trying to say, is that there have already been several threads on iEmulator:

http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...hreadid=237466
http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...hreadid=236815
http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...hreadid=233104

Thanks Krypton.

Here in Australia we use what is call "diplomacy".

So I can gather no-one here has actually used iEmulator, which was my original question? The other threads are merely rhetoric and offer no real insight to either iEmulator or QEMU, which was the point of me posting this in the first place.

Krypton · Dec 6, 2004, 02:33 PM

Originally posted by iluvmymactoo:
Thanks Krypton.

Here in Australia we use what is call "diplomacy".

So I can gather no-one here has actually used iEmulator, which was my original question? The other threads are merely rhetoric.

There is no demo available - only a download upon purchase, which it seems no one is willing to risk yet even if it is only $30.

As has been vaguely explained already, iEmulator is a nice interface for an open source piece of software called QEMU, which can emulate an intel processor, and thus allow you to run Windows on OS X.

If you search for QEMU in this forum, you will find a home made GUI for QEMU that someone on this forum made, which serves the same purpose as iEmulator (and is free).

iluvmymactoo · Dec 6, 2004, 02:35 PM

Thanks again Krypton

deedar · Dec 7, 2004, 12:28 PM

I bought it and it's pretty cool - I mean for 24 bucks...

Now, I need to get my hands on a cheapie copy of win xp ... Are those download only places where I can get a copy for $50, uhhh, close to reliable?

nooon · Dec 7, 2004, 12:44 PM

Originally posted by Shades of Gray:
Notice that it only includes a DOS operating system.

Wow! That means it can run Windows 3.11!

Krypton · Dec 7, 2004, 01:41 PM

Originally posted by deedar:
I bought it and it's pretty cool - I mean for 24 bucks...

Now, I need to get my hands on a cheapie copy of win xp ... Are those download only places where I can get a copy for $50, uhhh, close to reliable?

Could you post some screenshots, and or more detailed account of your thoughts please?

If you're about to purchase a copy of Windows, just bear in mind that a more recent Windows (e.g. XP) is going to run slower than an older version, say Win98.

deedar · Dec 7, 2004, 02:51 PM

Originally posted by Krypton:
Could you post some screenshots, and or more detailed account of your thoughts please?

If you're about to purchase a copy of Windows, just bear in mind that a more recent Windows (e.g. XP) is going to run slower than an older version, say Win98.

Oh come on, what more do you want - I said it's cool!

Actually, I could post a screenshot of a dos prompt if you like - tell me how to do it.

I think it's cool because it was a snap to install and runs at least dos without any trouble - for 24 bucks! I don't really care about speed, I just want to run some fairly simple - windows only - legal software. I think that this may be the way to go.

I have win xp on some system restore disks for my mothballed sony vaio - can I somehow use the xp from those disks????

Krypton · Dec 7, 2004, 03:38 PM

Originally posted by deedar:
Oh come on, what more do you want - I said it's cool!

Actually, I could post a screenshot of a dos prompt if you like - tell me how to do it.

I think it's cool because it was a snap to install and runs at least dos without any trouble - for 24 bucks! I don't really care about speed, I just want to run some fairly simple - windows only - legal software. I think that this may be the way to go.

I have win xp on some system restore disks for my mothballed sony vaio - can I somehow use the xp from those disks????

Apple-shift-3 takes a picture of the whole screen. Do some of those with iEmulator in use, and then email to robertcurtis@gmail.com . I'll host the pictures for you.

I don't know for certain but I imagine you could use those VAIO disks.

Krypton · 11:48 AM

Here we go:

http://www.graham.curtis.dsl.pipex.c.../iemulator.jpg
[Please, if you're gonna post big images, use URL tags instead of IMG tags! --tooki]

Randman · Dec 8, 2004, 04:03 AM

Originally posted by iluvmymactoo:
Here in Australia we use what is call "diplomacy".

But to be fair, one should also be able to say: Here in Australia, we use what is called "search".

Krypton · Dec 8, 2004, 04:25 AM

Originally posted by Randman:
But to be fair, one should also be able to say: Here in Australia, we use what is called "search".

timmerk · Dec 10, 2004, 12:09 AM

So I tried buying it. The download page it sent me to is broken. I think I have been scamed.

iluvmymactoo · Dec 10, 2004, 07:26 AM

Originally posted by Randman:
But to be fair, one should also be able to say: Here in Australia, we use what is called "search".

Like I said the other threads had no bearing as to the operation of the application, hence the purpose of my thread. So rather than using search Randman you should learn to read

Randman · Dec 10, 2004, 07:35 AM

Whatever floats your boat.

iluvmymactoo · Dec 10, 2004, 07:52 AM

*moving on to those contributors with something constructive to add*

Thanks Krypton for that screen shot. I'll get it and see if I can install XP or 2000. Obviously no-one has used it before and I maybe able to add to your experience with it.

I'm sure the know alls here will benefit (as no doubt they often do) from other people's friendly contributions

deedar · Dec 10, 2004, 11:52 AM

Originally posted by timmerk:
So I tried buying it. The download page it sent me to is broken. I think I have been scamed.

Keep trying - the same thing happened to me and after about the fifth or sixth download attempt, it worked. Email them - I did (before I got it to work) and I got a response from them in a few hours. Good luck.

timmerk · Dec 10, 2004, 12:17 PM

They sent me a link. I will post a review later and benchmarks.

timmerk · Dec 10, 2004, 10:47 PM

So, 3 and a half hours later, WinXP is still installing...

Gavin · Dec 11, 2004, 04:55 AM

I got QEMU and QEMUX to run it the other day, with both dos (freeDos a DOS clone) and reactos (a free lightweight NT clone)

The installer set the wrong permissions so it wouldn't run at all. I fixed that manually in the terminal (/opt/local/bin/qemu) then both QEMU and QEMUX worked.

dos ran like a slow 286 but reactos was dead dog slow - as in 3 second delay for each character input.

This is on a G3 350
VPC 4 with win 98 works at a reasonable speed on the same box.

It is a good start but a long way from VPC. They have a lot of optimizing to do.

Sven G · Dec 13, 2004, 01:28 PM

... As for slow performance, it not only applies to the OS X version of QEMU, but also to the Windows one; today, I tried the new Mandrakelinux 10.1 Official both on QEMU 0.6.1 and Virtual PC 2004 SP1 on a Windows laptop (1.6 GHz): in QEMU, performance was too slow to be usable, in VPC it was almost native speed (also as no processor emulation is involved for an x86 OS on an x86 PC). So, QEMU is indeed very promising, but not yet at the level of VPC - as was to be expected, too.