OS X Makes Slow Debut on PC_
By Leander Kahney
For years, Mac users have been able to run Windows on their machines using products like Microsoft's Virtual PC.
Now Windows and Linux users can do the reverse. Released last week,
Pear PC is the first software emulator to allow Apple Computer's OS X to run on an Intel- or AMD-based machine.
Developed by Sebastian Biallas and Stefan Weyergraf, a pair of 23-year-old computer students from Aachen, Germany, PearPC re-creates in software the PowerPC architecture, the hardware used in Apple's Macs.
The free, open-source software allows Intel- and AMD-based PCs to run several operating systems compatible with the PowerPC, including Mandrake Linux, BSD, Darwin and, most importantly, Apple's Mac OS X.
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