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NYK Ace · Mar 8, 2005, 07:42 PM

well my thread in Mac OS was locked

(see: http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...hreadid=248278 )

so im continuing the install log here if anyone is interested

about 14 min remaining

NYK Ace · Mar 8, 2005, 08:04 PM

fully installed at 7:04pm

restarting now

turtle777 · Mar 8, 2005, 08:07 PM

Originally posted by NYK Ace:
well my thread in Mac OS was locked

Yeah, pretty odd, I thought.
Although it's running on a PC, it is OS X nonetheless.

Well, keep us posted. I might try to run it in VPC

-t

NYK Ace · Mar 8, 2005, 08:16 PM

haha yea id love to see this thing in VPC

right now im going though the setup assistant and it is already sloowwww (but that was to be expected right?)

it seems to keep just freezing slightly for a couple seconds every now and then which making typing really tough because it doesnt register anything while in the frozen state

well i see the dock is up now so back to playing

NYK Ace · Mar 8, 2005, 08:20 PM

according to about this mac the machine is a G4 916 MHz on a 458 Mhz bus in a PCI Graphics PowerMac G3 Case

good news system preferences loaded in only 4 bounces

bad news clicking on a control panel takes longer to load then the app does itself

NYK Ace · Mar 8, 2005, 08:23 PM

internet doesnt seem to work yet as the settings are darkened out in the cherry OS prefs

safari loads in only 8 bounces though

MaxPower2k3 · Mar 8, 2005, 08:32 PM

how fast is your PC?

olePigeon · Mar 8, 2005, 08:38 PM

In any event, they've done a better job at it than Connectix/Microsoft. Even if they did steal the source code from WINE.

discotronic · Mar 8, 2005, 08:39 PM

Installing on my PC now. Here are my specs:

(De) Celeron 2.7GHz
1GB RAM
100GB HD

Started at 7:30 pm EST. It is very sloooowww so far. I will post back when everything is finished.

NYK Ace · Mar 8, 2005, 08:53 PM

AMD AthlonXP 2800+
512mb
10 GB to Cherry OS

i was hoping (emphasis on hoping) that this would be able to at least run at the speed of my old blueberry iMac (G3 350) speed wise but it looks like thats not gonna happen with this release

NYK Ace · Mar 8, 2005, 08:56 PM

going through the system profiler more it does show that it has built in ethernet so maybe internet is supported though ethernet (i use a wireless card on my pc) so im gonna have to try to hook it up to the network later to see if it works

TheBadgerHunter · Mar 8, 2005, 08:59 PM

Anyone wanna fill everyone in on what this is etc?

Albert Pujols · Mar 8, 2005, 09:03 PM

Originally posted by olePigeon:
In any event, they've done a better job at it than Connectix/Microsoft. Even if they did steal the source code from WINE.

I thought they stole the source from PearPC?

NYK Ace · Mar 8, 2005, 09:31 PM

Originally posted by TheBadgerHunter:
Anyone wanna fill everyone in on what this is etc?

cherryOS is software that lets you "run" Mac OS X on a windows PC (Intel/AMD/etc)

its kinda like virtual PC except (if you can believe it if you've used VPC) slower

goMac · Mar 8, 2005, 10:01 PM

PearPC was never that slow. When you threw multimedia stuff at it though it died. I wouldn't be surprised if CherryOS was the same speed as PearPC.

discotronic · Mar 8, 2005, 10:03 PM

At this point I am about to give up. It's been 1.5 hours and I am finally getting to the point where it is starting to install. It has done nothing but crash or lock up from the get go. Everything seems to be going fine right now. Hopefully it will stay that way. As far as their claims a few months back about 80% G4 speed I can say they are crazy. There is a good possibility this should have remained vaporware.

discotronic · Mar 9, 2005, 12:56 AM

I just finished about 15 minutes ago. VPC ran better on my G3 iBook 700. I can't see any reason to use this let alone purchase it. Maybe if they do a whole lot of optimization it would actually be usable. On the other hand it does work.

theolein · Mar 9, 2005, 02:49 AM

I just took a look at the PearPC forums (fro those that don't know, PearPC is an open source PowerPC emulator on x86). Some guys there have taken a look at the CherryOS installed files and some of them are one to one copies of PearPC files. Even the executable is similar except that the CherryOS people remembered to remove the PearPC copyright notices this time.

The PearPC people think that the CherryOS guy has simply forked PearPC source and modified some thing, including adding an installer etc. However, they seem to agree that it's still slower than PearPC.

I'm not going to lose any sleep over the x86 market swallowing up Apple's OSX any time soon.

NYK Ace · Mar 9, 2005, 10:27 AM

yea i would of loved if the speed would of been comparable to VPC but its not even close

no way should anyone fork over $50 for this, unfortunately i bet at least a couple people will

CD Hanks · Mar 9, 2005, 10:29 AM

For the "too long; didn't read" crowd:

CherryOS = PearPC.

CherryOS's developer stole the code, made minimal changes, defends his "work", and still is trying to peddle this off as his own.

Amorya · Mar 9, 2005, 09:53 PM

Originally posted by NYK Ace:
haha yea id love to see this thing in VPC

Tried it - doesn't seem to work.

http://www.amoryanorth.com/ppc1.pdf
http://www.amoryanorth.com/ppc2.pdf
http://www.amoryanorth.com/ppc3.pdf

Apple Pro Underwear · Mar 9, 2005, 10:17 PM

Originally posted by CD Hanks:
For the "too long; didn't read" crowd:

CherryOS = PearPC.

CherryOS's developer stole the code, made minimal changes, defends his "work", and still is trying to peddle this off as his own.

is it better than PearPC?

if it is, then i am on his side. if not then why are you not using PearPC?

Zimmerman · Mar 10, 2005, 12:17 AM

I'm going to throw this on my system and see how it does.

Athlon64 3200+
Gig PC3200
GF 6800 Ultra
everything is fast(ish).

CD Hanks · Mar 10, 2005, 12:40 AM

Originally posted by Apple Pro Underwear:
is it better than PearPC?

if it is, then i am on his side. if not then why are you not using PearPC?

Depends. CherryOS appears to make the whole process a lot easier to do, but it's just generally a piece of ****.

PearPC, while the original program, is a lot more rough around the edges.

Either way, CherryOS, and it's freak of a creator (Kryizeu or something), can all go eat a dick.

In short, it is not better.

Why am I not using PearPC? Because I don't have any reason to. I just tried CherryOS to see what an abortion of a program it was first hand. (There's a free demo.)

mitchell_pgh · Mar 10, 2005, 12:47 AM

Originally posted by NYK Ace:
yea i would of loved if the speed would of been comparable to VPC but its not even close

no way should anyone fork over $50 for this, unfortunately i bet at least a couple people will

Anyone that pays for this is a fool... but then again, I ended up paying a few bucks for Be OS back in the day... and basically it was useless (but very cool).

osxpinot · Mar 11, 2005, 12:55 AM

Not only is this a rip off of PearPC, but it is also a rip-off of HFV Explorer. I hope this guy gets sued to no end.

http://www.mxsinc.com/pages.php?cid=MDEwMDA4MTY1