For a long time, a lot of Windows users have been clamoring for the opportunity to run the Mac OS X operating system on their Windows PCs. As Mac OS X was designed to run on a different CPU architecture (PowerPC), running Mac OS X directly on Intel's CPU would not work. It wasn't until recently that PC users saw a ray of hope, when Apple announced that it was moving to Intel's CPU architecture and would hence port Mac OS X to run natively on Intel's x86 CPU architecture. However, the joy was short-lived, as Mac OS X can still run properly only on Apple's customized hardware, not commodity PCs that run Windows. (There are hacks to make Mac OS X run natively on PC hardware, but that is not the legal way to do it). The only logical means of running the Mac OS X operating system on your Windows PC is to run it in an emulator capable of emulating the PowerPC CPU architecture. While popular virtualization software programs like Virtual PC and VMware have been around in the market for a long time, none support running Mac OS X. Fortunately, an open source project, PearPC, makes it possible to run Mac OS X on Windows. PearPC is an architecture-independent PowerPC platform emulator. (It is released under the General Public License (GPL)-a freely used free software license.) PearPC emulates the PowerPC architecture by using a JIT (Just-in-Time) emulator to dynamically translate PowerPC code into x86 code. In this Short Cut, you will learn how to install Mac OS X on your Windows PC using PearPC. I will walk you through all the steps needed to successfully get Mac OS X working, as well as configure additional settings to make Mac OS functional.

Sleeping with the Enemy: Running Windows on a Mac provides the information Mac users need to understand the options for running Windows on a Mac and to choose the best fit for them. It includes detailed information on installing, configuring, and using both kinds of Windows environments. Important topics include sharing peripheral devices, networking, accessing the Internet, transferring data between the operating systems, and protecting the Mac environment from Windows viruses and other threats. Introduction Sleeping with the Enemy Part I Running Windows on a Mac Using a Dual Boot Solution Chapter 1 Downloading, Installing, and Removing Boot Camp and Windows XP Chapter 2 Running and Configuring Windows Using Boot Camp Chapter 3 Networking and Connecting to the Internet Using Windows Chapter 4 Protecting Your Windows Environment from Internet Attacks Chapter5 Running Windows on a Mac Using Boot Camp Part II Running Windows on a Mac Using a Virtual Machine Chapter 6 Installing Windows XP in a Virtual Machine Chapter 7 Controlling and Configuring a Windows Virtual Machine Chapter 8 Running Windows in a Virtual Machine

Windows guru and CNET commentator Coursey draws on the experiences of real-world switchers to frame his own straightforward instructions on how to use Mac OS X. There's a lot involved in moving to a new operating system, but readers will find everything they need to get up to speed quickly as well as understand the subtle and not-so-subtle differences between the systems.

For power users who want to modify Tiger, the new release of Mac OS X, this book takes them deep inside Mac OS X's core, revealing the inner workings of the system.

Using an Intel-based Mac means you can choose the best of both worlds--running Mac OS X or running Windows, but what's the optimal way way to go about it? Cross-platform expert Joe Kissell has distilled untold hours of testing into this ebook to help you understand the pros and cons of Apple's Boot Camp versus virtualization software and to give advice and step-by-step instructions for installing either Windows XP or Windows Vista in Boot Camp, Parallels Desktop 5, VMware Fusion 3, and VirtualBox.

Demonstrates how to become adjusted to the Macintosh operating system and how to transfer data from a Windows system to a Macintosh, discussing topics such as moving files and Macintosh equivalents to Windows-only programs.