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The goal is for developers to be able to test web sites on Mac, without having an "extra" computer on every desk. Folks were talking about virutalizing Mac OS X's on their PC's, but I don't think that's feasible.
Yes, sure, it'd be better and easier to run OS X and virtualize Windows.
Folks were talking about virutalizing Mac OS X's on their PC's, but I don't think that's feasible.
Apple specifically to altered their kernel to stop OS X from running correctly in Virtual PC and other emulation tools - so you are stuck with the other method until they want to play nice - or you get altered versions from less reputable sources.
A few years ago, before I got my nice new Intel Mac, I had my little PowerBook. I thought one day, there must be a way I could get OS X on Windows, and by following the steps with PearPC and using a Mac install disk, it works! However, when I did it, PearPC could only emulate a G3 processor, but for web testing, that's fine!
PearPC is great, IMHO, for a web developers home PC. The workstation support department at your local publicly traded corporation probably won't like any product at version 0.4.
Regarding the kernel check, yes, Apple made it difficult to boot OS X from a PC. But since that's a hardware check, it should be possible to run OS X inside Windows running on a Mac -- or am I mistaken?
That said, I doubt current Windows virtualization apps can hook into proprietary Apple hardware like that.
VMWare is releasing a Mac OS X product, maybe there's hope they'll release a plugin for running the Windows product on a Mac. I guess it's either that, or stick to trusty old KVM switches.
