Left Justified » apple http://leftjustified.net In a few words, explain what this weblog is about. Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:10:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Running OSX on XP? http://leftjustified.net/journal/2004/10/24/osx-xp/ http://leftjustified.net/journal/2004/10/24/osx-xp/#comments Sat, 23 Oct 2004 23:00:50 +0000 Andrew http://leftjustified.net/journal/2004/10/24/osx-xp/ As a web designer, I want to know what about any cross-platform variations in my work; preferably before it launches. Currently, the only way I can get a glimpse of any bugs in Safari is to line up for a screenshot at iCapture or ask Brady to have a look.

Thanks to products like Pear PC and Cherry OS, it is now possible to run OSX from within XP; potentially allowing a single PC to run Windows, OSX and Linux — the ultimate test box. This is where you come in.

  • Who has had a go setting up Pear PC + OSX? (Or Cherry OS if you were able to get the download in the brief time it was available).
  • What specs did the system have?
  • How long did setup take? Reports of 4 hour setups littered the net when Pear PC was first released — scary stuff
  • Did Safari run smoothly? IE 5.2? Omniweb?
  • Where there any strange side effects?

Any feedback is welcome; I’m not real keen on buying an OS that I may have very little use for until I’m more confident in the results.

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