The mind boggles : =
Brian Oestreich explains just how deep this virrualization thing can go:
\While the topic of virtualization has been around for a while, this
week's announcements of Boot Camp from Apple and Parallels'
announcement of Parallels \Workstation is potentially profound news to
those supporting Apple Macintosh computers.
On \Wednesday, April 5th, 2006 we heard the news that we could now run
either the Macintosh OS x 10A.x or \Vindows XP Pro SP2 operating system
on Apple computers with Intel processors using their new software --
Boot Camp. On startup, one need only select the operating system we
wished to use. and off we would go. Need the other operating system'!
No problem, just reboot and select the other.
On Thursday, April 6th, 2006 we learned that we no longer needed to
reboot our computers to run both the. Macintosh as x 1O.4.x and
\Vindows XP Pro SP2 operating systems on the same Apple computer with
Intel processors. This was because we now had Parallels \Vorkstation
virtualization software to use. and we could run both at the same time.
Not only that, but we were not limited to running just \Vindows XP Pro
SP2. Instead, we now had a whole range of operating systems we could
virtualize onto one Apple computer using Intel processors. (see. list
at the end of this message)
So ifI read all this correct and I were to:
A. Purchase an Apple MacBook Pro or other Intel based Apple Computer
product
B. Purchase a copy of \Windows XP Pro (or Home) SP2
C. Download a copy of SoftMac Xpress
D. Dig out a licensed copy of the Macintosh System Software 7.5 or 8.1
(is as 7.5 it still available as a free
download from Apple'!)
I should be able to whip up an Apple computer with Intel Core Duo
processors that would be running Macintosh OSX 10.4 x, virtualizing a
copy of \Windows XP Pro SP2 which in turn is running an emulation of
the l\1acintosh Classic OS 7.5 through SoftMac Xpress. And thus, I
should be able to run a copy of Crystal Quest, M0RE, or dare I even say
-- HyperCard! r...)
