Windows emulator? - Page 2

rubah · 04-17-2008, 05:57 PM

munty doesn't read my posts

crono_logical · 04-18-2008, 12:29 AM

no, but I wanted to say something about touhou since it's cool

now excuse me whilst I go back to sorting out the 20 GB of touhou-related oggs I've somehow amassed recently

Momiji · 04-18-2008, 01:28 AM

I'll tell him about WINE, then.

OOC:	Munty, what's your highest score in any Touhou game? I just broke a billion on Imperishable Night.

Kes · 04-18-2008, 02:53 AM

I'm not sure if Darwine works on PowerPC Macs, but I know that things like Bootcamp/Parallels/Fusion won't.

Assuming he has an Intel Mac, he could use any of these options. As for the lag issue, he may want to look into upgrading his RAM (not through Apple though because they seriously overcharge for the stuff). I know Apple was very into giving less than 2GB of RAM in almost all of the stuff pre latest release, and while the computers still function okay, eh, they could be better.

o_O · 04-18-2008, 03:34 AM

Running a virtual machine will need a lot of memory. I don't know anything about those games, but if they have graphics any more modern than Morrowind you'll have trouble with VMs. I don't even know if Parallels' VMs have DirectX support but I know VMWare's only have experimental support.

Darwine runs on PowerPC, but not easily. I'd imaging the reason is something to do with the fact that the instruction translation for x86 is mostly complete, whereas PowerPC's set is still pretty heavily in development. Not to mention that WINE was written for x86.

Momiji · 04-18-2008, 03:50 AM

Originally Posted by o_O ^

Running a virtual machine will need a lot of memory. I don't know anything about those games, but if they have graphics any more modern than Morrowind you'll have trouble with VMs. I don't even know if Parallels' VMs have DirectX support but I know VMWare's only have experimental support.

Darwine runs on PowerPC, but not easily. I'd imaging the reason is something to do with the fact that the instruction translation for x86 is mostly complete, whereas PowerPC's set is still pretty heavily in development. Not to mention that WINE was written for x86.

Ah no, Touhou games are hardly Morrowind quality. The graphics are slightly better than SNES graphics, I'd say.

rubah · 04-18-2008, 06:59 AM

if he has a powerpc he can run virtual pc from microsoft for free and the question is moot.

Kes · 04-18-2008, 07:59 AM

Seriously? Because I have an older Mac at home and that would be rather useful. When did this come out/why in the world would they make it compatible with PowerPC?

rubah Site Staff Cid's Knight I am not a committee! Location: Don't forget you're not alone	#9 munty doesn't read my posts
04-17-2008, 05:57 PM

crono_logical Administrator Hypnotising you Location: Back in Time	#10 (permalink) no, but I wanted to say something about touhou since it's cool now excuse me whilst I go back to sorting out the 20 GB of touhou-related oggs I've somehow amassed recently
04-18-2008, 12:29 AM

rubah Site Staff Cid's Knight I am not a committee! Location: Don't forget you're not alone	#15 (permalink) if he has a powerpc he can run virtual pc from microsoft for free and the question is moot.
04-18-2008, 06:59 AM

Kes	#16 (permalink) Seriously? Because I have an older Mac at home and that would be rather useful. When did this come out/why in the world would they make it compatible with PowerPC?
04-18-2008, 07:59 AM