Running Windows programs in OS X`

Somebody told me that OS X has been capable of running Windows programs for the past year. It was something that Steve Jobs said in his keynote speach a while back.
I was wondering if anyone has done this, and how do I go about doing it?
Something about Rosetta or something?

OS X has been capable of running Windows programs by using VirtualPC, a commercial program that has been around for many years. I think what you're remembering was that Steve said Apple has been building special versions of OS X for use on Intel-based machines for the past year (several, actually). Rosetta is a program that lets programs built for PowerPC (the standard OS X machines) to run on these Intel-based machines as well. That way if you buy an Intel-based Mac, you can still use older software instead of having to buy new stuff specifically written for the new hardware.

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I am getting my first MacBook Pro tomorrow, and i am just curious as to how i could run Windows only software on it. It will only be a couple of games and music software, but i dont have the OSX version, and i dont really want to buy a new version. I'd rather get a free program that does the same thing as Paralells, but if there is any other paid software that is reliable id like to know.
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helloskoodle wrote:
I'd rather get a free program that does the same thing as Paralells,
VirtualBox
https://www.virtualbox.org/
Problem is virtual machine software is about 1/5th the performance of booting directly into Windows via Bootcamp, this doesn't matter that much of your games are 2D, OpenGl driven and light weight, but 3D games you either want to direct install Windows via Bootcamp...
https://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVfRQ0YIDUI&feature=related
or better yet, get a Windows 7 64 bit tower with 4GB of RAM expandable to 8GB at least, this way you can upgrade your own video card.
3D video games advance, require video card upgrades, with the Mac platform there are either no video card upgrade ability or options. You can 3D game for a short time on a powerful Mac, but once the game gets updated your slow again and become fragbait.
http://www.cbscores.com/index.php?sort=ogl&order=desc
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I want to run several windows programs on my macbook. One is called Swordsearcher, a Bible program, and the second is Money Matters, a budgeting program. I've heard of x11 and x86, but I don't understand how they work. If I could run those Windows programs on the MacBook I would be PC-free! Yayy!
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2. Purchase Parallels Desktop for Mac (www.parallels.com) which is virtualization software and enables you to run Windows (any version) simultaneously with OS X in a separate window.
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I know the answer is more than likely going to be no, but I just thought I would ask...
I have an Sparc Ultra-60 running Solaris 10 64-Bit sitting here that is a web / forum / ftp server, and I would like to run a Telnet BBS program on it that is a Windows x86 based software.
I know WINE will run on OpenSolaris, but I don't know and I have searched high and low on the internet for the answer, so I came to the experts! :)
Have a great weekend.!
--- Charles!
Edited by: 808111 on Nov 7, 2010 3:04 PM

Hello Charles,
I have an Sparc Ultra-60 running Solaris 10 64-Bit sitting here that is a web / forum / ftp server, and I would like to run a Telnet BBS program on it that is a Windows x86 based software.
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Unfortunately the first 2 generations (SunPCi and SunPCi II/Pro) don't directly support Solaris 10 (a file from the SunWSPCi package had to be modified to get the software installed) and the last generation SunPCi III/Pro requires a patch to work in 2010. The SunWSPCi packages that came with the boards are outdated and Oracle removed the packages from the download center.
The documentation for these boards is still available on docs.sun.com (enter the following in google "SunPCi +site:docs.sun.com").
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pls help me!!!!! code RED!~

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Windows programs on a PowerPC Machine

Hello, everybody, I have an upgraded Power Mac G4 sawtooth which has seen it's years of use, and never gave up and never will. Although I have intel macs that can do this job, I was wondering if there was a was I can possibly run windows programs right on the desktop's screen seamlessly as if it was running natively. If I remember correctly, Microsoft Virtual PC 6 and 7 for Mac could do this, but it's ancientware, and I can't find anything for it. My G4 sawtooth is more than enough to handle emulation and virtualization, I have done it before using Q, but I, for some reason can't run the windows programs on the desktop as if it was seamlessly running with the system. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
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Power Mac G4 Sawtooth A.K.A (PowerMac3,1)
PowerPC 7447a Sonnet Encore ST 1.6Ghz G4
2GB PC-100 SDRAM
Flashed ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB AGP
1.67TB HDD space
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23" Dell monitor (right)
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What do I need to run Windows on a Mac and Word for Windows?

I have a Mac OS X Lion and would like to run Windows programs which are only programmed to run on Windows. What do I need so that I can run Windows and Microsoft Word.

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"I have a Mac OS X Lion and would like to run Windows programs which are only programmed to run on Windows."
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