Re: [Mac-on-linux-users] [Mac-on-linux-devel] MOL on MacIntel?

[Chadwick <gm...@gm...>]

On Dec 23, 2007 8:32 PM, Nathan Smith <nda...@gm...> wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-12-22 at 18:35 -0800, John Wright wrote:
> > Is there any possibility that MOL will be ported to
> > Intel Macs?  I had to go MacIntel when my PPC Mac
> > Mini died;  I like Fedora 8 on the Intel mini well
> > enough, but I sure miss being able to run the
> > occasional Mac app without re-booting!
> >
> > Is there anything that I am not aware of that makes
> > this difficult?  Like, Apple munging with the Intel
> > MacOS to prevent its running on non-Apple hardware,
> > that might make it difficult to boot from Linux?
> >
> >         -jmw-
> >
> >  Dr. John M. Wright, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, M/S 0314, UCSD,
> >  La Jolla, CA 92093-0314; email: jwright(at)ucsd(dot)edu; phone: 858-534-3049
> >
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>
> There are no currently plans to port MOL to x86 due to the scope of the
> task and the limited resources (namely time) of the MOL development
> team.  As I understand it, MOL relies on some ppc-specific features, so
> a port to x86 would require a major effort.
>
> Though perhaps the increasing demand for such a product will eventually
> lead to a port (or Mac OS X virtualization options from other
> virtualization software suites).  However, there may be legal problems
> such software, since Apple's license does not allow for OS X to be run
> on non-Apple hardware, which a port of MOL would facilitate (though I
> read that 10.5 server may allow virtualization on non-Apple hardware).
>
> --
> Nathan Smith
> nda...@gm...
>

Maybe another interesting point:  it is difficult to find working
replacements in the PPC realm of Linux.. but usually there is a
``universal'' or separate PPC binary for osx.  Many things not
perfectly available in PPC Linux seem to be available for x86 Linux..
so I wonder if macbookpro counts.. it should, right?

For me, I have to run mol on my pb g4 for Finale, File Maker, First
Class, and good working flash with sound (homestarrunner!)  Since mol
does not help me with Logic or ProTools, I have to reboot to use
those.. which I would have to do with a macbookpro, too.  I just
wouldn't have to reboot for FM or First class.. or flash.  And I'm
sure I can be happy with Rosegarden (or denemo, or noteedit, or
learning musixtex) instead of Finale.

-- 
Chadwick