Is it possible to "force" an Applemac to accept software designed for a P.C.
2006-06-29 23:19:58 · 7 answers · asked by xenon 6 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
No. But the newer intel macs will allow you to run both operating systems.
2006-06-29 23:25:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can with the use of an emulator such as Virtual PC or QemuX etc, however their usefulness has lessened since the Intel Macs can dual-boot to MacOSX or Windows. Despite what you may hear about emulators they are usable if you have a CPU 1GHz or faster, but it will be slow and definitely useless for games.
However... if it's ancient DOS software you want to run then you can use DosBox, it runs old DOS software at full speed, even games, on a 1GHz or faster CPU, but it's not recommended for running Windows.
2006-06-30 02:11:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Virtual PC will do it, but the results are PAINFULLY slow.. so don't bother... if you really want to run PC applications and Windows on a Mac, invest in the MacBook or MacBookPro... it has a new Intel processor and is the first time that a Mac can "really" run PC apps on it.
Then you get the best of both worlds.
Read more here:
http://www.apple.com/macbook/
Good luck
J
2006-06-29 23:38:14 · answer #3 · answered by Jonathan H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We can't able to force to install software designed for PC in apple mac instead of it u can install Windows OS using a software called virtual PC in Apple mac ( Mac OS) .
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/virtualpc/virtualpc.aspx?pid=virtualpc
The above link will be usefull for u.
Ram
2006-06-29 23:28:24 · answer #4 · answered by R.RamaJeyam (Leo Guy) 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure if you can still get it but there is software you can buy to run windoze programes, cant remember the name offhand.
2006-06-29 23:25:34 · answer #5 · answered by David 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
buy a real pc window
2006-06-29 23:25:59 · answer #6 · answered by uthmanadeola 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no buy a pc
2006-06-29 23:22:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋