2006-11-11 16:53:59 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Just as Linux and Sun Solaris are based on Unix, the Mac operating system is also. It is not an emulator. It is a result of an open-source development project called Darwin, with hundreds of programmers all working to make improvements in Free BSD so it would be the best Unix version available for home use. Of course, it has a graphic interface since Apple Computer was the first company to sell a home computer with windows and a mouse.
With virtually no exceptions, all versions of Unix use a graphic interface because it's a total waste of time to type commands instead of just clicking with a mouse. But if you want to control the computer by typing Unix commands, that is available, for example, by just opening the Terminal application. Be careful, though, Unix commands can do almost anything in the way of changing or deleting files!
2006-11-12 13:23:25 · answer #1 · answered by SilverTonguedDevil 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't really know if that is a emulator, but if you are wanting a emulator i know where to get a Nintendo 64 emulator and a game boy advance emulator. the first link is to the game boy advance emulater and the second is to the Nintendo 64 emulater. in the first link you Will come directly to the download button.
2006-11-12 07:23:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not, Mac OSX is proprieary. Unix is open source. Totally separate. OSX is graphical. Unix is more command line.
2006-11-12 00:56:37 · answer #3 · answered by Jordan L 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes it is built of freeBSD with the graphical user-interface over the top
2006-11-12 01:03:48 · answer #4 · answered by ♫kanis.lupus♫ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/unix/
2006-11-12 04:52:49 · answer #5 · answered by Elbert 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's based on FreeBSD, mostly.
2006-11-12 00:56:27 · answer #6 · answered by bogus_dude 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋