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Watch: Mac OS X 10.4 Running in Windows Alternative ReactOS via PearPC Emulator

posted by martyb on Thursday May 10 2018, @08:26PM   Printer-friendly
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The ReactOS project recently showcased on YouTube [that it's] possible to virtualize the Mac OS X 10.4 operating system on their free and open-source Windows alternative operating system.

Our "Watch" series of articles continues today with a very interesting one where you can see Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger running inside the ReactOS computer operating system, which we believe has come a long way, and it's beginning to look like a viable alternative to Microsoft's Windows 7 or Vista operating systems, perfect for desktop computers and laptops.

The latest release, ReactOS 0.4.8, showed us last month that it's now possible to use Windows 10, Windows 8, and Windows Vista software on the free and open-source operating system that's binary compatible with computer programs and device drivers made for Windows.

It also introduced initial support for reading data from NTFS formatted drives, a new app similar to the DrWatson32 software for Windows, some user-visible changes like support for balloon notifications in the system tray area, and support for unmounting network drives directly from the file explorer.

The video is available on YouTube

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  • (Score: 2) by pvanhoof on Friday May 11 2018, @04:20PM

    by pvanhoof (4638) on Friday May 11 2018, @04:20PM (#678440) Homepage

    Honestly, by the time ReactOS is just a "download, install, run" kind of thing, it'll be our kids saying "Oh, yeah, I remember having to install programs... look man, they have the version of Skype before Microsoft messed it up".

    We use Lync at work. It's already like that. Skype is messed up.

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