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Mac OS X Leopard - ARCAism

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CHAPTER 27 WORKING WITH MICR<strong>OS</strong>OFT WINDOWS AND OTHER OPERATING SYSTEMS 517<br />

Running Microsoft Windows on Your <strong>Mac</strong><br />

Unfortunately, since about 90 percent of the world’s desktops run Microsoft Windows, sometimes<br />

you may need to use a Windows-only application or feature (Figure 27-1).<br />

Figure 27-1. Ugggh! World’s best football (aka soccer) team needs better web developers!<br />

More than 10 years ago a highly innovative company called Connectix created a product<br />

called Virtual PC that allowed your <strong>Mac</strong> to run an emulated x86 system as a separate application.<br />

This x86 system allowed <strong>Mac</strong> users to run Microsoft Windows on their <strong>Mac</strong>s. Although<br />

the performance was notably slow, it worked and ushered in the era of emulation on the <strong>Mac</strong>.<br />

Eventually, Virtual PC was purchased from Connectix by Microsoft (which continues to support<br />

Virtual PC but only for Windows hosts).<br />

NOTE Besides Virtual PC, Connectix also invented the QuickCam, which it sold to Logitech.<br />

After selling off QuickCam and Virtual PC (as well as selling its Virtual Play Station product to<br />

Sony, which promptly killed it), the company effectively called it quits in 2003. During its<br />

15 years of existence, the company also introduced memory and innovative techniques for<br />

RAM use to the pre–<strong>OS</strong> X <strong>Mac</strong> platform.

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