The product does not come with either Windows XP and OS X. The system requires a Pentium 4 1.6 gigahertz (GHz) CPU or equivalent, Windows XP operating system, 512 megabytes of memory, and 3 gigabytes of hard drive space. The product comes with an installer which requires both Cherry OS and OS X to be installed. Those wishing to buy the entire product will pay US$49.95. It automatically detects hardware and network connections and allows for the use of virtually any OS X-ready application. I think we have proven those skeptics wrong.'Ĭherry OS features support for CD/DVD, USB, FireWire and Ethernet. Everything from skepticism it even existed to doubt it would ever be released. 'There has been a lot of misinformation about this product since word first came out back in October of last year. 'Weire excited about the products release and excited that itis getting such an early interest,' Mr. Maui-X Stream, the Hawaii-based software developers of the Cherry OS, is currently offering a free copy of the emulator for evaluation, which has be downloaded 100,000 times since it was released on Tuesday, according to Jim Kartes, company president. Initial reports from users show problems, but many are reporting surprising performance. Cherry OS 1.0, a new Mac emulator that runs Mac OS X on a Windows-based PC, has been released by its developer in final form.

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