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DESCRIPTION
Q [kju:] emulator is a feature packed Cocoa port of QEMU: Run Linux, Windows, and other systems on your Mac.

Switch fast between guest PCs. Save and restart guest PCs at any stage. Easily exchange Files between Host and Guest. Q emulator makes use of OS X most advanced technologies like openGL and CoreAudio to accelerate your experience with your guest PC. Please remember, at the present state, QEMU is still considered Alpha software.

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WHAT'S NEW
Version 0.9.0a89:
  • flashdrive: import/export Guests as executable pakages… send a guest-pc to a friend - he needs no programm installed to run it (cordney*)
  • Quartz support with faster selective drawing code: faster video output, as no unneeded screenregions are updated (mike)
  • toolbar in fullscreen: have handy functions ready with “cmd-b” (cordney*)
  • network and firewall settings tabs: routing ports was never easier (cordney*)
  • German, French and Polish translation (Katios, Krzysztof)
  • new icons: we now have micro-, fullscreen- and toolbaricons (andy)
  • animated windowcycling: change between fullscreen guests as you would expect ;) (mike)
  • bootorder that supports multiple bootdrives
  • tons of bugfixes
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.3 or later.

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Developer:Mike Kronenberg
Downloads:269,998
  - Version d/l:253,567
Utilities:System
License:Free
Date:23 Aug 2007
Platform:PPC/Intel
RATING
****½

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May 26 2010

ZANGIEF  Is this ever going to be updated?  
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May 28 2010

SPRINGHEELMAC  Go to the developer's site via the link above. They have version 0.9.1 something there. For some reason they aren't updating on MacUpdate.  
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May 27 2009
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HALODEMO002  Works very well especially running linux. Very safe to use as well.  
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Feb 7 2009
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ANTONIOHUANCHACO  five stars  
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Feb 7 2009

ANTONIOHUANCHACO  Works Fine with my macbook intel...good job!  
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Feb 7 2009

ANTONIOHUANCHACO  Version Q-0.9.1d118  
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Aug 27 2008

ROYLSAINTP  this Q is not working for me at all, am running a G5. can anyone suggest another platform to run win software on a mac seamlessly download without fees.  
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Aug 22 2007
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THREEDEE912  Very slow on my G4, but that's to be expected. Successfully installed Win2000 and Ubuntu.   
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Jul 17 2006
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TOMIS  Surprisingly, VirtualPC 5 on a 1GHz G4 iBook noticably outperforms Q on a 2Ghz iMac G5 , both running a fresh instal of Windows 98

I didn't do any benchmarking. I'm going purely based on how fast it feels.

Performance problems aside, it does exactly what it says. It does it easier than the other free PC emulation software, and hey it's free!

I'd like to see performance optimizations for the Intel emulation on PowerPCs but the Qemu team is probably focusing on getting intel virtualization working now.

A great overall product, it shows a lot of promise!  
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Apr 21 2006
***½.

DOMINO88  I have installed WinXP SP2 and I can't seems to get the wireless working on Windows. Any suggestion? Have I done anything wrong?

I have set my router to DHCP, it works on my PowerBook.  
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Mar 29 2006

MACUSR  While I was waiting to get VPC, I used Q. It's easy to set up, but it was slow. It was good for an emulation, but I wouldn't recommend this for everyday work use. Maybe just for that .doc file or a small DOS game. Maybe on the G5s and Intels it runs better, but on my G4, VPC is much faster.  
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Apr 10 2006

UMAROMC  For the .doc files I'd recommend the OS X-native NeoOffice.  
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Apr 11 2006

JSLMG  Actually, no emulator of any kind is needed on a Mac for .doc files. Yes, NeoOffice, clunky and resource-hungry as it is, is one option. AppleWorks works just fine, and is fast too. It saves any document you can later open in MS Word should you so desire. If you're using Mac, why not just use what's already there? Test it out...It's a lot of more cross-platform than you might think, and no emulator needed.  
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Mar 29 2006

KRAIZED  What do I need to get this run from an XPSP2 CD? I can't seem to get it too boot.  
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