Q emulator
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Q emulator overview
Q 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.
Note: While the software is classified as free, it is actually donationware. Please consider making a donation to help support development.
What’s new in version 0.9.0a89
Updated on Aug 23 2007
Version 0.9.0a89:
Note: This product is not compatible with macOS Catalina and later.
- 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
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App requirements
- Intel 32
- PPC 32
- Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later
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Apr 14 2015
Version: 0.9.0a89
This program does not work period! Maybe for others but not on my G5 2.5 gigahertz, It needs a lot of work!! I don't know why the programmers do not address this?
May 26 2013
Version: 0.9.0a89
There is a new website for this software :
http://www.kju-app.org/
Latest revision is Q-0.9.1d118
Jul 6 2012
Version: 0.9.0a89
I cannot get a successful install of XP running on my G5 with this software. If I could find a place to get VPC 2007 I would.
Program has crapped out on me at ALL stages of the XP install process - its not XP that hangs either. I have to force quit the app then restart the machine, because the window the VM is running in never goes away after a force quit.
I have a G5 and for various reasons it would benefit me to have a copy of XP running (or vista or win7) on this box, but I cant get it to run with any kind of stability at all. I don't care how slow it is, just need it to work. Very disappointed.
I have a Wintel box so please don't flame me about that. I like the PPC machines... call me a dinosaur if you will. Took me YEARS to upgrade past the 68k series macs.
May 28 2009
Version: 0.9.0a89
Works very well especially running linux. Very safe to use as well.
Feb 7 2009
Version: 0.9.0a89
Works Fine with my macbook intel...good job!
Aug 27 2008
Version: 0.9.0a89
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.
Aug 23 2007
Version: 0.8.1a35
Very slow on my G4, but that's to be expected. Successfully installed Win2000 and Ubuntu.
Jul 17 2006
Version: 0.8.1a35
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!
Apr 22 2006
Version: 0.8.0a949
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.
Mar 29 2006
Version: 0.8.0d537
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.
Mar 29 2006
Version: 0.8.0d537
What do I need to get this run from an XPSP2 CD? I can't seem to get it too boot.
Mar 3 2006
Version: 0.8.0d537
Works almost as fast as VPC, except free. Supports most of the same features as VPC. The universal binary version supposedly runs way faster than VPC on Intel hardware... I suggest you all keep an eye on this project!
Feb 25 2006
Version: 0.8.0d537
A free OS emulator...?! o_o;
My wildness dreams have come true.
There is hope! XD
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