While popular virtualization software programs like Virtual PC and VMware have been around in the market for a long time, none support running Mac OS X. 56 / / / 036649a2f279906ae4661a2c30e5977a6dcdb3c5 / Compatibility notes For Windows: All you need to do is unzip the file, follow the instructions file inside the '1 - Install First' folder and you'll be ready to run old Mac software in seconds. The only logical means of running the Mac OS X operating system on your Windows PC is to run it in an emulator capable of emulating the PowerPC CPU architecture. See also: Download SheepShaver PPC emulator (for Windows + Mac OS X).
Pre-installed software includes: QuickTime 4.1 for multimedia playback, Stuffit Deluxe 7.0.3 for extracting/compressing Stuffit archives and MacBinary files (such as.sit.hqx or.bin), Toast 5 Titanium for mounting/creating CD images (such as.iso or.toast), Virex 6.1 which was the best antivirus for Mac around year 2000, SoundApp which is an extraordinary compatible music player (plays close to 100 different formats such as.mp3.wav or.mod) and a bunch of useful utilities such as Super ResEdit 2.4, DiskCopy 6.4 and TaskMenuBar 2.4.2. If you intend to install software in your SheepShaver VM, then you will need to expand that blank 30GB file and move your Mac OS 9.0.4 installation to it. Please note that the 250MB base image is not intended for users to install more software. It already contains a compatible ROM file (MacOSROM.rom), a ready 250MB disk image on which Mac OS 9.0.4 is already fully installed (as well as an optional empty 30GB, yes 30 gigabytes, disk image to accomodate heavy disk space use).