Running Mac OS X on a Pocket PC

By James Kendrick | Monday, January 17, 2005 | 3:18 PM CT | 3 comments | Tweet This

A Pocket PC enthusiast in Austria installed a VNC client on his PowerBook at home and his Loox 720 VGA Pocket PC and can now run his Mac OS X computer from anywhere in the world. I don’t know how fast this is but it sure looks cool to see OS X running in landscape on a Pocket PC.

(Wired News via Mike Cane)

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Comments (3)

Yea, I’ve done this same thing with Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 and VNC with my OQO.

Works well and I can access my linux apps on the road. I setup tightVNC as a xinetd daemon, in essense converting one of my Linux workstations into a multi-user terminal server.

Actually, remote connectivity has never been better. Everybody has broadband these days. I can access my WinXP and my Linux workstations from the road and I pay $65.00 for DSL with static IP’s and a 3MB connection.

Hell, five years ago this was unheard of.

Bill Kervaski — 2:57 PM on January 17, 2005 Reply
That’s cool, Bill. Throw in EVDO or EDGE into the mix and your connectivity will be everywhere, even without a WiFi hotspot.

jk — 4:08 PM on January 17, 2005 Reply
This is so awesome. But I highly doubt its worth running, cuz its probs gonna be slow. But whatever, I love that!

hmm... — 1:29 PM on January 18, 2005 Reply