Is it possible to run and version of windows on an iBook G3?

I don't think that bootcamp works for any version od MacOS that works on the iBook. So I'm wondering if there us any way to run windows, weather its emulation or running natively.

Windows, Windows 10

Posted on Aug 30, 2024 9:23 PM

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Posted on Sep 7, 2024 12:09 AM

iBooks are PowerPC-based Mac notebooks.


You can't run Intel versions of Windows on the "bare metal" of machines with different machine code architectures (e.g., 68K, PowerPC, ARM / Apple Silicon). So something like SoftWindows or Virtual PC would have been the only way to run Windows on an iBook.


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There was a version of Windows NT that ran on IBM workstations with Power-architecture CPUs, but I don't believe that it was ever released for PowerPC-based Macs. Applications had to be built for it - it had no Intel emulation, or Rosetta-style translation, to allow it to run off-the-shelf Windows/Intel applications.

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Sep 7, 2024 12:09 AM in response to AverageiBookUser

iBooks are PowerPC-based Mac notebooks.


You can't run Intel versions of Windows on the "bare metal" of machines with different machine code architectures (e.g., 68K, PowerPC, ARM / Apple Silicon). So something like SoftWindows or Virtual PC would have been the only way to run Windows on an iBook.


Footnote:


There was a version of Windows NT that ran on IBM workstations with Power-architecture CPUs, but I don't believe that it was ever released for PowerPC-based Macs. Applications had to be built for it - it had no Intel emulation, or Rosetta-style translation, to allow it to run off-the-shelf Windows/Intel applications.

Sep 1, 2024 6:31 AM in response to AverageiBookUser

Thank you for the information.


There were two graphite-coloured iBook models.

https://everymac.com/systems/apple/ibook/specs/ibook_se.html

https://everymac.com/systems/apple/ibook/specs/ibook_se_466.html

Important would be to have as much installed RAM as possible.

Yes, an appropriate Mac OS 9 version should be OK.


Connectix Virtual PC 4 (or possibly the earlier Virtual PC 3) may be what you are looking for. Try a web search for details about system requirements and supported Windows versions. Good luck!

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