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  1. Re:Yet another story stating the obvious by Runaway1956 · · Score: 1 · on Windows 7 Share Grows At XP's Expense

    PowerPC owners take heart: Win 7 runs on Virtual PC

    Wednesday, February 4, 2009

    Fred Horvat reported that he can run Windows 7 Beta 1 on a PowerPC Mac with the (long discontinued) Virtual PC emulator:

            I got Windows 7 Beta running under Virtual PC 7.03 on my dual G5 with OSX 10.5.6. I also got the network card working inside the Virtual machine. I had to follow the Vista install steps for Virtual PC Mac to get it to install (do a Web Search for instructions if curious). Performance is a bit pokey and not really for day to day use though. I can't say yet if performance is any better than Vista under Virtual PC. I have not done any Windows performance optimization yet.

    http://www.macwindows.com/win7beta.html

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZrK5hJTtTo

    I've never owned a Mac, or a PPC. I can't say what can and cannot be done, but people are claiming to have run Win 7 in a VM on Mac PPC. If I can get someone to donate a Mac, I'll be happy to experiment!

  2. A few OS X and iApp bugs and crashes.. by Savage-Rabbit · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Microsoft or Apple - Who Is the Faster Patcher?

    Name the applications, version of the OS and the hardware you're using. First a few annoying bugs Apple has taken way to long to fix:
    OS X 10.5.2, Mail.app, when accessing some IMAP4 accounts the "Get Mail" button fails to retrieve mail for some accounts. It's a know issue and it has been since the 10.5.2 update. I am not the only one to run into it, I checked the Apple forums and tested Mail from several different networks and two different Macs. I 'fixed' this bug in Mail.app by switching to Thunderbird.

    OS X 10.5.2, When printing to a printer connected to an Airport Express the OS fails to connect to the printer. It's a know issue and it has been since the 10.5.2 update. If anybody has this problem see this thread, there is a fix available here.

    OS X 10.5.2,Sometimes when putting the computer to sleep the screen stays black after it wakes again. The OS is up and running but the display does not light up. It looks as if this can be temporarily fixed by resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) but the problem will resurface.

    OS X Various versions, Windows networking, i.e. Samba functionality is regularly broken by point updates of OS X. Of course this is usually solvable if you are a bit of a nerd. All you have to do is plow through sites like macwindows.com and hit the command line but it's still bloody annoying. And don't try to tell me this issue is all Microsoft's fault because I know this is Apple screwing up with Samba.

    Now I know these aren't crashes but they are glaring examples of bugs in applications and system components that Apple is taking forever to fix and for me, as an Apple user, this is pretty galling. I need patches for bugs like this more often than every 2-3 months.

    If you want crashes:
    Try installing iLife 06 apps: iMove, iDVD or iPhoto that shipped with the 10.4.x version of OS X that your mac shipped with on 10.5.x. On my MacBook Pro they all crash without warning, on a fresh install of Leopard even after upgrade to 10.5.2. The iMovie help still crashes on me 10.5.2 every time I try to access the instructions on how to hook up a camcorder. Of course one could argue that a user should not install iLife 06 on Leopard but I fail to see why I should shell out money for iLife 08 when 06 serves my purposes just fine.

    I am a Mac user and have been for years. I am more satisfied with the Mac than I was either as a Windows or Linux user but I wish that Apple would stop swamping me with new cool features and spend a few months concentrating simply on making the OS and especially the iApps more stable. I like new features but I like stability more.
  3. No by bl8n8r · · Score: 1 · on Can Apple Take Microsoft on the Desktop?

    Apple had a unique product all their own prior to converting to x86 hardware. Given the cash injection from Microsoft [0] a number of years ago, and the recent windows support [1] on the mac, Apple isn't that unique. You just end up running Windows on Apple hardware - so what? The only thing I can see happening is that the software industry is going to be considering Microsoft alternatives for the first time in over a decade. If that's all that comes out of it, I'm all for it.

    [0] http://news.com.com/2100-1001-202143.html
    [1] http://onmac.net/
          http://www.macwindows.com/

  4. Re:Maybe a change to solaris eventually? by Princeofcups · · Score: 1 · on Mac OS X Kernel Source Now Closed

    >If they are locking the source down, I for one would hope that it might indicate
    > making a move to solaris. Especially after the recent news that they were
    > porting some of Solaris' file system over to MacOS, moving over to full solaris
    > may leverage the best of unix and the mac os GUI system.

    Do you mean something like this?

    http://www.macwindows.com/emulator.html
    Macintosh Application Environment (MAE) 3.0)
    Discontinued on 6/1/98.
    Solaris and HP-UX
    A runtime enviroment that operated in a UNIX X window on Sun SPARC workstations and HP 9000 and 700 workstations. MAE is the most complete Mac environment for another platform. Based on System 7.5.3, MAE 3.0 includes AppleTalk and MacTCP networking, AppleScript, Drag and Drop, PC Exchange, and AppleGuide. MAE 3.0 emulates a 68LC040 processor, and lets you run off-the-shelf Mac software.

    jfs

  5. Re:I'd prefer a VPC-like solution by acomj · · Score: 1 · on Windows XP on Intel Mac Confirmed

    There should be something "real soon now"

    I've used guest PC last year on a ppc g4 (stupid ie only web site I needed for work). Its slow, but works. Since the site updated, I haven't needed to use it forever which makes me happy. It allowed cut and paste between Windows and Mac

    This site has lots of stuff on running windows on mac

    http://www.macwindows.com/

  6. OS.X and Virtual PC software alternatives by Savage-Rabbit · · Score: 1 · on Windows on Intel Macs - Yes or No?

    What we will *definitely* see are "Virtual PC"-like programs that let you run Windows alongside OS X (in a Window, or taking over the screen, etc., with a hotkey to flip back and forth, for example).

    Right, this is what is really interesting from my point of view. The only reason I would want to dual boot is to be able to get maximum performance with Games. Other than that dual booting is inferior to running Windows or Linux on top of OS.X via some Virtual PC type solution since I want to be able to switch between OS'es with a single keyboard shortcut.

    There are already some alternatives for running Windows on a VPC on top of OS.X:

    Microsoft Virtual PC
    GuestPC
    iEmulator

    According to macwindows.com Microsoft has been unwilling to name a timeframe for when Virtual PC will be working on the MacIntel boxes. In other words no Microsot Virtual PC on MacIntel until this spring or even the summer. Of the other two vendors I only go a reply from iEmulator who plans to be releasing a MacIntel compatable version around the time the MacIntlel machines hit the market in February which means they look set to be the first to market. In all cases there should be a significant performance boost for these products hopefull to the pont that we get half way decen performance for Windows XP and hopefully Windows 2003 Server as well.

    Has anybody heard any talk of an OS.X port from VMware?

  7. OS.X and Virtual PC software alternatives by Savage-Rabbit · · Score: 1 · on Windows on Intel Macs - Yes or No?

    What we will *definitely* see are "Virtual PC"-like programs that let you run Windows alongside OS X (in a Window, or taking over the screen, etc., with a hotkey to flip back and forth, for example).

    Right, this is what is really interesting from my point of view. The only reason I would want to dual boot is to be able to get maximum performance with Games. Other than that dual booting is inferior to running Windows or Linux on top of OS.X via some Virtual PC type solution since I want to be able to switch between OS'es with a single keyboard shortcut.

    There are already some alternatives for running Windows on a VPC on top of OS.X:

    Microsoft Virtual PC
    GuestPC
    iEmulator

    According to macwindows.com Microsoft has been unwilling to name a timeframe for when Virtual PC will be working on the MacIntel boxes. In other words no Microsot Virtual PC on MacIntel until this spring or even the summer. Of the other two vendors I only go a reply from iEmulator who plans to be releasing a MacIntel compatable version around the time the MacIntlel machines hit the market in February which means they look set to be the first to market. In all cases there should be a significant performance boost for these products hopefull to the pont that we get half way decen performance for Windows XP and hopefully Windows 2003 Server as well.

    Has anybody heard any talk of an OS.X port from VMware?

  8. MacWindows by wheatwilliams · · Score: 2, Insightful · on Linux Desktop Deployment Postmortems?

    If you want to integrate Mac OS X computers into your existing Windows server infrastructure, be sure to check out http://macwindows.com/

    This site is dedicated to enabling Mac OS X computers to coexist in the enterprise environment.

  9. Re:other sources by fatlaces · · Score: 1 · on Integrating Microsoft's AD into Apple's OD?

    I've also found this site

  10. Oh, really? by phorm · · Score: 1 · on Gartner Says Linux PCs Just Used To Pirate Windows

    You still need a MacOS... but...

    A feel dirty even posting this, but we use it for the macs that have "essential" windows applications.

  11. MacWindows by pmorelli · · Score: 1 · on Windows to Mac Migration Guide/Advice?
    Great interoperability site, mostly about having macs in a windows world, though there is some stuff about windows in a mac world.

    http://macwindows.com/

    Their articles are pretty good (right sidebar).

  12. MS Office v.X problems... by snafu · · Score: 3, Informative · on Apple Pulls 10.2.8 Update
    According to MacWindows users, "...Now Excel and Power Point Crash after the splash screen..." (and more comments)

    This may imply something important is broken in the OS, or in the latest Office. In either case, it's important for Apple to keep it working.

  13. Re:Online Resources - (Share Windows Printers) by qengho · · Score: 4, Informative · on O'Reilly Publishing Mac OS X for Unix Geeks

    Are there any good, technical websites for helping people switch Windows to Mac - and use both at the same time?

    Dunno about helping switchers, but MacWindows has lots of stuff about interoperating.

  14. Re:I have the same problem by Lars+T. · · Score: 3, Interesting · on Syncing Addresses, Calendar, & Tasks with Windows?
    Top Story: Further Microsoft clarification on Exchange client for Mac.

    Here is the official word:

    Microsoft is in the early stages of developing an Exchange-based solution.
  15. xpod? by Apaturia · · Score: 1 · on Sync Your iPod on Linux

    Wasn't that the old name for XPlay (another iPod utility), which was changed at the request of Apple?

    See here ("Apple muscles Mediafour into dropping "XPod" name for Win-enabling software for iPod").

    I don't think they'll be able to use that name for very long.

  16. Re:Two Reasons: by Maserati · · Score: 1 · on When Is Exchange Inappropriate For The Enterprise?

    Right now, MS has two branches for Mac email clients. One for Exchange and one for POP/IMAP mail. The POP/IMAP clients are Outlook Express 5.01 and Entourage (part of Office 2001 and really just OE with some PIM functionality). For accessing an Exchange server they have Outlook 8.22.

    Outlook 8.22 sucks, plain and simple. Most importantly, it does not fully support the calendaring functions that make Exchange worth having. In addition, it's still a bit buggy and it's ugly as sin. there is no preview pane for messages, nor is the calendar really integrated, even as far as it goes. Anybody remember Schedule+ ? This is its last incarnation.

    The Watson project (Outlook 9) is now in Preview Release 3. This is a complete re-write and looks like an actual, useful enterprise-caliber mail client. I'm testing it in our office now (and it runs under OS X, albeit in Classic mode) and the calendar functions are up to par with Outlook 2000. It's also a very nicely designed Mac program, it does seem to have a different team than OE/Entourage, but the Watson team seems determined to produce a world-class application. It's been stable since PR1, and with PR3 good until March I will be deploying a few copies for our Mac people.

    For more info on macs and Exchange see:
    here for current versions and here for Watson and Exchange 2k. And see anything else on www.macwindows.com for Macs and Windows.

  17. Re:Two Reasons: by Maserati · · Score: 1 · on When Is Exchange Inappropriate For The Enterprise?

    Right now, MS has two branches for Mac email clients. One for Exchange and one for POP/IMAP mail. The POP/IMAP clients are Outlook Express 5.01 and Entourage (part of Office 2001 and really just OE with some PIM functionality). For accessing an Exchange server they have Outlook 8.22.

    Outlook 8.22 sucks, plain and simple. Most importantly, it does not fully support the calendaring functions that make Exchange worth having. In addition, it's still a bit buggy and it's ugly as sin. there is no preview pane for messages, nor is the calendar really integrated, even as far as it goes. Anybody remember Schedule+ ? This is its last incarnation.

    The Watson project (Outlook 9) is now in Preview Release 3. This is a complete re-write and looks like an actual, useful enterprise-caliber mail client. I'm testing it in our office now (and it runs under OS X, albeit in Classic mode) and the calendar functions are up to par with Outlook 2000. It's also a very nicely designed Mac program, it does seem to have a different team than OE/Entourage, but the Watson team seems determined to produce a world-class application. It's been stable since PR1, and with PR3 good until March I will be deploying a few copies for our Mac people.

    For more info on macs and Exchange see:
    here for current versions and here for Watson and Exchange 2k. And see anything else on www.macwindows.com for Macs and Windows.