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HOW TO: Convert a Mac into an x86

Posted by timothy on from the apropos dept.

inventgeek writes "With the recent announcements Apple has made regarding its operating environment, Inventgeek.com has a mod that seems rather fitting. They have converted a Mac G3 to an Intel P4 System capable of running Windows or Linux. Full how to is available on there site for those brave enough to bask in what many say could be Apples greatest folly, and a blow to Linux." Update: 06/08 17:53 GMT by T : A few further Mac-OS-X-on-Intel notes, about the new Intel development kit from Apple: Readers jimboman78 and shooflot sent in, respectively, links to (mostly positive) comments on the front page of Accelerate Your Mac and a more skeptical but equally preliminary description at Think Secret.

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  1. Don't RTFA by JohnGrahamCumming · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's just a case mod and consists of the following:

    1. Buy a Mac G3
    2. Through away all the electronicsy bits
    3. Buy a PC
    4. Put PC electronicsy bits inside the G3 case
    5. Stick a Windows logo on case
    6. ?
    7. You are so not l33t

    John.

    1. Re:Don't RTFA by pete6677 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Next article: how to convert a BMW M3 into a Ford Focus.

  2. What's next? by Chairboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    "NEXT WEEK ON SLASHDOT: We put a PC into.... A CARDBOARD BOX! Is there ANYPLACE that's too wacky for us to use?"

    Not only is this a dupe of another lackluster "roflolol i put a pc ina mac case" story from a few months ago, but it's completely un-newsworthy on its own merits.

    This is as akin "turning a mac into a PC" as "wearing Davey Crockett's hat" is to making you a raccoon.

    Now, if it were something really clever, like, say, taping a camera to an R/C tank and calling it a 'basement exploring robot', that would be totally different. Why, anyone who would do that would be pure genius!

  3. Re:This will be made illegal by PopeAlien · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dear lowly worm,

    It has come to our attention that you have converted an apple into a car. This is strictly against our EULA and we will be dispatching our squadron of attack lawyers immediately. It will be an insanely great lawsuit featuring impeccably dressed lawyers with super slick white plastic computers. You have been warned.

    Sincerely,
    The Apple Legal Team

    --
    air and light and time and space
  4. Howto Install Linux on a Dead Badger by phishtrader · · Score: 3, Funny

    1. Find a dead badger (try the sides of highways)
    2. Remove fiddley biological bits
    3. Insert fiddley electronic bits
    4. Install Linux w/ apache
    5. Write up process and post on deadbadger.dyndns.com
    6. Submit article to /.
    7. Watch as deadbadger gets slashdotted to death