Bounty For Booting XP on the Intel iMac

An anonymous reader writes "The race is on. You can try to get the bounty for booting Windows XP on iMac. At this moment there is $2773 waiting for the winner. However several people have brickified their iMacs when playing with EFI." I imagine those tech support calls are hysterical ;)

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Re:How to report a brickified iMac to Apple

[Speare]

There is no reason why shifting into reverse at 80 MPH should completely brickify a car. Result in speed loss? Yeah. Mean you have to start the engine again? That's fine. But render a car utterly incapable of being restored to a usable state by the user? Absolutely not. We're not talking about pouring sugar in the gas tank here, or driving it off a bridge, we're just talking about experimenting with the subsystem that adjusts gearing ratios in order to try to, legitimately, get into fourth gear.

Re:I suggest the Free Software Foundation

[PastAustin]

Isn't that like a car manufacturer forcing you to only use a certain brand of fuel, or a certain brand of tyres?

ps: I've never seen it spelt like that before. Tires? Is that what you're talking about?

It's just like how a 205/55R15 tire will not fit on a 17"x5 rim...

Re:I suggest the Free Software Foundation

[PastAustin]

"Running Windows" isn't "prohibited" by the "BIOS". 1) There's no fucking BIOS. 2) That's the problem. 3) Windows prohibits itself from booting on EFI (by not supporting it) Fucktard.

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Windows prohibits itself from booting on EFI (by not supporting it)



From dictionary.com:
prohibit:
Pronunciation Key (pr-hbt) tr.v. prohibited, prohibiting, prohibits
1. To forbid by authority: Smoking is prohibited in most theaters. See Synonyms at forbid.

I don't think prohibits is the right word for the job. That would say that Windows EXPRESSLY disallows EFI. It doesn't, it just doesn't understand it. Simply say:

3.) Microsoft Windows XP does not support EFI.

It is also good to note a version since Windows Vista will support it. Don't want to look stupid now, do you?

Re:I suggest the Free Software Foundation

[PastAustin]

Instead, it is the lack of a BIOS which forbids Windows [Windows XP] to run.

From dictionary.com
forbid:
Pronunciation Key (fr-bd, fôr-) tr.v. forbade, (-bd, -bd) or forbad (-bd) forbidden, (-bdn) or forbid forbidding, forbids

1. To command (someone) not to do something: I forbid you to go.
2. To command against the doing or use of (something); prohibit: forbid smoking on trains.

Windows XP does not forbid itself to run. You people keep saying the wrong word for what you mean. It's incompatible. Windows XP does not say, "NO! I DON'T want to play with your new age character EFI." instead it says, "Hey man, who the hell are you and can we please talk about interrupts already?"

Big difference.

Re:Out of their minds I guess

[Kunt]

As I predicted, I was instantly moderated a troll for that. I will try to be more sensitible in my reasoning: Will somebody please inform me why it is a good thing to install Windows on a computer running Mac OS X? And no, "Because you can" is not a valid argument. You can wear a paper bag over your head for a week, but it will only make you look ridiculous.