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WinXP on a Mac, Hoax?
Brill writes "Ars Technica is reporting that a member of the 'WinXP on Mac' forums called narf2006 may have succeeded at the impossible. He's submitted his solution to get XP on an Intel Mac, for the $12,000 prize, but for now the only proof available is a blurry Flickr collection of photos that could be faked with virtual PC. His reputation on the forums however is strong, and he's already calling for testers." We've had people write in to say this has been announced a hoax on the contest page. The contest page is, of course, down due to bandwidth reasons. Engadget's conversation about this announcement has several theories on how this may have been faked. What's the verdict? Real or Fake?
i've loved slashdot for a long time. yes the self-conscious righteous OSS rants and all. ...but this is just ridiculous. windows xp on a mac....seriously...
WHO CARES!?!
guys-
it's pretty obvious it's a fake.
take a look at the screenshots: you'll notice the resolution is set to the correctly with the dimensions of the screen. that implies narfu got the drivers for the monitor somehow installed - which would be totally impossible as apple hasnt released windows drivers for their hardware.
it's more likely he's using virtual pc or some emulator like that, or even some fancy photoshop work to produce those images...
I'm so, so, so sick of this shit. Why would you want to RUIN such nice hardware with CRAPPY Windows? As if the Mac hardware is too good for the seething masses of Windows users.
THIS is why people hate Mac users: they're so often represented by elitist assholes.
Moron.