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?

Comments

Virtual PC!!

[drrck]

The main problem I see with this one is Virtual PC. I can do the exact same thing with my iMac G5 at home by simply starting up VPC and booting XP.
While I'm on a rant... Is there some unwritten rule that says all pictures of things somewhat exciting must be taken at VGA quality on a cell phone?

Re:Even if this one isn't real...

[harryk]

As a question, and as someone who does not currently own any 'Apple' hardware, I have but a single question. Why would you want to run WindowsXP on an Intel based Mac? Seriously... I thought the whole point of running a mac based system was to get better hardware (generally speaking) and a very refined OS. I can understand Apple's move to Intel as a technical one (although I'm not sure I'm sold) ... but why would you ultimately want to go backwards to get XP running? I guess I'm specifically concerned with driver support and performance under XP. Am I wrong in thinking that the Mac components are going to be specific, and they aren't going to have adequate XP support? Please don't give me the canned 'becuase I want to' response. Thats only answers the geekfactor question. I want to know if you (or anyone, not be accusational) think that you will get a better performing machine with a Intel-Mac / XP combo... harryk