Slashdot Mirror
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?
One obvious answer might be Apple. They have stated over and over again that it would be impossible for someone to boot XP on a Intel Mac. Now we have claims by someone that it can be done.
I can see two obvious reasons they would pay the bounty.
1. Hush money - they pay the $12k and insist that the user sign an agreement not to realse it to anyone, ever.
2. Apple engineers have no idea how in the world this guy did it, and they need to know in order to engineer a 'fix' to prevent anyone else from doing it.
Maybe this is more of a ransom or a threat to Apple than a legitimate offer to share iformation with the community.
No man is an island, But if you take a bunch of dead guys and tie them together, they make a pretty good raft.
I hate you and your stupid fucking redundant car analogy - the fifteen thousandth in the last month, by the way. Nice job being a repetitive asshole.
Here's an analogy for you: How's about I buy your face and put my fist in it?