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Windows XP on Intel Mac Confirmed
niemassacre writes "According to winxponmac.com, the contest has been won - nearly $14k to narf2006 for submitting a working solution to dual-booting Windows XP and Mac OS X on an Intel-Powered mac. A thread on osx86project.org has confirmations from several testers that the procedure works on the 17" iMac, the Mac mini, and the MacBook Pro. Many sets of pictures and videos (such as this installation video) are floating around (and mentioned in the thread). The solution itself should be posted soon." Poit! Congratulations to narf.
But does it run Linux?
Now I can dual boot a good and bad OS. (I am not saying which is which!)
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If now somebody figures out how to triple boot and add Linux then I will be able to boot a good, a bad and an ugly OS (and I'm not saying either which is which!).
ipods adapted so all audio output is in mono. Graphics on imacs converted to 16 color. Mac mouse to only have one button... oops.
Now that the public has done the work Bill's engineers should have done for Vista, he'll be able to sleep much better at night. /sarcasm
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Well shit is there too, but you don't step into it just because of the fact that it's possible to do it, or do you ?
May i be damned if i let m$ anywhere near a mac.
I'd tell you the chances of this story being a dupe, but you wouldn't like it.
Using the Quick Time player on Windows XP it says required compressor not available (1st time I tried it also said not available on server)... what do I need?
An Intel Mac, obviously.
I'm thinking of writing a book about a Windows guy who disguises himself as a Mac user to see what it's like.
I call it: "Mac Like Me".
Sounds cool, huh?
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it's like I bought a very fast Mac, then just over two weeks later I received a very fast PC of equivalent specs for free.
Not quite free, since you have to buy a copy of XP.
Um...
You *did* pay for that copy of XP, right?
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I just hope the guy uses an eensy bit of his $13k to buy a camera tripod. Sheesh that was some shaky video.
Yes. Aspyr ran out of business immediatly after this press release.
The good, the bad, the ugly, and the OH GOD MAKE IT STOP!?
(And yes, I too leave matching the categories to the OS as an exercise to the reader...)
Where can I get this? I haven't found any details or downloads yet...
As this is for a Mac, there will be no free download. It will instead be provided as a $25 shareware package - just like every other useful little utility.
maybe more than 30% of the dual booters will actually pay for a Windows license
;o)
A percent (%) character seems to have slipped in there.
You drink as much caffeine as narf did to get this accomplished and we'll see how much your hands shake.
I want the option to switch to a Windows LPAR running concurrently on the box
LPAR? LPAR?????
You, sir, have obviously used a real machine before. Which means your posts may be filled with actual facts. You must stop posting immediately.
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