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Windows Vista Beta Running on a PPC Mac

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sideways-approaches dept.

goombah99 writes "Macosxhints is giving a set of tips that let any Mac user boot Windows Vista on a Mac. In this case, it's not a native Intel boot but rather VirtualPC running on a PPC G5 Mac. Thus Vista and Mac OS X can run concurrently. There are no extravagant hacks needed, just a matter of finding the right set of configurations to let VirtualPC present the proper disk images for mounting and BIOS settings to the installer. This bodes well for native installs onto the Intel Mac." Actually, there have been successful (though not glitch-free) installs of beta versions of Vista on Intel Macs for a few months now. Here's a report from Hans Verbeeck (Developer Evangelist for Microsoft EMEA) on putting Vista Beta 2 on a MacBook Pro.

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  1. omg by AsmCoder8088 · · Score: 5, Funny

    That poor mac!

  2. For the love of god... by PGC · · Score: 3, Funny

    WHY?!?!

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  3. x86 emulator runs x86 OS? by appleprophet · · Score: 4, Funny

    So an x86 emulator is capable of running Vista, an x86 operating system? Sweet!

  4. Microsoft to buy Apple. by mypalmike · · Score: 4, Funny

    I would not predict such a thing. But I would predict an article by Dvorak and/or Cringeley predicting such a thing.

    "You can already run Windows on the Mac. And I'm talking Windows Vista. Microsoft is already doing this internally. Microsoft, given its problems with security, will buy Apple so that it can get its hands on the OS. It will then port the entire Windows API to run on top of the Darwin kernel. With Virtual PC, they're already doing this. The purchase will give Microsoft all the benefits of the Unix security model with the developer base of Windows."

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    1. Re:Microsoft to buy Apple. by kahei · · Score: 4, Funny

      all the benefits of the Unix security model

      Oh, GREAT.

      with the developer base of Windows

      Oh, EVEN BETTER!

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  5. Even more amazing... by Belial6 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Even more amazing is that an x86 emulator sold by Microsoft is capable of running Vista, an x86 operating system written by Microsoft. Sweet! Dude! Sweet! Dude! Sweet!

  6. Re: Verizon Chaperone by OSS_ilation · · Score: 1, Funny

    Do you know what you Mac is doing right now???

  7. Macosxhints? by iceborer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Did anyone else read that as Masochists "giving a set of tips that let any Mac user boot Windows Vista on a Mac?"

  8. like a priest having sex with every prostitute by xkr · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow. You can take a machine that has almost a zero chance of getting malware and convert it to giant virus magnet. This is like a Priest having sex with every prostitute in the Caribbean. Repeat after me, "Sweet!"

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