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Hell Has Frozen Over. Again.
It is apparently never best to listen to Microsoft and Apple about what they say when it comes to getting their operating systems running on other computers.
Despite the earlier news of Vista not having (or having very little support of) EFI, people were able to get Windows XP running on a 20" Intel iMac. They also netted a nice little check (about 13,000.) I haven't fully checked into the details yet, but it's pretty amazing. Here's the news stories and such (which includes photos and a video.) http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/14/x...tel-game-over/ http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/16/w...lution-posted/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/3243619...n/photostream/ (photos) http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/15/x...tel-the-movie/ (video) Sales of iMacs (and maybe even MacBooks, if confirmed,) might just go up even more, I think. Jam it back in, in the dark. |
Now that WinXp has landed on a Mac, Gates can finally conquer the one consumer platform that got away...
This is even better than OS X on x86 Processors, now Mac users can run bloated software and a hacker friendly OS on their iMacs. How many people are really going to try this? How ya doing, buddy? |
I'm sure a lot of people would do it just for the novelty. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
Running windows on a Mac? That would be like buying a band new house and then smearing shit over all the walls.
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Not really necessary when they're both running on the same processor. Seriously, I don't think Cedega for Intel Macs is a difficult concept. Heck, if the game companies are smart then they'll start making ports since it won't be nearly as hard as it used to be.
What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
EDIT: Figured I should comment some on the original point of the thread—seems to me this isn't that surprising. They're running on mostly common hardware now, and for the last bit I was assuming it was only a matter of time until some intrepid souls worked up a hack that'd work. From the screenshots I've seen, there are plenty of unsupported devices (most notably the video card, which is simply running in VGA compatible mode, quite a problem for those who intend to run games in Windows on their Macs—but also things like the Ethernet driver, etc.). So I'm not sure how reasonably "functional" this method is, yet. How ya doing, buddy?
Last edited by killmoms; Mar 17, 2006 at 03:57 PM.
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This is an unsupported project and you really are not dealing with an open source platform like you would be in developing drivers for a Nix platform. What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
How ya doing, buddy? |
There's nowhere I can't reach. |
This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
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What video card do iMacs use? I was speaking idiomatically. |
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