Windows XP boots on a MacBook!

Postby **Kaligraphic** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:28 pm

Well, with the move to x86, I'm sure many of us could see this coming, but it's still a good read.

clicky

Postby **Rexman64** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:36 pm

Yeah, I saw that on another forum. It was awesome then, and it's awesome now.

Postby **Locke** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:44 pm

Postby **Arnobius** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:00 pm

<winces>
I love stupid jokes

Postby **Mr. SmartyPants** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 7:17 pm

aaahaaaahaaaaa you so funny!

Postby **Slater** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 7:24 pm

you made me cry.

With unhappy happiness.

Postby **shooraijin** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:26 pm

Lol. I'll let this sit here for a little while, but pretty soon this will qualify as Goof Off.

Postby **Mithrandir** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:33 pm

I think this should stay for at least a week.

Postby **Shao Feng-Li** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 6:56 pm

I have almost those same boots. (Got the leather straps.)

Postby **BigZam** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:53 pm

that....was awesome.

Postby **shooraijin** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:05 pm

And now for something actually serious on the topic -- looks like Windows will not be functional on Intel Macs, at least not yet.

http://news.com.com//No+Vista+on+Macs+horizon/2100-1006_3-6048250.html

According to Apple Senior Software Architect Cameron Esfahani, Vista will only support EFI in its 64-bit flavour, and all current Intel Macs are 32-bit. (The Intel Power Mac "MacPro??" probably will be 64-bit, though.) Also, Apple's implementation of EFI is not market-standard and has a lot of PC legacy bindings removed because OS X doesn't need them. This might further impact Vista. Esfahani reiterated that Apple won't actively stop people putting Windows on Intel Macs, but it won't support it either.

And now Microsoft is saying the initial release of Vista won't support EFI after all.

Postby **Wave** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:26 pm

I have window to run on my mac though an emlator. I started it up once and once. It took 10 minut to boot up!

Postby **glitch1501** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:35 am

lol, i just almost cried because of that, it really wasnt that funny, but i couldnt stop laughing, maybe its because its almost 4 in the morning

Postby **shooraijin** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 6:39 am

Wave wrote:I have window to run on my mac though an emlator. I started it up once and once. It took 10 minut to boot up!

What type of Mac? Virtual PC comes up on my dual G4 in about a minute (either 98SE or 2000 -- I get nauseous using XP, but I can tolerate 2000), so you must have a slower one. Microsoft did improve the speed even with 7.0.2, but Connectix 6.0.1 isn't glacial.

Postby **glitch1501** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:35 pm

http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2006/3/13/3169

seems like its real

there is a video out there too...i just dont feel like finding it ;p

Postby **Wave** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 10:33 pm

lol, i just almost cried because of that, it really wasnt that funny, but i couldnt stop laughing, maybe its because its almost 4 in the morning

I think I can see why. That was tarrible!

I ment to say: I had windows running on my mace once and only once. It took ten minutes to boot up.

What type of Mac? Virtual PC comes up on my dual G4 in about a minute (either 98SE or 2000 -- I get nauseous using XP, but I can tolerate 2000), so you must have a slower one. Microsoft did improve the speed even with 7.0.2, but Connectix 6.0.1 isn't glacial.

I use a ibook G4 1.2 GHz. The emuatore that I use is Gest PC, and yes it is running XP. I don't use it hardly at all.

Postby **glitch1501** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:13 am

more updated info

http://onmac.net/

Postby **shooraijin** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:34 am

Wave wrote:I use a ibook G4 1.2 GHz. The emuatore that I use is Gest PC, and yes it is running XP. I don't use it hardly at all.

Ah, yes, Guest PC is amazingly slow. It does work, but it's pretty sluggish.

VPC is tolerable, but other than DOSBOX, the other PC emulators really drove me crazy.

Postby **Wave** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:24 pm

shooraijin wrote:Ah, yes, Guest PC is amazingly slow. It does work, but it's pretty sluggish.

VPC is tolerable, but other than DOSBOX, the other PC emulators really drove me crazy.

Were do you get DosBox ???

wave

Postby **shooraijin** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:10 pm

dosbox.sourceforge.net

Won't run Windows, though.

Postby **Puritan** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:07 am

Windows XP now CAN boot on an Intel-based Mac, and officially too. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4880022.stm

Postby **brandon-chan** » Mon May 15, 2006 8:05 am

i think it was a very poor move for Mac to switch to the Intel chipset. Plus who wants to put an unstable OS like Windows on Mac... Doing this will make it more likely to have viruses for mac. The chipset is what has helped mac with the virus free zone. I really don't like Windows becuz of its instability. Go to Linux or Mac

Postby **glitch1501** » Mon May 15, 2006 9:38 am

i think that the unix based operating system helps it to be virus free more than the chipset...there still aren't any major mac virus threats...

Postby **Arnobius** » Mon May 15, 2006 9:59 am

Has anyone tried comparing PC/Mac speeds now that the architecture is similar or is this still too far apart for any meaningful comparisons?

Postby **Mr. SmartyPants** » Mon May 15, 2006 1:08 pm

[quote="brandon-chan"]The chipset is what has helped mac with the virus free zone. I really don't like Windows becuz of its instability. Go to Linux or Mac ]
No, It's the OS that made it a virus free zone. That and the amount of people using it. Because if I had an AMD Windows system, that won't make it less prone to viruses.

Postby **brandon-chan** » Mon May 15, 2006 5:44 pm

i say the chipset becuz its a very unique chipset. U can't just put a MAC OS on a PC based system. people are going 2 hack wat is easier for them and more beneficial to them. and in writin an OS u need 2 write a language the chip can process. does that make sense?

Postby **Linksquest** » Tue May 16, 2006 4:27 pm

All I can say is... "WOW" and "the power of Puns" XDD

Postby **Kaligraphic** » Tue May 16, 2006 6:26 pm

brandon-chan wrote:i say the chipset becuz its a very unique chipset. U can't just put a MAC OS on a PC based system.

Apple can and has.

Postby **brandon-chan** » Tue May 16, 2006 7:09 pm

well i mean before they changed the chipset. back when they were using the PowerPC chipset. but even still i can't buy a dell and place a Mac OS on it without flashing my bios or sumthing. I consider this Intel switch a kind of MAC chipset even tho its running a Intel chip. when Leopard comes out it'll truly be a PC based chipset. Their talking about placing MAC OS's on PC based computers such as Dell or whatever. Not just apple computers

Postby **Warrior4Christ** » Tue May 16, 2006 10:03 pm

I think you're confusing the terms.

The MacOS software is compatible with the Intel architecture.

A chipset is what is permanently fixed on the motherboard, and it determines the possible features of that board (eg. 5.1 sound, firewire, gigabit LAN, etc).
Chipsets are made by Intel, AMD, nVidia, VIA, SIS (well, they used to..), and others.

So for example, my chipset is a nVidia nForce 3.
My processor is an AMD Athlon64.

Windows XP boots on a MacBook!

Windows XP boots on a MacBook!

Who is online

Loading