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| Thread ID: 65200 | 2006-01-10 22:01:00 | The intel macs are here.. | qyiet (6730) | PC World Chat |
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| 419903 | 2006-01-12 19:01:00 | I've read that Apple won't be doing anything to stop Windows running on them, so I'd imagine that Microsoft will provide a patch (or drivers etc) to allow you to install Windows XP say. It will be interesting to see, but my pick is that both MS and Apple will ignore people attempting to install windows on Macs. MS won't want to encourage people to try another OS, and therefore media players/whatever, and most of the point of apple's devices are "it's not windows" The problem here is more than just drivers too.. the windows boot loader won't work. I think we will get a bunch of hobbiests trying to make XP go, (possibly even getting it to go) but much more likely (IMHO) is that vista kinda works with some tweaking and most people leave it at that. -Qyiet |
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| 419904 | 2006-01-12 21:34:00 | Me? Games, AutoCAD, windows sysadmin tools. Others.. any program that you need to use that cannot be sourced for mac -Qyiet Uh, why when you can get a Windows machine for less that will still do all that, *faster. *Of course, The speed of the new Macs are yet to be determined. |
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| 419905 | 2006-01-12 21:49:00 | Doesn't that alone make them better? No . But, I didn't say that Pentiums are better, although they may be . I've never had a pentium chip fail on me, so I'm sticking with what I've had . AMD's had an iffy reputation in the past (two of my brothers experienced bum AMD CPU's, and the overheating syndrome still seems to plague people's perspective of them) . I'd prefer to pay the few extra roubles for a known quality brand, ie Intel, rather than fork out for a chip produced by a company that was almost derelict a few years back . |
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| 419906 | 2006-01-12 22:05:00 | Uh, why when you can get a Windows machine for less that will still do all that, *faster. Same reason but in reverse. For the tools that OSX offers that windows dosn't. Kinda like why most people who install linux, and use linux a lot keep an option to boot to windows. -Qyiet |
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| 419907 | 2006-01-12 22:08:00 | Strange that, I never see cpu's fail at all, Or if I do then so rarely that its a non-issue, Hell, I don't even see older Athlon's with heat issues. As far as Im concerned when it comes to system stability and length of life, AMD and Intel are pretty much the same..... Motherboards on the other hand are a completely different story. |
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| 419908 | 2006-01-12 22:11:00 | Same reason but in reverse . For the tools that OSX offers that windows dosn't . -Qyiet Sorry, Fanatical response coming . . . What the hell can a mac do that a PC cant? Uh, You don't need to reply, That was just itching to burst out and can now be dismissed . |
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| 419909 | 2006-01-13 06:20:00 | What the hell can a mac do that a PC cant?As tempting it is to reply to that question, I will restrain myself as I have since page two. :p | maccrazy (6741) | ||
| 419910 | 2006-01-13 09:03:00 | Lord knows if they run windows, but I bet they will run linux (if not right now.. in seconds :D ) There has always been an x86-based operating system being developed by Apple. Why? Because they wanted to make sure that if they really needed to abandon PPC, then it would be easy to switch over. Now, because Windows is x86 based, yes, you *should* be able to run it on the new Macs, same goes with Linux (however, most distros have PPC versions). |
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| 419911 | 2006-01-13 09:32:00 | There has always been an x86-based operating system being developed by Apple. Why? Because they wanted to make sure that if they really needed to abandon PPC, then it would be easy to switch over.And I'm sure they will continue to develop the PPC version so they can change back in the future as well. I think the flexibility is good because it means the can chop and change as they like provided developers stick to using universal binaries. Now, because Windows is x86 based, yes, you *should* be able to run it on the new Macs, same goes with Linux (however, most distros have PPC versions).You currently can't run Windows XP because the processor firmware is different, though Vista is apparently going to be running on the same processor firmware foundation (or whatever you want to call it) so that may run if you are desperate to degrade your Mac. :p |
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