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#6. Posted at 03:20 PM on Mar 10th 2006

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UberGerbil

I have to find that site I was on last year when the Intel Mac was announced and I predicted booting Windows wouldn't be as easy as everybody there seemed to think it was, and they all tried to rip me a new one.....

#6, oh, revenge will be SWEET, indeed! : eitje (#8) «

#8, The jokes on apple...since running X on non crippled x86 ... : Bauxite (#15) «

#15, I've done it, and I wouldn't call it easy...not easy l... : derFunkenstein (#17) «

#17, You can buy a mac and run only x, or you can config... : Bauxite (#27) «

#27, EFI-booting Linux runs on Macs, too. The X1600 i... : derFunkenstein (#29) «

#27, Apple didn't set out to cripple Windows' ability... : sjl (#37) «

#35. Posted at 08:52 AM on Mar 12th 2006

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thomasxstewart

Don't MACS run 64 bit?Signed:PHYSICIAN THOMAS STEWART VON DRASHEK M.D.

#35, No. The chips in the new Intel Macs are 32bit only. Apple ha... : UberGerbil (#36) «

#7. Posted at 03:38 PM on Mar 10th 2006

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PerfectCr

Vista won't boot on current x86 Macs

So?

P.S. Only 20 more story posts to go before the end of the day, get moving!

#7, Why do people feel the need to pick on Cyril? Not trying to ... : Convert (#9) «

#9, Like he is going to do anything about it :| : PerfectCr (#13) «

#13, Well it doesn't hurt to try right? What alternative is... : Convert (#14) «

#14, he gets paid? : PerfectCr (#33) «

#33, He doesn't get paid? :) I thought he did.. Either... : Convert (#34) «

#13, It is kinda a "news" since macolytes and others think ... : Shintai (#22) «

#22, it's still just a matter of time; it's just not goi... : derFunkenstein (#30) «

#7, I like it when there's new stories to read. : Hattig (#12) «

#4. Posted at 02:47 PM on Mar 10th 2006

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SNM

Not to bash on Vista, but it just keeps looking less and less exciting. Does it have any of its original big features besides a hardware-accelerated UI?
I mean, EFI support is gone. The fantastic new filesystem is gone. What's left?

#4, It still costs ~$200. : P : totoro (#5) «

#4, And the EFI will benefit you how? And what hardware can you ... : Shintai (#20) «

#20, BIOS sucks, that's all I have to say. And EFI will emulat... : fatpipes (#23) «

#23, EFI is also begging to be owned and abused. Why root th... : Bauxite (#26) «

#4, I wasn't at all excited about vista either. Then I was watch... : Klyith (#32) «

#11. Posted at 06:22 PM on Mar 10th 2006

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Alex

I'm not really down about it. One of the biggest features of a Mac IS OSX. If you own a Mac, I can assure you it wasn't to one day boot a copy of Windows.

#11, Score 5: Insightful. So true, Alex! so true. : derFunkenstein (#31) «

#2. Posted at 02:33 PM on Mar 10th 2006

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totoro

This is odd, since the Vista Betas have EFI support.
Don't they?

#2, Nope. It's never been present (or at least functional) in an... : DaveJB (#10) «

#2, Only IA64 builds got EFI support. : Shintai (#21) «

#21, Many of the E7520 chipsets for Noconas have EFI onboard. ... : fatpipes (#28) «

#24. Posted at 10:58 AM on Mar 11th 2006

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Cannyone

I have to agree with Decelerate. This is a step backward regardless of your platform.

Now I know that PC boards don't currently support EFI (at least the ones I'd like to build a system with...). But next to the Hard Disk Drive, the one system component most in need of upgrade is the BIOS! The situation reminds me of a story where a guy has to put up with having a dead bird hung around his neck At the very least it "stinks"! :-P (Forgive me for making butchered literary references... I was never properly socialized.)

See I was begining to hope that I could purchase one of Intel's new chips, with an EFI / BTX motherboard and use Vista... Maybe I should be sharing this with Intel. They should be the one's to "encourage" Microsoft to get with the program. I'll catch up with y'all later....

#24, I dunno, 1st gen Core + lack of good cases for BTX (they see... : fatpipes (#25) «

#18. Posted at 06:55 AM on Mar 11th 2006

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derFunkenstein

Right here guys, Windows boots on a Mac Book Pro:

http://www.mathcaddy.com/windowsxpbootsonamac!!!!1/

#18, now that's funny! : cheesyking (#19) «

#3. Posted at 02:34 PM on Mar 10th 2006

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AOEU

Never fear, there is a great chance of even Windows XP booting before March 30 when the contest deadline expires.
http://windows.onmac.net/2006/03/02/different-paths-to-a-solution/#...

#1. Posted at 02:31 PM on Mar 10th 2006

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Decelerate

Another step back, whether you're a mac user or not.