Post by Sven on Apr 20, 2006 2:45:44 GMT -5
Since hearing about the decision to make the new macs run on Intel architecture I (and likely many others) have suspected/hoped/prayed that this would mean that it would soon be possible to own one machine that could run both of the operating systems, just as it is possible to run both Linux and windows on an intel machine. (Or linux and Mac OS X on a mac.) Well, that day has come.
First of all Mac has released "Boot Camp" BETA which should eventually lose the beta title. This allows you to install Microsoft windows (for example XP, or maybe even Vista) on an Intel Macintosh machine like the new intel Mac Minis. This is great... if you happen to already have a Macintel or if you're in the market for a new computer. But if not, and if you happen to have only a PC (like me) you might say, "That's cool, but not usefull to me."
Well, here's something that is useful! It is now also possible to install the latest Mac operating systems on PC machines!!! Dual boot PC and Mac on a Mac or on a PC. Now, I must point out that the only way to accomplich this is slightly less than legal, because the new intel OS X has been designed to work with a chip in the Mac hardware so that you can only install it there. So the way that some online 'problem solvers' have devised was to remove the code that caused this requirement. Of course, this means that they are violating some laws to do this, but it is still a very exciting concept. You could go online and download OS X and install it on your PC. I've only heard about this for about 4 days and already it has spread from 1 or 2 main sites with splotchy info to about 10-20 sites with nice write-up and install tutorials.
The next question is what Mac will do. It is pretty obvious that this thing has been let out of it's bottle, these people are already violating laws to edit the OS and such, so if they just ban it or try to hard-line it they are likely to gain nothing by it except increase the number of people illegally editing, downloading and running the system. If Mr. Steve decides to release a version of the Mac OS X for PCs, even if it were at an inflated price from the normal version (even though they are virtually the same) I think many of us would be willing to pay for it. I would buy it right now if it was available. Think of it as a way to get Windows users interested in Macs before they switch over completely. Because in the end we really only need one main operating system, and if we want that to be Mac OS X then the next computer we buy will be a Mac, even at the higher price rage. Macs are beautiful, and designed to run the mac OS so they have things like the control key and other Mac-exclusive features that can be substituted but never exactly duplicated on a PC. It is true, that if a release is made some PC hardware manufacturers (like Dell) may begin to sell cheaper Mac-look-alikes to run the OS, but that might be a risk worth taking. If I was buying a Mac I would buy it from Mac, not from an imitator.
I'd love to hear anybodies thoughts and also any success stories on running either Windows on Mac hardware or the Mac OS X86 on PC. By the way, just to clarify, I'm talking about NATIVELY running these OSes, not imitating a mac on your PC, or emulating a Mac/PC in the other. I've heard dual boot success stories and VMware ones, but has anyone been able to install each os on a seperate partition/drive and boot into one and run the other (at full or close to full speed)? (Not that I'm expecting this to be easy to do, or anything.
) I've been able to do this with windows and linux, so it is plausible that it can be done with another OS. What'a you think?
First of all Mac has released "Boot Camp" BETA which should eventually lose the beta title. This allows you to install Microsoft windows (for example XP, or maybe even Vista) on an Intel Macintosh machine like the new intel Mac Minis. This is great... if you happen to already have a Macintel or if you're in the market for a new computer. But if not, and if you happen to have only a PC (like me) you might say, "That's cool, but not usefull to me."
Well, here's something that is useful! It is now also possible to install the latest Mac operating systems on PC machines!!! Dual boot PC and Mac on a Mac or on a PC. Now, I must point out that the only way to accomplich this is slightly less than legal, because the new intel OS X has been designed to work with a chip in the Mac hardware so that you can only install it there. So the way that some online 'problem solvers' have devised was to remove the code that caused this requirement. Of course, this means that they are violating some laws to do this, but it is still a very exciting concept. You could go online and download OS X and install it on your PC. I've only heard about this for about 4 days and already it has spread from 1 or 2 main sites with splotchy info to about 10-20 sites with nice write-up and install tutorials.
The next question is what Mac will do. It is pretty obvious that this thing has been let out of it's bottle, these people are already violating laws to edit the OS and such, so if they just ban it or try to hard-line it they are likely to gain nothing by it except increase the number of people illegally editing, downloading and running the system. If Mr. Steve decides to release a version of the Mac OS X for PCs, even if it were at an inflated price from the normal version (even though they are virtually the same) I think many of us would be willing to pay for it. I would buy it right now if it was available. Think of it as a way to get Windows users interested in Macs before they switch over completely. Because in the end we really only need one main operating system, and if we want that to be Mac OS X then the next computer we buy will be a Mac, even at the higher price rage. Macs are beautiful, and designed to run the mac OS so they have things like the control key and other Mac-exclusive features that can be substituted but never exactly duplicated on a PC. It is true, that if a release is made some PC hardware manufacturers (like Dell) may begin to sell cheaper Mac-look-alikes to run the OS, but that might be a risk worth taking. If I was buying a Mac I would buy it from Mac, not from an imitator.
I'd love to hear anybodies thoughts and also any success stories on running either Windows on Mac hardware or the Mac OS X86 on PC. By the way, just to clarify, I'm talking about NATIVELY running these OSes, not imitating a mac on your PC, or emulating a Mac/PC in the other. I've heard dual boot success stories and VMware ones, but has anyone been able to install each os on a seperate partition/drive and boot into one and run the other (at full or close to full speed)? (Not that I'm expecting this to be easy to do, or anything.
) I've been able to do this with windows and linux, so it is plausible that it can be done with another OS. What'a you think?