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parula
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 Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 4:37 am Post subject: Mac on a Windows machine? |
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Now that macs are intel based, is there an way that you could just get a PC instead of a mac, erase the hard drive, put on OSX and boot camp and dual boot that way, so that your PC could become a Mac, rather than your mac becoming a PC...or is that a technically ridiculous suggestion? (I am technically illiterate, as you may have guessed).
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Kurt Ullman
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| Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 2:16 pm Post subject: Re: Mac on a Windows machine? |
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In article <2007051710484616807%not@dotcom>,
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| Now the real question is WHY? Some of the appeal of the Mac is that the hardware is so nice. |
Other than the "because it is there" mentality of the geeks, my guess would be some thought it might be a good idea to shoehorn OSX into a $800 Dell or HP box. |
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Dan
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 2:56 pm Post subject: Re: Mac on a Windows machine? |
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Kurt Ullman wrote:
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In article <2007051710484616807%not@dotcom>,
thepixelfreak <not@dot.com> wrote:
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| Now the real question is WHY? Some of the appeal of the Mac is that the hardware is so nice. |
Other than the "because it is there" mentality of the geeks, my guess would be some thought it might be a good idea to shoehorn OSX into a $800 Dell or HP box. |
Or, maybe he switched from Windows to Mac and wants to put his PC hardware to use running something other than Windows or Linux. I have 7 Macs after switching 3 years ago. I have one PC that is still pretty darn fast. It would be nice to put OS X on that one as well just because I refuse to run Windows and I am more familiar with OS X than with Linux. I have Linux on it now, but it would just be nice if OS X was on it. So, my point, is that the reason *some* people want OS X on PCs is so they can re-use that hardware. It's perfectly good hardware - yes, it's ugly, but it works. Besides, I stare at the screen not the ugly PC hardware casing.  |
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Kurt Ullman
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 4:22 pm Post subject: Re: Mac on a Windows machine? |
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In article <7uadnZ1lJsXo1dLbnZ2dnUVZ_o6gnZ2d@comcast.com>, Dan <clp_dan@yahoo.com> wrote:
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Kurt Ullman wrote:
> In article <2007051710484616807%not@dotcom>, > thepixelfreak <not@dot.com> wrote:
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>> Now the real question is WHY? Some of the appeal of the Mac is that the >> hardware is so nice.
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> Other than the "because it is there" mentality of the geeks, my guess > would be some thought it might be a good idea to shoehorn OSX into a > $800 Dell or HP box.
Or, maybe he switched from Windows to Mac and wants to put his PC hardware to use running something other than Windows or Linux. I have 7 Macs after switching 3 years ago. I have one PC that is still pretty darn fast. It would be nice to put OS X on that one as well just because I refuse to run Windows and I am more familiar with OS X than with Linux. I have Linux on it now, but it would just be nice if OS X was on it. So, my point, is that the reason *some* people want OS X on PCs is so they can re-use that hardware. It's perfectly good hardware - yes, it's ugly, but it works. Besides, I stare at the screen not the ugly PC hardware casing. |
I may have to get a call from the head ref in the press box, but to my mind this qualifies under the geek exception (grin). |
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Kurt Ullman
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 4:22 pm Post subject: Re: Mac on a Windows machine? |
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In article <7uadnZ1lJsXo1dLbnZ2dnUVZ_o6gnZ2d@comcast.com>, Dan <clp_dan@yahoo.com> wrote:
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Kurt Ullman wrote:
> In article <2007051710484616807%not@dotcom>, > thepixelfreak <not@dot.com> wrote:
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>> Now the real question is WHY? Some of the appeal of the Mac is that the >> hardware is so nice.
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> Other than the "because it is there" mentality of the geeks, my guess > would be some thought it might be a good idea to shoehorn OSX into a > $800 Dell or HP box.
Or, maybe he switched from Windows to Mac and wants to put his PC hardware to use running something other than Windows or Linux. I have 7 Macs after switching 3 years ago. I have one PC that is still pretty darn fast. It would be nice to put OS X on that one as well just because I refuse to run Windows and I am more familiar with OS X than with Linux. I have Linux on it now, but it would just be nice if OS X was on it. So, my point, is that the reason *some* people want OS X on PCs is so they can re-use that hardware. It's perfectly good hardware - yes, it's ugly, but it works. Besides, I stare at the screen not the ugly PC hardware casing. |
I may have to get a call from the head ref in the press box, but to my mind this qualifies under the geek exception (grin). |
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