Posted on 03/24/2006 4:53:26 PM PST by Vermonter
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down goes Apple... I'd use OS X if I didn't have to buy their over priced hardware.
I might do this myself someday but I'm not in a rush because I can't think of much reason to use the Mac OSX. But it sounds like a cool project.
Question is, why would you want to? Aren't there easier ways to mess up a PC? I mean, in theory at least you could simply take the PC out to the shooting range and a couple dozen rounds of 308 ammo....
I just got a last-edition PPC iMac for my kids, and it is literally a beautiful experience.
It'd be nice ot see OSX hummin' on my dual core AMD 4400 with x1900xt ATI vid card as opposed to simply loping along this dual core Intel iMac with its feeble ATI x1600...
How would this affect perfromance of graphics chips and other hardware?
Would Tiger recognize all devices and cards?
I just have to wonder; does Apple actually support this in some sort of flavor? I mean, theres a small army out there hacking Apples OS for use on "other" hardware than what is "approved". All the while, it's being done for free..
Well, for starters, it probably only runs on Intel-based systems (so my AMD would be out of luck.) As for vid cards, I'd be reasonably sure it would work with most recent ATI cards (as the Catalyst drivers, on the whole, are the same) since Apple's been using thoe for ages; I'd be less sure abou Nvidia or Intel integrated graphics. As for sound and such, since Apples doesn't support add-in sound cards (a la Sound Blaster) they probably wouldn't function since there wouldn't be a driver, obviously, to support them. But most USB devices probably function fine and then you're really just left with how well would the networking functions operate--I'd be willing to guess that most, basic, intgrated networking cards woulud work fine (but that's only a guess.) Believe me, if I had an Intel box laying about, I'd be doing this right now :(
"down goes Apple ..."
Yeah, it's not like anyone could make money just selling operating systems.
{/sarc}
Me wantum!
I don't understand why Apple doesn't make a crossover OS for PC's. Still keep their Apple hardware, but expand to the PC market as well. Those Apple lunatics will still buy the Apple hardware.
In other news, Windows XP boots on Intel Macs
http://forums.appletalk.com.au/index.php?showtopic=17762
Really? I'd buy their hardware if I didn't have to run their OS on it.
Ubuntu linux is a better choice and it's absolutely free.
Apple right now has a finite and small universe of devices and drivers to test. That's comfy and easy and they like it.
Presuming they run equally well on a given set of hardware, there's no way Ubuntu beats OSX 10.4. Not yet.
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