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Fri Mar 24, 2006 12:23 pm Reply and quote this post
Hi, first post, don't think this has been posted yet, sorry if it has.


The contest to boot Windows XP on a Mac is over, the winner will receive $13,854.

The instructions to the contest stipulated the following conditions:

- Boot Windows XP on the Intel Mac
- Windows must coexist with Mac OS X and may not interfere with the operation of the other
- Upon starting the computer, the user must be offered a choice of which OS to boot

A video of the Mac/Win booting is on youtube.com

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Fri Mar 24, 2006 6:14 pm Reply and quote this post
Um, yeah... I really don't see any problem doing this if the Mac has an Intel processor. The processor was the major difference between PCs and Macs. All you would have to do is install Mac OS X first, then Windows XP on a different partition and then use either Windows XP boot manager to create a dual boot (not sure if this will work), or a third party boot manager.

It would really be just like setting up a Linux/Windows computer.

EDIT: And that was a really boring video lol. :P


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Fri Mar 24, 2006 6:47 pm Reply and quote this post
Theres was an article in my newspaper about this. But i was thinking the compression is so bad on it i think it could be a fake because half the time everything is blurred out!?! they could have just gutted it out and put laptop parts in it or something.
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Fri Mar 24, 2006 8:05 pm Reply and quote this post
I agree. I have no idea if this is true or not. We just have to wait and see if anyone can do this? I mean we need real proof.
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Sat Mar 25, 2006 1:41 pm Reply and quote this post
Yeah, it's true.  And it's been duplicated by alot of people.
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