I can't find any info on attempt to install Windows on an Intel iMac yet. It's been out for a couple of weeks now, there gotta be someone who would be interested to try that. Maybe even for the sake of. Anyone knows any updates on this? Thanks
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people have been trying, and they have also killed their imacs in the process. Right now xp is VERY HARD to get on the intel macs natively.
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Yes - I predict you'll have to wait probably until this summer/end of this year for anything to come out on how to upload XP onto your iMac.
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still, not sure why no one has attempted to win this contest
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Who says people aren't? Its just really hard to get it working. The main problem is the macs use EFI, and xp uses BIOS. Theres an instant incompatibility right there. Plus a bootloader is needed, but there isn't one to use.
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I don't think its safe to put XP on a mac. XP uses BIOS, Mac doesnt. HOWEVER, Windows Vista uses Bios and EFI, so Vista SHOULD slide right on(especially on the new Intel Macs)
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why would it be unsafe? maybe it's not easy, but definetely not unsafe...
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Well, I think what he means is that trying to install XP onto a Mac could result in a system crash/failure.
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which it has for some people that have tried. they have killed there imacs, but were under the two week period and just exchanged them
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I know that the Mac OS is far surperior to XP (or Windows in general), but if there was ANY way that XP/Windows Vista could be put onto Apple safely, I would IMMEDIATELY buy a MacBook in a heartbeat (and I imagine many other people would too)...dual-booting OS (Mac's and Microsoft's) would be even better!
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what about running windows emulator? Rosetta? Is it worth getting MacBook even if I can only run that?
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Well, that would be more like VirtualPC and the most you'd be able to do with that are simple things like Word Processing and general productivity.
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So would getting xp on a mac let u use all the games and programs that u can use with a pc???
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Yes, but currently it is not possible.
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If you want windows XP on the imac you can try altering the procedures for OSX on PC. I guess follow the dual boot instructions.
http://www.uneasysilence.com/os-x-proven-hacked-and-running-on-an-ordinary-pc/ -
except that it is illegal to have OS X on a windows machine
Windows XP on iMac???
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by klas, Feb 3, 2006.