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Intel Based Macs are Here!!
- Thread starter 43% burnt
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Was that the big deal from Apple? I know they skipped any major unveilings at the consumer electronic show.
-Mike
Was that the big deal from Apple? I know they skipped any major unveilings at the consumer electronic show.
-Mike
This is good, means sooner rather than later people will be able to make a computer then have mac as a choice
Ive heard there are cracked versions of the intel version of the mac software out that will work on normal intel based PCs, but i dont know if its true
Ive heard there are cracked versions of the intel version of the mac software out that will work on normal intel based PCs, but i dont know if its true
l0calh05t said:
It'll be interesting to see if Windows will load and run on these new IntelBooks.
well, there already was virtualpc on the old platform to get windows running, and yeah, might be possible that windows runs on the new macs, but osx will stay mac-only for a while (the aforementioned crack was for one of the early betas iirc)
I'm definitely getting a MacBook Pro.
FWIW, I don't think windows running on a mac will ever happen. Or vise versa.
For the past 10 years macs have utilized IBM powerPC chips in their processors. The amount of advancement Apple has made in that decade is mind boggling. I think its exciting because it means a new era of macs are being born. I'm such a dork.
FWIW, I don't think windows running on a mac will ever happen. Or vise versa.
For the past 10 years macs have utilized IBM powerPC chips in their processors. The amount of advancement Apple has made in that decade is mind boggling. I think its exciting because it means a new era of macs are being born. I'm such a dork.
Whatever gets the fastest frame rate, playing my favorite first person shooter, while being the most cost efficient will always get my purchase.
l0calh05t said:
I have Win2K running on my iMac G5 but it is wayyyyyy slowwwww.
Last I heard, OS X 10.4.3 Intel (latest version until 10.4.4 was announced today) has been cracked to work on non-dev boxen. Now that OS X Intel has been finalized it'll be worth it to see if the crackers can get around the hardware chip check which didn't exist in the Intel dev builds.
I stand corrected.WillPlay4Food said:
But as far as a Apple/Microsoft partnership (which is what I thought you were refering to) goes...I'll be extremely suprised.
Ouch... maybe I don´t need a new bass after all...
Ah, well. I´m happy with my 12" Pbook and I´m sure it will keep me covered for few years more. My only worry is that future software updates will not properly support PowerPC architecture, because developers will concentrate on getting things right on Intel machines. But that won´t happen overnight, by the time things start to get really bad for the PPC-crowd I´ll probably be updating my hardware anyway.
Besides, I´m not obsessed in being "cutting edge" and getting every new gadget or feature the minute it arrives. I have a smoothly working setup now and have no need to change things just for the sake of changing.
Ah, well. I´m happy with my 12" Pbook and I´m sure it will keep me covered for few years more. My only worry is that future software updates will not properly support PowerPC architecture, because developers will concentrate on getting things right on Intel machines. But that won´t happen overnight, by the time things start to get really bad for the PPC-crowd I´ll probably be updating my hardware anyway.
Besides, I´m not obsessed in being "cutting edge" and getting every new gadget or feature the minute it arrives. I have a smoothly working setup now and have no need to change things just for the sake of changing.
john turner
You don't want to do that. Trust me.
43% burnt said:
wow, the worst of both worlds. apple's ridiculous prices and intel's lagging technology. w00t.
(mac owner).
I love their new tag line:
"Whats an Intel chip doing in a Mac?"
"A whole lot more than it's ever done in a PC"
"Whats an Intel chip doing in a Mac?"
"A whole lot more than it's ever done in a PC"
43% burnt said:
well microsoft wouldn't mind that windows runs on apple computers (hey, that's potentially more sales for them, and did you notice that they develop VirtualPC for mac? and sell microsoft office for mac, and there is the internet explorer for mac?) so i wouldnt be very surprised if windows ran with (or without) minor modifications on a mac (intel). remember microsoft sells software (well, lets just ignore the xbox for a moment), it's apple that doesn't want their software to run on other computers.
john turner
You don't want to do that. Trust me.
43% burnt said:I love their new tag line:
"Whats an Intel chip doing in a Mac?"
"A whole lot more than it's ever done in a PC"
heh heh. i like it. wonder how they are going to make it more than a tag line.
l0calh05t said:
pretty sure they are dumping IE for Mac? I could be remembering that wrong though.
john turner said:wow, the worst of both worlds. apple's ridiculous prices and intel's lagging technology. w00t.
(mac owner).
harsh but fair.
Although, the latest dual core Athalon is only slightly faster than the intel and for the first time ever, costs more. (OTOH it runs a lot cooler)
