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BigMac93
Posts: 380 - Karma: 59
hey i am thinking of asking for a new laptop for christmas and i want a mac. but i want to know if i can run windows on it becuase i heard its possible. does anyone else do this and is it practical.
Dec 4 2006 9:52PM
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nedward
Posts: 841 - Karma: 15
why the hell are u getting a mac to run windows on it
Dec 4 2006 9:54PM
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BigMac93
Posts: 380 - Karma: 59
cause i have been using windows my whole life and know how to use it and i had a mac before and thought it was mad confusing and i dont feel like learning everything over
Dec 4 2006 9:56PM
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Bulky
Posts: 1054 - Karma: 11
yes you can do it but why would you. just use os you cab get a thing to run windows programs on os if you want
Dec 4 2006 9:57PM
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nedward
Posts: 841 - Karma: 15
i bet u cud if u found out how but i dont know how..you can run mac on an hp
Dec 4 2006 9:57PM
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Bulky
Posts: 1054 - Karma: 11
its really not that hard to learn. i just made the switch from pc to mac and macs are much more user friendly.
Dec 4 2006 9:58PM
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hartig
Posts: 8192 - Karma: 10
wait, you want to buy a mac just so you can run xp on it?? whats wrong with you?
Dec 4 2006 9:58PM
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BusyJohnSohn
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you could probably save yourself a shitload of money and just buy like a dell laptop or something
Dec 4 2006 9:58PM
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cobra_commander
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Well there is no real reason to get a mac and then run windows on it, even though windows runs better on macs then on alot of pc's, but still OSX is better.  but if you are getting a laptop I think there maybe a new one coming out latter with the new procesers, when lepord comes out. mind you I have not seen any actual things saying that there will be a new laptop, that is just my guess.
Dec 4 2006 10:04PM
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BigMac93
Posts: 380 - Karma: 59
but it is possible? does anyone else
do this.
Dec 4 2006 10:15PM
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mntelebumper
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no you cant. you can run mac on a mac, and xp on a mac by partitioning the hard drive, but you sure as hell cant run os x on a hp cause os x requires a specific chip set only available for macs.
Dec 4 2006 10:18PM
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BigJew
Posts: 6974 - Karma: 79
They make it difficult to run OSX on a PC because that's basically the only thing a mac has on a PC.
Dec 4 2006 10:26PM
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East526
Posts: 328 - Karma: 141
i am thinking about getting a mac too, but there is a program called parellas or something that lets u run both on a mac very easily
Dec 4 2006 10:35PM
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Paul-o-Rama
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the program that allows you to run both mac and windows is called Bootcamp.  I love macs, welcome to the club
Dec 4 2006 10:37PM
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twix_182
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yeah i got windows on mine. i used bootcamp. i only use it to use one program, but it works well
Dec 4 2006 10:47PM
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cobble_hills
Posts: 249 - Karma: 11
Same here, i just use windows to play sim city. because thats the only thing that pc has on mac, but dont tell anyone.
Dec 5 2006 12:38AM
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4ReeL_
Posts: 3187 - Karma: 1,563
once you go mac you never go back
Dec 5 2006 12:46AM
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Paul-o-Rama
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amen
Dec 5 2006 2:07AM
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CooksCorner
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Eh. I have both and I'm not entierley convinced. If i had to pick one computer, I'd take the Mac for sure, but a highly competent PC user behind a powerful machine would blow most Mac's. I dunno, I like both. For example Word still runs like shit on a mac, i know its a Microsoft product but whatever.
Dec 5 2006 3:19AM
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freezed
Posts: 12973 - Karma: 500
actually you can indeed run OSX on an HP now that OSX is written for x86 chipsets. My friend has a Windows XP boot and an OSX boot on his generic brand PC.
Dec 5 2006 3:24AM
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Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
Yes its possible to run osx on a PC but I believe its a cracked version and drivers aren't readily available.
Dec 5 2006 8:18AM
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.David.
Posts: 1273 - Karma: 12
Not only will you love your mac, but you'll also learn OSX in a week tops.
Dec 5 2006 8:27AM
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dowalibeast
Posts: 3339 - Karma: 207
yes you can get bootcamp and do it.

pm nomensteven or myself for an invite into the mac cult
Dec 5 2006 10:29AM
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ski_cartel
Posts: 6598 - Karma: 18
running windows on a mac is like buying a ferrari and then taking a shit on it
Dec 5 2006 11:56AM
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Homebrewer19
Posts: 346 - Karma: 11
i'd suggest getting competent with OS X first. shouldn't take more than a week or two. then if you still want to get bootcamp go for it.
Dec 5 2006 12:03PM
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jack_weisman
Posts: 2310 - Karma: 169
yea i just got a mac and it is soo sick, it has a 300 gb harddrive and it soo fast.  mines not a laptop, but still the new macs are soo sick considering the the computer is inside the moniter
Dec 5 2006 12:06PM
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Badfish2
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try 'parallels desktop for mac' for a good windows Virtual Machine - www.parallels.com
Dec 5 2006 4:33PM
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