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ggrobot · Elite Member Joined: 28 May 2004 Posts: 45814

Apple has confirmed (thanks
TechReport) that it won't prevent users from running Windows on Intel-based Macs:

Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, said in an interview Tuesday that the company won't sell or support Windows itself, but also hasn't done anything to preclude p

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v1m · Junior Member Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 194

There goes the last reason to buy a Windows PC. Run OS X for its security and sanity, and only load fucking Windows for the games. XP is the last Windows OS I'll ever buy, anyway. Sorry, Bill, it's nothing personal. Wink

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lucas · Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:03 pm Post subject:

the headline isnt exactly true yet. while apple arent doing anything to intentionally prevent you running windows, they arent making it straight forward either. the new intel based macs do not use a bios, but instead use intel EFI. right now windows xp doesnt support EFI and since no one has the hardware to play with its anybodies guess how much work it will be to get it running on one of them

devilhood · Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 5:06 pm Post subject:

I've been playing with Windows Vista for quite some time now, and it's a marked improvement over XP.
Looking forward to the day when I'll be able to dual boot Mac OSX and Vista Very Happy

lucas · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 12:25 am Post subject:

well, vista is supposed to support EFI so that day could be today depending on if the support is implemented or just on their TODO lists