Winbloz XP Now Runs on Mac's!

Krazy Hawaiian · 04-15-2006, 08:23 PM

You can run XP on a Mac now it's in beta presently called Bootcamp. Makes me wonder why? You always hear Mac's are free from viruses and such... WTF?
The article I read was in a local paper, saying Mac owners can run XP on Mac's superior hardware.

To run it you need a XP SP2 win install and a free download of bootcamp which makes a custom CD with drivers for XP to allow it to recognize the Mac hardware. Interesting... heres the low down from Apple. http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/

ASCI_Blue · 04-16-2006, 11:03 AM

Just think. Soon Intel platforms will be running OSX.

Süsser Tod · 04-16-2006, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Krazy Hawaiian

You can run XP on a Mac now it's in beta presently called Bootcamp. Makes me wonder why? You always hear Mac's are free from viruses and such... WTF?
The article I read was in a local paper, saying Mac owners can run XP on Mac's superior hardware.

To run it you need a XP SP2 win install and a free download of bootcamp which makes a custom CD with drivers for XP to allow it to recognize the Mac hardware. Interesting... heres the low down from Apple. http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/

Well, not surprised, after all, they are running Intel processors on x86 instruction sets. It was bound to happen, they were already running basically PC hardware with different BIOS, now it is just a PC with a MAC BIOS.

Hagios · 04-17-2006, 01:38 AM

Uhh... Hello? Anybody heard that Macs are now running on intel boxes? Check out apple.com

Krazy Hawaiian · 04-17-2006, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Hagios

Uhh... Hello? Anybody heard that Macs are now running on intel boxes? Check out apple.com

Ya I have a CD of the mac os8 or some shit somewhere that will run on a pc... had it for about a year. Never screwed with it much, I tried it with a MS virtual pc and it wouldnt recognize the usb MS inteli mouse... made it hard to do anything

ChloroFiend · 04-17-2006, 03:44 PM

I got the OS X x86 developer kit running on a T42. <shrug> wasn't much different than running it on Apple hardware...but crazy ram hungry.

Krazy Hawaiian · 04-19-2006, 04:27 AM

I just read a bit in the bizz section of the newspaper that since mac's are beggining to use the winhoez OS that mac's are being targeted by hackers LMAO

Maybe mac owners felt left out since they were relatively immune to viruses

ChloroFiend · 04-19-2006, 11:58 AM

Viruses and other exploits almost all function at the OS level. That means that Windows itself is the vulnerability, not the Mac or x86 based hardware.

From an IT/InfoSec perspective, Windows isn't that bad...with the giant caveat that it needs to remain properly patched and utilize appropriate security settings. Unpatched, its a nightmare. WinXP SP2 and 2003 Server have come a long way in terms of having the right security settings enabled out of the box. If people go ahead and circumvent them, that's their own fault.

The other reason windows is more succeptible to attack is the userbase; there's a ton more people using windows-based OS (of any flavor) than MacOS (of any flavor). Same with Linux variants. If one of the other OS somehow took the forefront (not likely, since people are resistant to change), then that OS would be the target of the most attacks.

Krazy Hawaiian · 04-19-2006, 02:20 PM

^^^ I guess you missed the point entirely.... Mac users are always saying they dont need to worry about viruses... so they felt left out and moved to wimhoez

1quick1 · 04-25-2006, 05:38 AM

I bougth my Powerbook to get away from windows. I'd be damned if I insalled it on my Mac.