After installing Windows XP in MacBook Pro and having received tons of comments and emails from the readers I’m just wondering what’s next? For users, for Apple and for Microsoft. Being able to dual or even tri-boot intel Macs (actually any single hardware) would be a bliss. Imagine having seamlessly, legally and with full support booting a single machine with OSX, Windows and Linux. I don’t think normal home users would be excited about this for now but this would be a nirvana for majority of geeks. For Windows users (like me), they can easily see and try for themselves what’s it that makes the Mac users so religious about their OS. And if they can find this X factor that hooks the Mac users then this might even trigger a mass migration from windows to Macs. Read the rest of this entry »
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I was awestruck by the increase of traffic in my blog after posting WinXP and OSX dual boot in MacBook Pro. I did expect some extra traffic, but didn’t have a clue that it would be this huge. It’s great to see the influx of new readers. So, here are some data and thoughts on traffic spike.
Finally I’ve succeeded in installing Windows XP in MacBook Pro. Now it can dual boot between Windows XP and MacOS X. There’re few issues with windows xp but being able to boot smoothly between these 2 OSes are really amazing. I’ve followed this HOWTO where more and more information is being added every few hours. I think most of the minor problems will be solved soon. If you want to install it for your self or want more information this wiki is the best place to go. Here I’m posting the photos of major installation sequence and some problems I encountered.
I’ve almost finished installing Windows XP on MacBook Pro that we bought yesterday. I’ve downloded the patch and am following the instruction from this HOWTO. Just wanted to post some snaps while it’s still installing. Enjoy!
Can switch to Mac or windows
Installing Windows XP
I’ve grabbed a quick Lunch from KFC and drink from Starbucks
It’s still installing and I’ll post more details after the installation is completed.
Recently I was seriously thinking about buying a MacBook Pro to experience firsthand for myself why mac users are so religious about Apple. But I was lucky to get my hands on new MacBook Pro before even buying it. My Boss has bought a New MacBook Pro and let me use it for a while. I’m so excited and thrilled. We went to an Apple Shop together and bought it. So, today I had several Apple experiences for the first time:
1. Entered an Apple Shop for the first time. 2. Touched and Used an Apple Computer for the first time.
Contest has been won - updates to follow shortly. All further donations will go into an account to sustain the open source project that will be launched with the initial solution.
That means the winner nabbed almost $ 14,000. They’ve started a wiki and a detailed, step by step HOWTO. If the dual boot becomes more seamless, I think the intel macs would be more appealing to windows users too.
After reading Time Management for System Administrators by Thomas A. Limoncelli I wanted to try wiki system (one of the productivity tools he highly recommends) within our office because keeping the internal information up-to-date is becoming pretty difficult. Currently not everyone within the organization is able to update the information which I think is creating a big overhead. I wanted to change this with wiki system, so that the information will always be up-to-date and easy to manage.
This video shows installation of Windows XP on intel iMac. I’m not sure if this is for real! Have a look and you can decide.
A site Winxponmac.com is promising to pay almost US$ 13,000 to the first person who posts complete instructions, including pictures of the boot process to The Forum. The latest update mentions that Solution has been submitted. Currently testing
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After installing Windows XP in MacBook Pro and having received tons of comments and emails from the readers I’m just wondering what’s next? For users, for Apple and for Microsoft. Being able to dual or even tri-boot intel Macs (actually any single hardware) would be a bliss. Imagine having seamlessly, legally and with full support booting a single machine with OSX, Windows and Linux. I don’t think normal home users would be excited about this for now but this would be a nirvana for majority of geeks. For Windows users (like me), they can easily see and try for themselves what’s it that makes the Mac users so religious about their OS. And if they can find this X factor that hooks the Mac users then this might even trigger a mass migration from windows to Macs.
