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07-July-05, 02:24 AM
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| Apex Master Tech  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Adelaide, South Australia
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  |  Windows On Apple My friend wants to buy one of the G5 Apple Notebooks but would rahter use Windows than the Apple OS so can he just load Windows and use it or is it impossible to install Windows on an Apple?
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07-July-05, 02:26 AM
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| Sam-Hoe-rai N-Hoe-mad  Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Helena, MT
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He'll need a program called "Virtual Windows"... it's like Windows but not quite as it's emulated. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...tware&n=507846 And here's a pic
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07-July-05, 02:31 AM
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| A George Orwell fan...sorta  Join Date: May 2003 Location: "Truth is not determined by majority vote."
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 | You can install Windows on a Mac but not without also having MacOS on it. You will also need some sort of PC emulation software such as Virtual PC. Edit: On the flipside, you can also run Mac OS on PCs. Go here for more info: http://www.emulators.com/
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07-July-05, 01:17 PM
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| In theory you can; but as most people have suggested, that would require some sort of emulator. On top of which, in order to get the command line where you would be able to get full control of the system; it is a 68-step process. (a.k.a its fairly involved.) Why would he want to use Windows on a Mac? (kinda defeats the purpose does it not?) |
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07-July-05, 02:00 PM
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| Apex Tech God  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hoe'cala FL
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nice let me know where you can get a G5 notebook lol, I think you mean G4  neways, you can do it but y, one of the good things about getting an apple is that you donÂ’t have to use windows! and like aaronrkelly said the performance hit is not worth it, it have see a mac running xp through an emulator and it was not a pritty sight........moved about as fast as frozen pee soup 
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07-July-05, 03:36 PM
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| Apex Tech God  Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Somerset, England UK........ News Threads: 8,143
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 | Windows doesnt run properly on Mac systems...next year and beyond there is a much better chance of that happening when Apple changes over to the x86 based Intel chips. So for now its emulators or MacOSX.
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