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vaporATX
World wide totals?
Numberzz
Over 9000.
erei33
QUOTE(Numberzz @ Jun 22 2008, 11:18 PM) *
Over 9000.

Haha.

I think individuals who have or have had successful installs is probably about ~100,000.
kinkster
I was wondering this myself.
Alessandro17
QUOTE(erei33 @ Jun 23 2008, 04:15 AM) *
Haha.

I think individuals who have or have had successful installs is probably about ~100,000.


Same opinion here. They might be even more.
(MoC)
I'm thinking way over more. Almost every user here has built a hack, and some don't even register. Numbers may be close to the millions!
vbetts
I guess whatever Mac is, take like atleast 30% of that, maybe 20%.
ipoco
A lot more thank I can think!
iPoco
djet
I think it's not over a million..... many fail, many don't have the money or the brains. It's a fairly compilicated procedure (for a computer nub) and I think many people just are plain scared off by the difficulty.
Alessandro17
QUOTE(djet @ Jun 26 2008, 05:32 AM) *
I think it's not over a million..... many fail, many don't have the money or the brains. It's a fairly compilicated procedure (for a computer nub) and I think many people just are plain scared off by the difficulty.


You know, you made me think. If I had come across OSx86 not in 2006, but several years before, I would have failed or maybe not even started. Building my own computer? Requiring money and knowledge I didn't have. Tinkering with an OS not made for a PC? Something you dare to do only because you have plenty of previous experience with other operating systems. Heck, at least 90% of people I know don't even know/dare to install Windows.
kinkster
QUOTE(Alessandro17 @ Jun 26 2008, 03:11 PM) *
Heck, at least 90% of people I know don't even know/dare to install Windows.




Neither do I since switching to OSx86
Alessandro17
QUOTE(kinkster @ Jun 26 2008, 03:23 PM) *
Neither do I since switching to OSx86


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I mean people who really aren't able to.
Numberzz
QUOTE(Alessandro17 @ Jun 26 2008, 12:39 PM) *
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I mean people who really aren't able to.

Last time I had to install Windows, it asked me which drive it wanted to install Windows on. I nearly shat bricks.
MrRogers
QUOTE(Numberzz @ Jun 22 2008, 11:18 PM) *
Over 9000.

I caught the joke. wink.gif

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