EddieR Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Now if only Bill Gates would make a simular program as Boot Camp, that would allow us to fully install MacOSX onto a computer running windows, that would be sweet... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14437-if-only-bill-would-do-this/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqualeviathan Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Now if only Bill Gates would make a simular program as Boot Camp, that would allow us to fully install MacOSX onto a computer running windows, that would be sweet... Except that would be illegal since it would have to circumvent the TPM chip. Microsoft would have to either support the hacks/patches now available or hack OSX themselves. Both of those just aren't going to happen. Apple was able to release Boot Camp because they did not modify windows in any way. All they did was release a firmware update which added a bios compatibility layer to the existing EFI. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14437-if-only-bill-would-do-this/#findComment-92217 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieR Posted April 9, 2006 Author Share Posted April 9, 2006 but what if bill released some kind of program like parallels that would allow MacOSX to be installed on a windows platform? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14437-if-only-bill-would-do-this/#findComment-92222 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigxcpu Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 There is one already. It's called PearPC Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14437-if-only-bill-would-do-this/#findComment-92241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieR Posted April 9, 2006 Author Share Posted April 9, 2006 Pear PC was good at one time, but who knows maybe bill who has alot of cash, can pick it up, and redesign it to work alot better, he's been known to do that from time to time.. As they say, if you have the cash and it doesn't exist, you can make it exist/build it.... Maybe Bills up and coming Vista can have something like visualization PearPC Style !! Personally, if Bill wanted to make MacOSX work on his platform, I think he has the money and resources to do it, who knows what Vista will bring ?? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14437-if-only-bill-would-do-this/#findComment-92277 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGHammer Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Actually, I'd rather have *Apple* pick up PearPC and use it as a wrapper to run OSX as a Win32 application (or more like VMWare). The quibble with that is that running OSX natively (even with the hacks) is much better than virtually. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14437-if-only-bill-would-do-this/#findComment-92282 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysaor Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Pear PC was good at one time, but who knows maybe bill who has alot of cash, can pick it up, and redesign it to work alot better, he's been known to do that from time to time..As they say, if you have the cash and it doesn't exist, you can make it exist/build it.... Maybe Bills up and coming Vista can have something like visualization PearPC Style !! Personally, if Bill wanted to make MacOSX work on his platform, I think he has the money and resources to do it, who knows what Vista will bring ?? We know what Vista will bring. Microsoft said latest beta2 builds are "feature complete". Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14437-if-only-bill-would-do-this/#findComment-92290 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieR Posted April 9, 2006 Author Share Posted April 9, 2006 feature complete? Vista's release has been moved, we're looking at a 2007 release now, you really think Vista is feature complete? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14437-if-only-bill-would-do-this/#findComment-92297 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysaor Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 feature complete?Vista's release has been moved, we're looking at a 2007 release now, you really think Vista is feature complete? Delay doesn't mean there will be new things in Vista. There are tons of bugs in Vista right now. Vista has been delayed numerous times before, and it ended up getting less features, like WinFS. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14437-if-only-bill-would-do-this/#findComment-92300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrunner Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Delay doesn't mean there will be new things in Vista. There are tons of bugs in Vista right now. Vista has been delayed numerous times before, and it ended up getting less features, like WinFS. Vista is delayed for OEM (Dell, HP etc) reasons and not mainly because of technical reasons: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20060406.html Windows Vista, which Microsoft said a couple weeks ago would be shipping later than expected and would miss the 2006 Christmas season. There has been lots of speculation about exactly why Microsoft had to make such an expensive decision, and five of those reasons were covered right here two weeks ago. But this time I am ready to lay the definitive reason for this particular Windows Vista delay on Dell Computer. It is easy to forget that Microsoft works mainly through its OEM partners, which include Dell, HP, and many others. If Microsoft announces a date by which some future product is going to be available, they can only do so with the agreement of the OEMs. I know we hear (and I write) a lot about Microsoft beating up its partners, but Bill Gates can't put new software on a Dell computer without Michael Dell's permission. According to those familiar with the way Dell qualifies new software, they are very careful about their shipping OS/application sets. They put together new builds every quarter, and test them for a full quarter. This means that to ship something in October it has to be into a build set in July, which means it has to be slotted some time in April. And that's just for an application. Now imagine what Dell's test plan looks like for a whole new operating system. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14437-if-only-bill-would-do-this/#findComment-92309 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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