stelriah Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 just curious. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2357-dual-boot-or-osx-only/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
xSuRgEx Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 voted dual boot. i wont switch to osx completely until the final version of osx86 is out and then i might even buy a ppc mac or one of the intel ones. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2357-dual-boot-or-osx-only/#findComment-15398 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabron Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 dual boot i preffer use windows yet because some applications compatibility and for safe insues if someday i have a serious problem here on mac, maybe i can use transmac or macdrive to heal my system. for now i bootup the mac more often than windows i will still do it until the day when i will won't need to use windows anymore. note: for games i use consoles Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2357-dual-boot-or-osx-only/#findComment-15402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
quixos Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 can't switch to a beta that doesn't play commercial dvds, and doesn't have a browser that can run java and flash without changing settings and restarting. i'm using it daily at this time. but i'll always need windows for my old games. not saying i might not have a real mac in my house someday, if it isn't drm'd into uselessness. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2357-dual-boot-or-osx-only/#findComment-15440 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technobob Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 I have been running Mac x86 for the past week and love it but I'm not ready to give up XP. I'm running a dual boot. As much as I love Mac X86, it's still beta with no driver support. I will buy a MacTel when they are released but only if they are price the same as PC's. I'm not going to pay hundreds more for basically a PC. I don't understand why Apple won't release a version that is installable on any PC. It's clear that people are sick of Windows, just look at this site with over 9,000 users and growing. I think Apple would make up any loses in hardware sales with OS X sales, look where Microsoft is today for selling a crappy bug ridden OS. I will defiantly switch if Microsoft does not improve Vista before it's released. I download the beta 1 release and ran it for all of 1 day before I formated and returned to XP. I was not impressed one bit, it's still years behind Apple in development. The best thing Microsoft can due is what Apple does and that is cut the cord with older versions and hardware. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2357-dual-boot-or-osx-only/#findComment-15493 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedragon1971 Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 I don't understand why Apple won't release a version that is installable on any PC. It's clear that people are sick of Windows, just look at this site with over 9,000 users and growing. I think Apple would make up any loses in hardware sales with OS X sales, look where Microsoft is today for selling a crappy bug ridden OS.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> I guess it's a good thing that the people in charge of Apple's business decisions have more business sense than you do. Have you ever paid attention to Microsoft's business practices when it comes to other x86 OS's (BeOS or Linux or OS/2 come to mind)? Microsoft would do everything in their power (including stopping development of Mac Office) to kill it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2357-dual-boot-or-osx-only/#findComment-15603 Share on other sites More sharing options...
defor Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Single-boot on my Dell C610 and C640 laptops, Dual on my Dekstop D915GUXL system. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2357-dual-boot-or-osx-only/#findComment-16374 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrana Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Some of us own 'real' macs anyway. But, dual boot makes the most sense. Especially since we don't know if the ABI will change a few more times up until final release. 10.4.2 for example has a new ABI so anything compiled on it won't work with older builds. And since all read dev kit people are the ones doing a lot of major programming works, you're stuck w/not being able to run things unless you keep current on OS levels. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2357-dual-boot-or-osx-only/#findComment-16414 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bebox Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 i voted dual boot but 99% of time it's OSX and only 1% windows (to use software that are not on OSX like swishmax or Ulead photoimpact) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2357-dual-boot-or-osx-only/#findComment-16465 Share on other sites More sharing options...
defor Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Some of us own 'real' macs anyway. Very true. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2357-dual-boot-or-osx-only/#findComment-16493 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blkblt Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 I built a whole new MacTel box, and have it connected to the same LCD as XP. XP has DVI, MacTel has analog input. Looks great, runs great. /blkblt Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2357-dual-boot-or-osx-only/#findComment-16495 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wipmac Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 I built a whole new MacTel box, and have it connected to the same LCD as XP. XP has DVI, MacTel has analog input. Looks great, runs great. /blkblt <{POST_SNAPBACK}> dont u think the quality via vga is poor compared to the dvi from xp? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2357-dual-boot-or-osx-only/#findComment-16502 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blkblt Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 I was afraid of that, but I must say, it looks *GREAT* on my Dell 24" LCD. Honestly, and I'm picky about that kind of stuff. The font rendering is so much better on Mac OS, and the whole thing looks very sharp. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2357-dual-boot-or-osx-only/#findComment-16504 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoZy Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Own an old g3, Hate that slow ass SOB I got a switch on the front of my case to switch hdd's that count as dual boot? Regards HoZy Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2357-dual-boot-or-osx-only/#findComment-16519 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aduffbrew Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Some of us own 'real' macs anyway. But, dual boot makes the most sense. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Mac Mini and KVM make the very best sense. As smooth and wonderful I thought OSx86 is/was, PPC is so damn sweet! A retail version of Mactel is still almost a year away and any hopes for an OSx86 release to the general PC public looks highly doubtful in the forseeable future, if ever. OSx86 started off as a casual curiousity for me. Exposé made me a firm believer in Mac ideology. Professionally, I haven't unplugged from Windows completely, but these past few weeks I have been lovin' my Mac trying to figure out how I ever lived without it! *laughing* The e-PC that I installed OSx86 on has now become my Windows XP machine, just because it is almost as silent as the Mac Mini and has a very small foot-print to boot. I opted for the DVD burning flavor of the Mini to replace my decked out Windows/Linux tower. Flanking both sides of my monitor, with a Belkin Audio/Video/Input KVM, my office has become a fan drone free zone. As Molly Shannon would say, "I Love it! Love It! LOVE IT!" All I can say is those G5 owners must be in nirvana! I use to think the whole switch to Intel was a clever ploy by Steve Jobs to eventually pull a Microsoft and switch from hardware based to software based economics by eventually offerring OSx86 to the masses. Holy hell, why would he do that? Now I believe he will make a concerted effort to lure Windows users away from their haphazard hardware to Apple engineered bliss with the added piece of mind Windows Compatibility might bring the uninitiated. Apple's "It just works" mentality has almost brought the PC down to the level of any other household appliance. Errr...ok. Sorry about that off topic rant. Hmmm... Dual Boot? Even with a common data partition both OSs can use, I think a networked KVM solution using dedicated computers is best. You can switch back and forth at will with no interruptions. So in a way, that's dual boot. Otherwise, having two complete setups with keyboards, mice, monitors etc seems a bit silly unless there is more than one of you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2357-dual-boot-or-osx-only/#findComment-16521 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepdog43 Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Dual. Battlefield 2 does not run on Mac and I do not have a copy of Mac C&C Generals. Only reason I have for Windows pretty much. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2357-dual-boot-or-osx-only/#findComment-16573 Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith04 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 I feel left out... theres no option for triple-boot I boot OSX most of the time, but still have my linux partition set up for development... and where would I be without my games from windows! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2357-dual-boot-or-osx-only/#findComment-16723 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookah Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 dual boot right now... but I can see a day when I only have OS X... probably on a nice shiny new mac (an intel mac) BTW, if the sound support for my sound card was a little less flakey (USB Audigy) then I would use OS X a whole lot more than I do now... I need tunes when developing websites - and need solid audio for making tunes... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2357-dual-boot-or-osx-only/#findComment-16752 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooh Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 I am triple booting between SuSE linux, XP and OSx86 on my main machine. Before I had OS X installed I actually spent > 90% of my time on Linux, using XP only for the occasional game. I recon that I am now using linux:XP:Mac around 50:10:40. Of course whether this will continue in future will depend on the development of OSx86. Having compared all three OS'es I think the strong points of each to be: Linux : stable, customizeable, open, fast, free and easy to use (yes) XP: compatible with just about everything. Great for games. Mac: Very easy to use. Great for working with photos and graphics. I actually own an iBook, so another benefit of OSx86 is that I can use the same programs on my desktop as on my laptop. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2357-dual-boot-or-osx-only/#findComment-17007 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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