randominity Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 This is my first ever contribution to the forums, and I am definately not as good with OS X ect. as many of the people on this forum. That being said, rather than contribute with technical info, a few friends of mine and I put together a video to entertain the OS X86 knowledgeable masses. To preface the video, we loaded up a Dell E1505 with uphuck 1.3 and set everything as default as possible. We then took it to a few local computer reatailers/tech support centers. Those places were a Dell kiosk in the mall, a Best Buy's Geek Squad, and the Apple Store. I did my best to act computer dumb, and acted like I didn't know how OS X even got on there. You can view the video at: There is also a better quality version in 16:9 you can download at: http://files.filefront.com/Hack_Support.divx/;8542894 Also, I wanna thank devilhood for his awsome guide along with all OS X86 developers Without these guys none of this would be possible. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63825-tech-support-prank/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
FavleX Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 W O N D E R F U L I LOVE U Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63825-tech-support-prank/#findComment-451623 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBK.Xscape Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Hahah awesome, best part was when the guys were saying that it was a "fully functional theme." Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63825-tech-support-prank/#findComment-451660 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Ha, ha, sweet. You guys did an excellent job. This will definitely skyrocket the OSX86 project's popularity now! Cheers, hecker Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63825-tech-support-prank/#findComment-451687 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayanami Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 ZOMG.... :( That totally made my morning. "I was installing iTunes." Bwahahahaha Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63825-tech-support-prank/#findComment-451714 Share on other sites More sharing options...
karmatose Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 I go to my local Best Buy/Future Shop and pull this {censored} all the time... Props to you for filming it. Actually, for some giggles... I think im going to do it after work Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63825-tech-support-prank/#findComment-451751 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_muad_dib Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 amazing guys! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63825-tech-support-prank/#findComment-451776 Share on other sites More sharing options...
R2k. Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 great great great !!! ~R Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63825-tech-support-prank/#findComment-451846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
apowerr Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 Awesome video. You'd have to be 'super 1337' to do that. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63825-tech-support-prank/#findComment-452196 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 Sweet. "Its like a perfect clone though." :pirate2: Now they're catching on Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63825-tech-support-prank/#findComment-452217 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numberzz Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 dude, now that people do this with osx86 someone HAS to do this with leopard installed on their comp Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63825-tech-support-prank/#findComment-452289 Share on other sites More sharing options...
four! Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 Best video ever! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63825-tech-support-prank/#findComment-452308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 Yeah, I agree with numberz. Someone install Kalyway Leopard 9a527 and then go and show it to tech support. Make sure the About this Mac screen is (with the 10.5 identification) is displayed when you go to the tech support But an easier way to convince the techs is to just get an ordinary 10.4 Hackint0sh install and edit the AboutThisMac.strings file to say Mac OS X 10.5. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63825-tech-support-prank/#findComment-452311 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyel Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 Hi Randominity: Thanks for the video. It was entertaining! I did something similar at local Best Buy near my work. I had a Dell Inspiron 1300 that have Mac OS X 10.4.6 with native resolution (1400x900). I wanted to see how it looked on the widescreen HDTV (Fairly well!) lol I was known as the guy who had Mac on Dell. --danyel Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63825-tech-support-prank/#findComment-452314 Share on other sites More sharing options...
randominity Posted September 21, 2007 Author Share Posted September 21, 2007 Thanks for the support guys, and the 10.5 idea. We might have to use that in our next video. but the Mac guy caught on as soon as I pulled out my dell, so we might have to use a real mac with 10.5 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63825-tech-support-prank/#findComment-452327 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegodfaza Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 "I know it's possible to stick this on a Dell - I know it's not easy though" I wasn't aware that it was hard. My install went nice and easy. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63825-tech-support-prank/#findComment-453424 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jglavin Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Nice video, those geek squad guys should take a look at this site sometime.. I thought everyone who knew anything about macs already knew about osx86... Frankly I'd expect the Tech desk guys to be unsurprised at it. Apple guy sure knew... I'd think that they would at least go home that day and google "os x on pc hardware" or something... which leads them almost directly here! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63825-tech-support-prank/#findComment-454764 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 I'd think that they would at least go home that day and google "os x on pc hardware" or something... which leads them almost directly here! I totally agree. It seemed like that Geek Squad guy was dying to try it--lol Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63825-tech-support-prank/#findComment-454774 Share on other sites More sharing options...
randominity Posted September 24, 2007 Author Share Posted September 24, 2007 It wasn't in the video cause its hard to hear, but one of the geek squad guys mentioned something about wanting the disc we installed it with. I didn't hear it, but commander64 supposedly caught it while editing it. I'll see if I can get him to post something, he found a lot of subtleties we missed while filming Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63825-tech-support-prank/#findComment-454824 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 randominity, Awesome! Get commander64 to share an enhanced version of the clip where you can hear the guys saying the stuff about the disc. Lets go hand out copies of Uphuck 1.3 to the Best Buy and Future Shop stores and see what they make of it...Maybe they'll start selling computers preinstalled with OS X Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63825-tech-support-prank/#findComment-455345 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander64 Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 randominity, Awesome! Get commander64 to share an enhanced version of the clip where you can hear the guys saying the stuff about the disc. Lets go hand out copies of Uphuck 1.3 to the Best Buy and Future Shop stores and see what they make of it...Maybe they'll start selling computers preinstalled with OS X Ha ha! It's about time they started doing that. By the way, they guy requests Uphuck in time frame 3:51. He attempts to over talk the technician that suggests wiping the hard drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63825-tech-support-prank/#findComment-457324 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtraa Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 ROFL, I guess I have to buy a new desktop keyboard now. ymmd, this is brilliant Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63825-tech-support-prank/#findComment-457381 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyhighmac Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Yeah. I bet that guy went home and was calling all his friends on how to do it. I totally agree. It seemed like that Geek Squad guy was dying to try it--lol Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63825-tech-support-prank/#findComment-458877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 It would be funny if the tech who didn't want the hard drive to be wiped secretly made a clone of the hard drive using Ghost or something and gave it out to his geek friends Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63825-tech-support-prank/#findComment-459280 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawker Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 ROFL This was much better than my little prank I did a while back, i fell out of my chair laughing when they took it to the apple store, but I was expecting a better reaction from them. Awesome prank! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63825-tech-support-prank/#findComment-459325 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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