do they new intel macs run a virtual pc a lot better

[Facetious]

help sarien

[DoTheFandango]

pleaz, you can DUAL BOOT.

[Richard Creager]

windows partition on a mac?

the end is near

[iKillburger]

My guess would be that they use x86 architecture since its an intel processor.

[Mr. Peanuts]

so you can now install Windows on a Mac system.

Hallelujah?

[geekbot]

VPC on Intel is not available yet but when it does it will be better (according to me) because VPC on PPC emulated 1) the OS and 2) the Intel HW. VPC on Intel only has to emulate the OS. The HW no longer has to be emulated.

As of today Apple announced support for partitioning and booting Windows XP SP2. The beta is available for download. It looks really easy to do (as you'd expect for Apple).

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060405-6524.html
http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/

EDIT: Now that Apple has provided all the correct Windows drivers I gotta think virtualization programs just got a boost and they can't be that far away.

[Jason]

sarien is going to flip monkey shit when he sees you guys talking about dual booting windows on a mac system

ahahaha

[DoTheFandango]

Me and Sarien always talk about this.

I can't wait to get my iMac so I can just have my Windows (for programming and other Windows only tasks) and my Mac (everything else).

Oh BABY.

[Reclusion]

Currently, can new versions of Mac OS be installed on PC's?

[DoTheFandango]

Not really. You can get x86 architechure builds, but I don't know how supported they are.

[geekbot]

Currently, can new versions of Mac OS be installed on PC's?

There are versions out there. I have two friends who got it running on two different laptops. I know at least one is still working on getting things like wireless to work.

If the reason is because you want to try OS X, then just scoot yourself on down to an Apple store and play to your heart's content. Hacking OS X to (sort of) work on a x86 box doesn't seem worth the trouble to me. It's the whole package (cool software + cool hardware + good integration) that makes an Apple an Apple.

[Chuck Norris]

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060405/apple...are.html?.v=12

[Reclusion]

There are versions out there. I have two friends who got it running on two different laptops. I know at least one is still working on getting things like wireless to work.

If the reason is because you want to try OS X, then just scoot yourself on down to an Apple store and play to your heart's content. Hacking OS X to (sort of) work on a x86 box doesn't seem worth the trouble to me. It's the whole package (cool software + cool hardware + good integration) that makes an Apple an Apple.

I understand this. It was just a hypothetical thing. I figured if Apple supplied a i86 version of its OS, it would be interesting to try it out.

[geekbot]

And one day later....we're there.

http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/04...php?lsrc=mwrss

This is the first announcement I've heard of a virtualization on Intel Mac OS X. The article says some of the things I was saying- that hardware doesn't have to be emulated with the virtualization. Processor time would be split between OSes. This would be most excellent on a Core Duo which is basically dual Pentium M's.

[Sarien]

http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/

What else is there to say, really?