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creed
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Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:29 pm Post subject: I've always been curious |
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With Apple os's no running on Intel, is it possible to have OS X run on PC hardware? I'd liek to try the OS since WIndows annoys me greatly, but I'm not up for paying a premium on Apple hardware. |
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Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:45 pm Post subject: Re: I've always been curious |
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creed wrote:With Apple os's no running on Intel, is it possible to have OS X run on PC hardware? I'd liek to try the OS since WIndows annoys me greatly, but I'm not up for paying a premium on Apple hardware.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=osx+pc |
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/me grumbles. |
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onefast1 wrote:/me grumbles.
Yeah no doubt, who needs a MAC when you can run linux on X86 hardware.
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lol if linux coudl run some of my apps I wouldn't be having this discussion  |
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creed wrote:lol if linux coudl run some of my apps I wouldn't be having this discussion
What apps do you need that you can't run in Linux? |
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Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:27 pm Post subject: |
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Jaymac wrote:creed wrote:lol if linux coudl run some of my apps I wouldn't be having this discussion
What apps do you need that you can't run in Linux?
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creed
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Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:49 pm Post subject: |
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Jaymac wrote:creed wrote:lol if linux coudl run some of my apps I wouldn't be having this discussion
What apps do you need that you can't run in Linux?
Mostly games. Bowl Bound, OOTP, LOTRO, WoW, Europa and Crusaders Kings. That's right off the top of my head. I think most of those have Mac variants. |
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Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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fear_nothing wrote:Jaymac wrote:creed wrote:lol if linux coudl run some of my apps I wouldn't be having this discussion
What apps do you need that you can't run in Linux?
I'll second that question
for me it would be hardware related...
- ATI TV Wonder Elite (theatre 550pro chip) haven't found a solution that actually works for capture or even watching TV.
- Microtec Slimscan C3 USB flatbed scanner (older than dirt scanner still works great... in windows) sane no worky with this one.
and then same as creed... games and a few apps... Need For Speed Underground, Tron 2.0, The Print Shop 10.
the rest of the stuff I run in windows either has a better version in linux, a lerning curve that won't quit, or is a pain in the ass to install because of the obscure repositories (non-free codecs in fedora... easier in Ubuntu... like getting mp3s to play and actually display the correct time for vbr encoded mp3s) I favor audacious for playing mp3s, but I've actually used winamp through wine and it actually worked better (just lost the title bar on the main window)
I think I'll try to dualboot this thing again one of these days... I think that would be the easiest solution for me currently. |
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