Mac Users - Help?

Started by rcallicotte, August 01, 2009, 07:41:35 AM

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rcallicotte

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inkydigit

as far as I know, the Snow Leopard upgrade is only available to Mac users running the Leopard OS, I am not sure that you will be able to run this on a windows machine, and as yet the estimated release date of 'sometime in September' has not been made official yet.....

Henry Blewer

MaximumPC's Summer 2009 PC How To Guide (magazine) has an article on how to get MAC 0S to work on a PC. Seems like more trouble than it's worth. But the article is complete, and it might actually work.
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rcallicotte

Thanks guys.  I think this price is not an upgrade price, unless I misread it.  Maybe I should just think about buying a Mac.  Hmmm.
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inkydigit

I know that you can run vista on a mac....

http://www.simplehelp.net/2008/05/28/using-boot-camp-to-install-vista-on-your-mac-the-complete-walkthrough/

and a quick search throws up some stuff like this...
http://dailyapps.net/2008/03/hack-attack-dual-boot-leopard-and-windows-vista/

I guess it is possible, but why not just get a mac and run bootcamp?

that is an upgrade price, you have to be running leo already...
:)

old_blaggard

Technically, that is an upgrade price, but usually Apple doesn't worry too much about that stuff. I would just wait and see what other users try before jumping on this yourself.
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efflux

At one stage I've had loved to run OSX on a PC but now that I use Linux, I wouldn't dream of it. Linux is now the dream answer if you hate Windows. I think if you want OSX then it's best to get a Mac. In my opinion, Apple have gone from being top dog for a while to bottom. I do think their hardware is actually good though. A top end Mac compared to a similar PC is not a bad deal but they have bloated out their software and destroyed several market leading apps that they bought.

Nobody will listen though, about Linux.

Take this:

http://ardour.org/

Linux no good for audio, configuration issues, nobody uses it, lack of apps, not commercially viable etc etc. All the usual arguments.

The guy who develops Ardour is now getting $57,000 a year from user contributions alone. He gets $10 a month from me. Subscriptions rise all the time. He saw the light early on i.e. that Windows is useless for audio. OSX is now not much further ahead. Apple are having a laugh with their new Logic version. Crap compared to Ardour especially if you run Ardour on a 64 bit Linux system. Both Windows and OSX are fast becoming a joke to use compared to Linux.

efflux

My next system will be a quad core PC. However, simply due to TG2 I may be forced to also install Windows and dual boot from two drives. This is not going to make me happy at all. You can run 32 bit Windows apps on a 64 bit Linux system but there are still a few issues with TG2 under Wine. It doesn't render as fast even although other apps do.

Falcon

Quote from: calico on August 01, 2009, 07:41:35 AM
I'm wondering what I need to make this work on my PC

You need a Mac. Seriously, getting OS X to run on a PC is technically possible in some cases (if you have supported hardware), but it's not worth the trouble, because the main advantage of OS X is the tight hardware/software integration that makes it possible that things "just work".

And as other posters already mentioned, you can run windos on a Mac. You can also run Linux, if you want. I personally keep Linux as the system of choice for my servers, but my desktop machines all run OS X.


Henry Blewer

That is essentially what the Maximum PC article is about. Booting from a flash drive that is. There are some other things and installs to do. It seems like a lot of trouble for something which may not be very compatible with Mac software.
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efflux

However, despite what I say about Linux, it is true that Mac's always simply work. I had one for several years with hardly a single glitch. I do tell people to buy Mac's if they are not very knowledgeable about computers.

rcallicotte

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inkydigit

I have an intel mac, and TG2 (deep)(alpha) runs fine on my machine...I am a mac fan,and havent tried tg2 on a pc, so I am probably biased!

old_blaggard

TG2 Mac runs fine on Snow Leopard. However, if you're thinking of switching just for TG2 speed gains, think again: it's about the same. If you're thinking of switching for other reasons, then I would put TG2 into the "won't get faster, but also won't break" category.
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