leovanham Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 Theyve done it!! urika! this goes down in history for sure! narf and blanka legends that managed to boot Windows on a Unix based Hardware. i use both mac and windows btw ;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/441650-intel-imac-running-xp/page/18/#findComment-587321274 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted March 18, 2006 Author Share Posted March 18, 2006 got almost everything to work except the video (which is fine for what i use Windows for anyways) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/441650-intel-imac-running-xp/page/18/#findComment-587321316 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Veteran Posted March 18, 2006 Veteran Share Posted March 18, 2006 :p show off Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/441650-intel-imac-running-xp/page/18/#findComment-587321337 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted March 18, 2006 Author Share Posted March 18, 2006 :p show off it was kinda cool to have IE running on my wireless network but the novelty quickly wore off and i started to miss osx.... lol dualbooting is a great option though :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/441650-intel-imac-running-xp/page/18/#findComment-587321357 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XiXora Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 what i care about more is probably running the second partition insome software inside osx... i dont fancy rebooting just to dosome checking if things work in IE or doing some work in VS2005 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/441650-intel-imac-running-xp/page/18/#findComment-587321551 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Veteran Posted March 18, 2006 Veteran Share Posted March 18, 2006 what i care about more is probably running the second partition insome software inside osx... i dont fancy rebooting just to dosome checking if things work in IE or doing some work in VS2005 Well, I have successfully installed and run Windows 2000 in qemu on my Mac, take a look (universal binary goodness) :) http://www.kberg.ch/q/ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/441650-intel-imac-running-xp/page/18/#findComment-587321581 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Veteran Posted March 18, 2006 Veteran Share Posted March 18, 2006 I got it working on the 20"! Thanks to xjmaas over at the OnMac forum! http://forum.onmac.net/showthread.php?t=185 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/441650-intel-imac-running-xp/page/18/#findComment-587321741 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebeech Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 I got it working on the 20"! Thanks to xjmaas over at the OnMac forum! http://forum.onmac.net/showthread.php?t=185 omg that's great news!! :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/441650-intel-imac-running-xp/page/18/#findComment-587321755 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms_old2 Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 I wish I had a Mac. :( Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/441650-intel-imac-running-xp/page/18/#findComment-587321761 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidSapphire Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 Congrats Simon, Good luck Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/441650-intel-imac-running-xp/page/18/#findComment-587321765 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBeech Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 fantastic: 20" for me :) iBeech Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/441650-intel-imac-running-xp/page/18/#findComment-587321771 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted March 18, 2006 Veteran Share Posted March 18, 2006 so hows the performance on the mini 20" and macbookpro Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/441650-intel-imac-running-xp/page/18/#findComment-587321776 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadBoat89 Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 wow... thats all you needed to do... press 2 buttons to fix the issue with 20" lol Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/441650-intel-imac-running-xp/page/18/#findComment-587321782 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidSapphire Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 Has anybody tried to do an install on a powerpc macintosh? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/441650-intel-imac-running-xp/page/18/#findComment-587324610 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueFighter Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 Has anybody tried to do an install on a powerpc macintosh? Why should they? :blink: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/441650-intel-imac-running-xp/page/18/#findComment-587324634 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daedalus Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 Has anybody tried to do an install on a powerpc macintosh? There's no point... it wouldn't work. WindowsXP can only run on an x86 processor. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/441650-intel-imac-running-xp/page/18/#findComment-587324702 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted March 19, 2006 Author Share Posted March 19, 2006 looks like someone made some progress for the video drivers...that would be awesome, i have to admit the emulator support is lacking a bit on the OSX side (SNES9X works GREAT but no PSX emulators :() Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/441650-intel-imac-running-xp/page/18/#findComment-587324748 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBeech Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 progress with the video drivers? where? please post a link iBeech :alien: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/441650-intel-imac-running-xp/page/18/#findComment-587324760 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted March 19, 2006 Author Share Posted March 19, 2006 http://forum.onmac.net/showthread.php?t=132&page=2 http://wiki.onmac.net/index.php/Windows_XP...WITH_DRIVERS%21 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/441650-intel-imac-running-xp/page/18/#findComment-587324785 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted March 20, 2006 Author Share Posted March 20, 2006 possible video driver for the macbook?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGGtrkZ6088 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/441650-intel-imac-running-xp/page/18/#findComment-587327426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thermal+paste Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 running xp on a mac is like boning a hot chick except making her wear a bag over her head with a picture of oprah pasted on it Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/441650-intel-imac-running-xp/page/18/#findComment-587327431 Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethevans1986 Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 LMAO ChocIST Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/441650-intel-imac-running-xp/page/18/#findComment-587327468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trex1024 Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 (edited) wow thats messed up! thats what happens when intel gets involved with apple. they just **** things up in microshafts favor ahahaahhaha :D Edited March 20, 2006 by fred666 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/441650-intel-imac-running-xp/page/18/#findComment-587327478 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Veteran Posted March 20, 2006 Veteran Share Posted March 20, 2006 possible video driver for the macbook?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGGtrkZ6088 :| yay! *waits for instructions* Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/441650-intel-imac-running-xp/page/18/#findComment-587327594 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueFighter Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 :| yay! *waits for instructions* Looked like it was running on software drivers :s, it was clearly not running smoothly Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/441650-intel-imac-running-xp/page/18/#findComment-587327798 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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