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freak-on-aleash
Oct 28, 2003, 08:55 PM
I have an HP running XP. Can i simply pop-in the panther cd and install it?


D0ct0rteeth
Oct 28, 2003, 09:00 PM
no

- doc
5300cs
Oct 28, 2003, 09:10 PM
Not a chance- the architecture is completely different. (PPC vs x86)
aethier
Oct 28, 2003, 09:31 PM
NO WAY HOSé

buy a mac, then you could instal it all you want.

aethier
rainman
Oct 28, 2003, 10:28 PM
Hi,
well. (ays! my mouth is bleeding...containing myself..)

Please, please!! If you get it! tell us all! Nerver to Steve Jobs, the poor guy can commit suicide 20 times!

Ays!! ays! sorry..!! I am not feeling so good... Ays!!
Suffering a heart attack!!..not sure!! sick!! Ays!
(no offence! sory, but .....ti is too much for me)

Ranman
(Well, CDs keep the same size for both systems, I guess..
:D )
jayscheuerle
Oct 28, 2003, 10:41 PM
And you want to eat caviar out of a dog-food bowl because.....?

:D

Sorry pal, you'll need to invest at least $300 on a 4 year old machine to run it on first! :eek:
freak-on-aleash
Oct 28, 2003, 10:47 PM
thanks anyway,

if i start saving cash, i could buy a imac in about...

... 3 years :) .

Peace everyone
skychum
Oct 30, 2003, 03:45 AM
put darwain on it

the next step is an x86 port of the osx windows manager. I'm sure people are working on this.
mrjamin
Oct 30, 2003, 10:06 AM
yeah - it should work fine.

i installed it on my BBC Micro and it worked a treat. Now i can play frogger using quartz extreme. w00t (whatever w00t means)
caveman_uk
Oct 30, 2003, 10:42 AM
It works fine on my toaster too....
chicagdan
Oct 30, 2003, 10:48 AM
I have Panther running on my 15 year old Speak and Spell. Today I'm installing in on my IntelliVision.
mrjamin
Oct 30, 2003, 10:55 AM
anybody tried it on a cellphone yet? been meaning to give it a go on mine but i'm not sure it meets the requirements
RichP
Oct 30, 2003, 11:08 AM
Originally posted by mrjamin
anybody tried it on a cellphone yet? been meaning to give it a go on mine but i'm not sure it meets the requirements

well, my cell phone is a motorola... :D
caveman_uk
Oct 30, 2003, 11:55 AM
Originally posted by mrjamin
anybody tried it on a cellphone yet? been meaning to give it a go on mine but i'm not sure it meets the requirements
Only if it has a USB cdrom drive. Otherwise the Panther CD doesn't fit. I suppose you could send a disk image by bluetooth if your phone has that?
Chealion
Oct 30, 2003, 12:12 PM
That was either a really unknowledgable PC user (about the different OSes and architectures) or a troll.

I find it more likely that a switcher would ask if they can install Windows XP on their Mac. Or can they install Panther in Windows XP or something similar.
Sun Baked
Oct 30, 2003, 12:19 PM
Modern diesels are getting great fuel mileage.

So you may want to start using diesel fuel in you car to reap the benefits of drastically increased fuel mileage.

Should work just as well as a Panther CD in a PC.
whocares
Oct 30, 2003, 12:35 PM
Hi have a Panther running around in my back yard. :D
fraeone
Oct 30, 2003, 01:10 PM
Originally posted by freak-on-aleash
thanks anyway,

if i start saving cash, i could buy a imac in about...

... 3 years :) .

Peace everyone

I bet if you sell your HP it would take considerably less than three years. Since you're broke, I assume you're a student (like me, yay!).. Sooo

Buy an eMac with edu discount for $749! That's really not expensive at all for a 1Ghz Mac. I bet you can sell your HP for at least half that.
Java
Oct 30, 2003, 01:17 PM
Ya, for some reason, I tried installing it on my Palm Tungsten and I just couldn't get the thing to work. Can somebody help me?:p
flyfish29
Oct 30, 2003, 01:40 PM
Originally posted by fraeone

Buy an eMac with edu discount for $749! That's really not expensive at all for a 1Ghz Mac. I bet you can sell your HP for at least half that.

You can get an Apple loan to make the thing be less that $25 a month, and probably more like $15 on an eMac. Even if you are not a student you can get great rates and cheap monthly payments and get it now isntead of saving and being without the Dream Machine...the Mac!
fraeone
Oct 30, 2003, 02:31 PM
Yeah, a friend of mine just took out a loan to buy a 15" PB. I think he spent ~2600. Apple didn't like his credit though, so he had to go through his bank.

He wanted a laptop, but I can't imagine taking out a loan that big when there is a 12" PB for 1400, and an ibook for 1000, etc.. (he's a student).

On the other hand, a loan for a $750 eMac is a completely reasonable idea. Unfortunately my friend has eyes bigger than his income.
noel4r
Oct 30, 2003, 03:02 PM
i have installed on my Mickey Mouse watch
cwedl
Oct 30, 2003, 03:48 PM
I can install panther on my windows machine! why can't any of you!
apple_iBoy
Oct 30, 2003, 04:35 PM
Woohoo! Now I can do fast user switching on my house's thermostat.
rueyeet
Oct 30, 2003, 04:36 PM
Originally posted by Chealion
That was either a really unknowledgable PC user (about the different OSes and architectures) or a troll.

I would be really surprised that someone would not know that the Mac OS won't run on anything but a Mac. That's why you buy a Mac, so you can run the Mac OS.

Though, on the off-chance that the poster was actually serious, I'll agree that the sale of the HP could go a long way towards financing a Mac purchase.... :D