dual booting

[rayg93065]

I'm a newbie @ Mac and know just enough to be dangerous with PC. I'd like to run windows on my G4, 167 Ghz, 1 GB Ram. It is not an Intel . Will Macdrive serve as the bridge to do this? What about virtualization? I've looked on the net. The more I read, the more confused I become. Any suggestions out there?
Thanks for any help you can give me.

 

[dukebound85]

only option is virtual pc which i would NOT reccomend as its uber slow

you are better off buying a cheap pc

 

[Tallest Skil]

You're not going to get very good performance at all on that computer. VirtualPC is about the only thing you can use to virtualize, and it will still be painfully slow.

 

[rayg93065]

Dual Boot

Thanks for the quick response. I was afraid that would be the response.

 

[QuantumLo0p]

only option is virtual pc which i would NOT reccomend as its uber slow you are better off buying a cheap pc

Another option is build a system, use EFI-X and boot to whatever your heart desires.

 

[rayg93065]

Dual Boot

Quantum,
Build a system? EFX-1?

 

[dukebound85]

Another option is build a system, use EFI-X and boot to whatever your heart desires.

or dont use efi-x and use boot-132 which is free

op: quantum is suggesting a hackintosh

 

[QuantumLo0p]

Quantum,
Build a system? EFX-1?

dukebound85 is correct, using EFI-X would allow building a hackintosh that could even update correctly but it's not an approved Apple way of doing business. Not sure but Snow Leopard may even break EFI-X booting.

I don't recommend noobs doing this, but instead take a look at some of the other options mentioned.