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Intel Mac Firmware Update Brings BIOS Support

i totally agree with u i for one would by osx for my pc the only reason why i have a pc now is to play matrix online but now with this im thinkin bout going back to mac but if apple would sel os x on pc that would save me alot money would only have to pay 149 instead of 599 of a mac mini or a imac at 1299
 
neymo said:
hey, nobody say nothing about booting OSX on pc, a solution that already exist for a while, isnt it ?
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Apple will never support this. They take measures (e.g. the TPM chip) to explicitly prevent this. I doubt they will ever change their mind on this.

Mac OS X for generic PC's creates a double-whammy of death for them. It causes potential Mac customers to buy hardware from third parties, and it requires Apple to start supporting the infinite combinations of hardware that Microsoft goes crazy trying to support.
 
dakis said:
I played Need for Speed Underground on my iMac this evening. Not exactly the latest game, but very heavy on the graphics side. I was able to play it at 1280x1024 with full detail. The pentium 4 3.2 ghz box I had used exclusively for gaming until now only gave me a 800x600 at full detail... The iMac performance ROCKS. Considering the fact, that it uses a graphics card with a "Mobility" chip it's simply incredible. What was also incredible: the fan speed didn't even go up after having played for about half an hour.
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3.2GHZ Pentium 4 and can't handle Need For Speed Underground? I bet you have more memory and a much better graphics card on your iMac than on that PC. When comparing benchmarks please give the actual details that matter. I have a P4 2.53GHZ with a 7800GT NVidia with 2 GB of RAM and pretty much it handles all the games I throw at it.
 
blitzkrieg79 said:
3.2GHZ Pentium 4 and can't handle Need For Speed Underground? I bet you have more memory and a much better graphics card on your iMac than on that PC. When comparing benchmarks please give the actual details that matter. I have a P4 2.53GHZ with a 7800GT NVidia with 2 GB of RAM and pretty much it handles all the games I throw at it.
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1gb of RAM on both machines. The PC has a GeForce 6200 which I know is crap. I was just surprised that the ATI 1600 mobility would offer so much more power as that one is specifically designed for notebook computers. But apart from that: "it handles all the games I throw at it" isn't very specific either, for that matter.
 
dakis said:
1gb of RAM on both machines. The PC has a GeForce 6200 which I know is crap. I was just surprised that the ATI 1600 mobility would offer so much more power as that one is specifically designed for notebook computers. But apart from that: "it handles all the games I throw at it" isn't very specific either, for that matter.
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I am not much of a gamer, when I was younger I was playing more, but recently I am into Half-Life 2, all settings maxed out, playing at 1600x1200 and it runs flawless. Another game is Far Cry, same settings and it also doesn't skip a beat.
 
Wouldn't you imagine that this news would severly cripple software developers from compiling or building for Mac platform. At least there is no real incentive to do so.

I am sure that there will always be companies that will develop for Mac, but if say Adobe, took the stance that they could save thousands in R/D for OS X because all new Macs can run Windows....

At first I thought "Wow this is great news", but the more I think about it I just wonder what this will do for native OS X apps down the road.
 
Does anyone know if the firmware does anything more than provide EFI with BIOS support? The Apple website doesn't have very much information on the download beyond the instructions.
 
Macrumors said:
The Boot Camp CD which is provided simply provides needed Mac-specific drivers for full support of Windows XP on the Intel Macs.
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Just wanted to point out that the Boot Camp app also provides a method for dynamic repartitioning of your hard drive to create space for Windows XP (and removing that partition) in addition to creating the support CD with the drivers on it.
 
weldon said:
Just wanted to point out that the Boot Camp app also provides a method for dynamic repartitioning of your hard drive to create space for Windows XP (and removing that partition) in addition to creating the support CD with the drivers on it.
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I noticed this in the description too. Now if the will add live repartitioning to DIsk Utility that will be really really cool. Windows users have had that for years and us Mac users are stuck reformatting a drive when we want to adjust the partitions (unless we buy thrid party software).
 
Hey guys, check out the fun turns I found in Dells stock, turns around Mac news ...

esaleris said:
If your argument were true, today's release of Boot Camp should have directly affected Dell's stock. You contend that Apple's market strategy directly affects Dell's strategy, thereby FORCING them to buy Alienware. Well, it's 12:38PM EST, and since the announcement of Boot Camp, there's only been a $0.09 drop in price, a 0.23% movement in Dell's price. Apple's market strategy of releasing a new software that directly places the company in competition with other Windows manufacturers didn't even phase Dell's stock.

When it comes down to it, Dell is not significantly affected - stock price or market startegy - by Apple. When Apple has a 20% market share, then we'll talk.
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Because of your simple minded approach to life I would NOT expect YOU to understand the stockmarket, for example Dell could already be down for other reason like the fact that THEY HAD TO BUY ALIEN JUST TO STAY COMPETITIVE in the first place.

So the recent move by Apple is just keeping Dell from rebounding.

Expecting direct cause and effect on the stockmarket is VERY IGNORANT, but SURPRISE, SURPRISE it does seem to be here :eek: :eek: :eek:


OK on March 16th the solution to get WinXP on Macs was posted. Some could see this as a CONFIRMATION that Windows is KING and buy Dell on this news. And if YOU look at the chart YOU will see Dell had a GOOD rally on this new, from severe doldrums ...

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=DELL&t=3m&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=

Then in the afternoon of the 21st the benchmarks of XP on Mac are POSTED and TO EVERYONES SURPRISE APPLE IS CURRENTLY BUILDING THE FASTEST INTEL MACHINE YOU CAN BUY ...
posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 3:40 PM
Windows XP on Macs: Tested, Benchmarked
http://gearlog.com/blogs/gearlog/archive/2006/03/21/8212.aspx

And if YOU look at the stock chart again on the 22nd there is A VERY SHARP TURN AROUND in Dell's RAPID RALLY !!!

Ever since the 21nd there have LOTS of rumors about virtualization on the Mac.

Apparently APPLE GAINS A BIG ADVANTAGE NOW IN THIS GAME BECAUSE MACS ARE NOW VIRTUALLY GUARANTEED TO COMPATIBLE WITH VISTA WHERE AS AN INTEL MACHINE BOUGHT TODAY COULD END UP LACKING :eek:

Notice also from the chart Dell tried to rally and failed :eek:

Man Dell is HURTING better DUMP THAT TURKEY :eek: :eek: :eek:
 
morespce54 said:
[from : http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/]
Word to the Wise
Windows running on a Mac is like Windows running on a PC. That means it’ll be subject to the same attacks that plague the Windows world. So be sure to keep it updated with the latest Microsoft Windows security fixes.
[/from]

Mhuuaaaaaa !!!!!! :eek:
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And LIKEWISE it means the Mac is now a KILLER MACchine for writing WINDOWS VIRUSES, that MUST be a HUGE market :eek: :eek: :eek:
 
neymo said:
hey, nobody say nothing about booting OSX on pc, a solution that already exist for a while, isnt it ?

did apple is gona give us an official solution too ?:confused:
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Apple allowing OS X to run on a PC would be like a husband allowing his wife to sleep with other men. :mad:
 
bilbo--baggins said:
Apple allowing OS X to run on a PC would be like a husband allowing his wife to sleep with other men. :mad:
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NO, NO, NO, :mad: its like a husband allowing his wife TO SLEEP WITH HIS X BEST FRIEND :D
 
baleensavage said:
I noticed this in the description too. Now if the will add live repartitioning to DIsk Utility that will be really really cool. Windows users have had that for years and us Mac users are stuck reformatting a drive when we want to adjust the partitions (unless we buy thrid party software).
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Unless you've got some new version of Windows, Windows users also need third-party software to resize partitions without erasing them.

Partition Magic is not a free program, and it certainly doesn't come with Windows.
 
Wow... impressive move by Apple, simply impressive. I wonder how much thanks we owe onmac.net to this development, however.
 
dakis said:
1gb of RAM on both machines. The PC has a GeForce 6200 which I know is crap. I was just surprised that the ATI 1600 mobility would offer so much more power as that one is specifically designed for notebook computers.
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The fact that a chip is designed for notebooks doesn't automatically mean it is garbage. It just means that it is optimized for lower power consumption, compared with the non-notebook version of the same chip.

Today's notebook chips are much more powerful than top-of-the-line gaming video cards from a few years ago, even if they're less powerful than today's top-of-the-line gaming cards.
 
stefan15 said:
Wow... impressive move by Apple, simply impressive. I wonder how much thanks we owe onmac.net to this development, however.
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Nothing. Do you seriously think Apple began development last month?
 
first guy said:
Originally Posted by baleensavage
I noticed this in the description too. Now if the will add live repartitioning to DIsk Utility that will be really really cool. Windows users have had that for years and us Mac users are stuck reformatting a drive when we want to adjust the partitions (unless we buy thrid party software).

shamino said:
Unless you've got some new version of Windows, Windows users also need third-party software to resize partitions without erasing them.

Partition Magic is not a free program, and it certainly doesn't come with Windows.
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SilverSurfer was around for years that would allow Mac users to do this :eek: :eek: :eek:
 
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