One more reason to buy a mac

Post by **Canis** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:54 pm

Folks have been wanting to boot WinXP off the thing for a while, and recently there have been folks who've hacked their way into making it work, but Apple has fully adopted these ventures and has released Boot Camp, which enables users to partition their drive and install windows XP on intel-based mac hardware.

Check it: http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1650

Post by **plained** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:56 pm

Post by **R00k** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 5:35 pm

Why is that a reason to buy a Mac?

Post by **Canis** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 5:39 pm

Folks have been claiming they'll be willing to buy macs if they can run XP on them as well, and Apple has just enabled that. I know folks who love OS X but are tied into windows so they keep getting PC hardware. I bet apple kicks up a lot of sales with this. They're not supporting windows, but are rather enabling the folks who do wish to run windows to do it.

Post by **Grudge** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 5:40 pm

Yes I saw that earlier today. Almost makes me regret getting an Acer laptop last week, I should have waited and gotten a MacBook instead, Apple laptops are fucking awesome.

Post by **Transient** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 6:35 pm

Ooh, so does this mean if I had 2 hard drives in a Mac, I could boot either OS I wanted?

Post by **MKJ** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 6:36 pm

correct trans

you could even run linux too if youd like

Post by **R00k** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 7:59 pm

Oh, I guess it is a reason to buy a mac for some people.

Post by **Canis** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:58 pm

R00k wrote:Oh, I guess it is a reason to buy a mac for some people.

Oh no...its a reason for EVERYONE!!!

Post by **dmmh** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:27 pm

old: http://www.quake3world.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18723

Post by **S@M** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:27 pm

folks lols

Post by ek » Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:27 pm

quit saying folks, you sound folksy. :icon34:

Post by **R00k** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:51 pm

Canis wrote:
R00k wrote:Oh, I guess it is a reason to buy a mac for some people.
Oh no...its a reason for EVERYONE!!!

When I can buy all the components I want and put it together myself, I might consider it.

Post by **plained** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:59 pm

they useta like mac for acurate color

heh

Post by **Foo** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:18 pm

R00k wrote:
Canis wrote:
R00k wrote:Oh, I guess it is a reason to buy a mac for some people.
Oh no...its a reason for EVERYONE!!!
When I can buy all the components I want and put it together myself, I might consider it.

true say. I'm thinking desktop PC, laptop mac.

Post by **R00k** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:41 pm

Now that I could handle. Apple does make some nice laptops.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:27 am

they also mention that they have drivers that will install when the CD is made, i wonder how good the drivers actually are.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:30 am

Crazy, im really tempted to get a new macbook now.... fuck..

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 1:15 am

Grudge wrote:Yes I saw that earlier today. Almost makes me regret getting an Acer laptop last week, I should have waited and gotten a MacBook instead, Apple laptops are fucking awesome.

and a BIG price diff there

Post by **PhoeniX** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 2:07 am

So, people are willing to pay more, for a system which is basically not upgradable? Where's my credit card.

Post by **Foo** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 2:13 am

laptops are upgradeable?

Post by **Geebs** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:15 am

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
Grudge wrote:Yes I saw that earlier today. Almost makes me regret getting an Acer laptop last week, I should have waited and gotten a MacBook instead, Apple laptops are fucking awesome.
and a BIG price diff there

I know it always comes down to this, but:

TravelMate 8204WLMi
Intel® Centrino® Duo mobile technology, featuring: Intel® CoreTM Duo processor T2500 (2 MB L2
cache, 2.0GHz, 667 MHz FSB), Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional (Service Pack 2), Intel® 945PM
Express chipset, Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG network connection, 15.4”WSXGA+ TFT LCD Display,
ATI MobilityTM Radeon® X1600 512 MB HyperMemoryTM (256 MB of dedicated GDDR3 VRAM; 256 MB
of shared system memory), 2GB (2*1024MB) of DDR2 533/667 MHz memory, 120GB 5,400rpm SATA
hard disk drive, DVD-Super Multi double-layer, 56Kbps Modem, Gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth® 2.0+EDR,
5-in-1 card reader, Acer OrbiCam integrated 1.3 megapixel camera, Acer Bluetooth® VoIP phone, 9-cell
Li-ion battery

LX.TAX06.023 GBP 1509.00 .

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15.4-inch TFT display with 1440x900 resolution

2.0GHz Intel Core Duo with 2MB shared L2 Cache (1)

667MHz frontside bus

1GB (single SO-DIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM

100GB 5400rpm Serial ATA hard drive

Slot-load SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)

ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 256MB GDDR3 memory

MacBook Pro also features a full-size backlit keyboard, AirPort Extreme wireless networking (802.11b/g), Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, ExpressCard/34 slot, dual-link DVI video out, Gigabit Ethernet, USB 2.0, FireWire 400, and optical digital and analog audio in/out. See all technical specifications >

Not too shabby for being able to run all three main operating systems.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:24 am

Geebs wrote:
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
Grudge wrote:Yes I saw that earlier today. Almost makes me regret getting an Acer laptop last week, I should have waited and gotten a MacBook instead, Apple laptops are fucking awesome.
and a BIG price diff there
I know it always comes down to this, but:

TravelMate 8204WLMi
Intel® Centrino® Duo mobile technology, featuring: Intel® CoreTM Duo processor T2500 (2 MB L2
cache, 2.0GHz, 667 MHz FSB), Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional (Service Pack 2), Intel® 945PM
Express chipset, Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG network connection, 15.4”WSXGA+ TFT LCD Display,
ATI MobilityTM Radeon® X1600 512 MB HyperMemoryTM (256 MB of dedicated GDDR3 VRAM; 256 MB
of shared system memory), 2GB (2*1024MB) of DDR2 533/667 MHz memory, 120GB 5,400rpm SATA
hard disk drive, DVD-Super Multi double-layer, 56Kbps Modem, Gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth® 2.0+EDR,
5-in-1 card reader, Acer OrbiCam integrated 1.3 megapixel camera, Acer Bluetooth® VoIP phone, 9-cell
Li-ion battery

LX.TAX06.023 GBP 1509.00 .

Image
Image

£1,779.00
(£1,514.04 ex VAT)

Ready to ship: 3 days
Free Shipping

15.4-inch TFT display with 1440x900 resolution

2.0GHz Intel Core Duo with 2MB shared L2 Cache (1)

667MHz frontside bus

1GB (single SO-DIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM

100GB 5400rpm Serial ATA hard drive

Slot-load SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)

ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 256MB GDDR3 memory

MacBook Pro also features a full-size backlit keyboard, AirPort Extreme wireless networking (802.11b/g), Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, ExpressCard/34 slot, dual-link DVI video out, Gigabit Ethernet, USB 2.0, FireWire 400, and optical digital and analog audio in/out. See all technical specifications >
Not too shabby for being able to run all three main operating systems.

actually it was a jab at Grudge. i think Acer, for the most part, make junk for laptops.

Post by **Geebs** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:35 am

My flatmate had one that incorporated the interesting "feature" of the screen not working unless it was at exactly the right angle

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:37 am

hey, at least it powered up.