Run Windows XP apps IN Mac OSX -----> NO MORE DUAL BOOT NEEDED

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  • Jace
    FBOP Class Of 2013
    • Jan 2004
    • 35562

    #1

    Run Windows XP apps IN Mac OSX -----> NO MORE DUAL BOOT NEEDED

    OK, now we are getting somewhere

    fuck all that dual boot shit, now you can run windows xp apps while IN Mac OSX



    http://blogs.pcworld.com/techlog/archives/003322.html

    Until now, Parallels has let you run Windows either in full-screen mode (so you flip between OS X and Windows) or in a Window (so the entire Windows environment sits within a window on the OS X desktop). Coherence ups the ante by allowing Windows applications to sit within their own windows on the OS X desktop, enabling a world in which you can use Mac apps and Windows apps and just not think that much about which is which.
  • candyflip
    Carpe Visio
    • Jul 2002
    • 43069

    #2
    Dual boot is still a better solution, imo. Parallels eats up a lot of memory when I run it, slowing things down a wee bit. There are a few more solutions on the way that I'd definitely be willing to try out.

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    • Jace
      FBOP Class Of 2013
      • Jan 2004
      • 35562

      #3
      Originally posted by candyflip
      Dual boot is still a better solution, imo. Parallels eats up a lot of memory when I run it, slowing things down a wee bit. There are a few more solutions on the way that I'd definitely be willing to try out.
      sometimes it isn't about the exact technology you see right now, but more about the technology that will come out of what you see right now

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      • stickyfingerz
        Doin fine
        • Oct 2005
        • 24984

        #4
        Wonder why there has never been much call to run os x on a windows machine...... lol

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        • candyflip
          Carpe Visio
          • Jul 2002
          • 43069

          #5
          Jace, I'd love to be free for Windows all together. While I don't think that will ever be the case...the current solutions still need some tweaking. I think the other viable option comes or will be coming from VMWare. Not sure when it will show up, but from what I've read so far...it should give Parallels a run for it's money. Google it if you get a chance.

          Originally posted by stickyfingerz
          Wonder why there has never been much call to run os x on a windows machine...... lol
          What makes you think there hasn't?

          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSx86
          http://www.insanelymac.com/

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          • stickyfingerz
            Doin fine
            • Oct 2005
            • 24984

            #6
            Originally posted by stickyfingerz
            Wonder why there has never been much call to run os x on a windows machine...... lol
            Originally posted by candyflip
            Jace, I'd love to be free for Windows all together. While I don't think that will ever be the case...the current solutions still need some tweaking. I think the other viable option comes or will be coming from VMWare. Not sure when it will show up, but from what I've read so far...it should give Parallels a run for it's money. Google it if you get a chance.



            What makes you think there hasn't?

            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSx86
            http://www.insanelymac.com/

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            • candyflip
              Carpe Visio
              • Jul 2002
              • 43069

              #7
              Originally posted by stickyfingerz
              Hey now...there's like 200 people logged into that one site right now

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              • garyhodough
                Registered User
                • May 2006
                • 78

                #8
                mmmm, cool, i'll have to try it out.....
                Gary

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                • tony299
                  lurker
                  • Aug 2002
                  • 57021

                  #9
                  I think its only a matter of time you will be able to run mac os on a win box. I cant wait it will be bye bye microsoft.

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                  • candyflip
                    Carpe Visio
                    • Jul 2002
                    • 43069

                    #10
                    Originally posted by tony404
                    I think its only a matter of time you will be able to run mac os on a win box. I cant wait it will be bye bye microsoft.
                    Click the links I posted above, technically...it's already possible. You just have to be uber geeky ;)

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                    • macmark
                      Confirmed User
                      • Jun 2006
                      • 196

                      #11
                      Originally posted by stickyfingerz
                      Wonder why there has never been much call to run os x on a windows machine...... lol
                      DELL would fucking love to be able to ship OS X installed on their machines. They've asked many times.

                      http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06...ll_eyes_apple/

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                      • bobby666
                        boots are my religion
                        • Nov 2005
                        • 21765

                        #12
                        looks great, i have only one win app i miss on my mac mini so this is absolutely the best solution

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                        • Young
                          Bland for life
                          • Nov 2004
                          • 10468

                          #13
                          as corny and cliche as this sounds...

                          once you go mac...you never go back


                          i am literally in love with my macbook pro. my girl has to share time now between my other girls and this laptop.
                          ★★★

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                          • macmark
                            Confirmed User
                            • Jun 2006
                            • 196

                            #14
                            Originally posted by bobby666
                            looks great, i have only one win app i miss on my mac mini so this is absolutely the best solution
                            What app is that may I ask?

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