Macbook running Windows XP
So, dad wanted to play around with installing windows on the new intel macs, and so we did. Below is what occured. It was much easier than I thought, and amazingly worked fairly well. We were even able to get network drivers installed. The biggest issue i see is that pesky on button trackpad. No right click without another mouse. But hey, it’s a pet project, though one everyone wants to work and use in their everyday lives. I know i’d like to, sometimes you want windows, most of the time you want mac, why not have them in one case?
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The first thing we actually did was to install mac os x, but i didn’t take pictures of that because it’s boring and predictable. This is a picture of the macbook formatting the hard drive.
It was really cool because before this screen it was smushed up in the corner and there was a bunch of text in the middle…
A cool angle proving that this is indeed a mac and it is indeed running the installer for windows *shudders.* The directions on the internet that we followed were a little messed up in a spot, but nothing a bit of forum surfing didn’t fix. I mean, XP wasn’t even meant to run on this kinda thing, because of certain technical difficulties (EFI) that prevented it. But it was hacked, more on this later
The install process for XP. The normal stuff the PR people try to sell you windows with. After it finished it crashed, which was in the instructions. This part pretty much proves it’s just a big hack to get it working. Maybe the companies could work together to make it work better, I know i’d like to carry around one machine with all the operating systems on it….
The first boot of Windows on the mac….
….and the mac booted up fully into windows. The video is a little sketcy, and there doesn’t seem to be audio, but again, it’s a big hack. It looks very promising though, and if i had more energy i’d be more rotund in my explanations of the pictures, but i’m not in a writing mood. Maybe later
Got a new Intel mac and want to try this? I hate you. The site is onmac.net
Update (3/18): more pictures avalible here.
