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post #121 of 462
8/22/05 at 4:51pm
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Originally Posted by kambrian
I have no idea. Was more than likely just a fluke. Just figured I would warn you though. Can never be too safe.
Thanks though.
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post #122 of 462
8/22/05 at 4:58pm
Do you know what the status on drivers are? I really want to run 1920x1200
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post #123 of 462
8/22/05 at 5:13pm
People are currently working on getting the nvidia drivers working. My guess would be another 2-4 weeks and we will have fully accelerated graphics.
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post #124 of 462
8/22/05 at 5:19pm
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Originally Posted by kambrian
People are currently working on getting the nvidia drivers working. My guess would be another 2-4 weeks and we will have fully accelerated graphics.
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post #125 of 462
8/22/05 at 8:21pm
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Originally Posted by kambrian
I understand OS X uses drivers. The difference is that Apple controls most of the drivers written for the OS and technically, it -could- violate copyright laws. Dont ask me how, Im not a lawyer but they are threatening people with breaking copyright laws not just for hosting the development kit, but for hosting the patches and even the information to install the OS. Maybe theyre just trying to scare people but I would imagine they have some clause somewhere that prohibits people from doing that.

As for the x86 issue, it doesnt really determine anything. It determines the processor type and the basic layout of the motherboard but thats it. There is nothing limiting Apple from producing their own motherboard or having a company produce a new one for them with specific things added. I am not saying they will have a whole new processor, motherboard, sound card, etc etc made jsut for them. Thats not smart business. I am saying that they will have some kind of hardware lock installed on the motherboard to prevent people from installing the OS on just any PC, just like they do now with their development kits (the kit includes more than the OS). They are not just going to build a typical pc and throw their OS in there.
Well, if they started attacking people just for writing drivers... well, that's just plain heartless! O

Anyways, if they wanted to make their own motherboard, they'd actually be taking steps back--up until now, the largest (and almost only) hardware difference was the processor itself. The graphics cards use AGP, sound and other cards use PCI, and the hard drives use the standard IDE cables, along with all the applicable entries on the motherboard. So if they were to purposely go out of their way to design a motherboard, they'd have to create entirely new drives and cards, which I don't think nVidia, ATI, Seagate, etc. will want to do. Not to mention, it'd be quite costly.

Although they might make some kind of lock, its up to them as to whether or not they'll actually go through with it. I don't think people are going to be purchasing Mac OSX with the intention of installing it on a PC, especially since Mac users are pretty hardcore when it comes to loyalty.
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post #126 of 462
8/22/05 at 9:39pm
I got it running on my PC, but have been unsuccessful on my 9300. It hangs while booting, a debugger error. I tried safemode and various other switches and no dice.
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post #127 of 462
8/22/05 at 9:53pm
i just like to know when there would be a guide or if anybody is working on one for some of us that are good with windows but do not know much or anything about Tiger OS X or Linux. I have a 100gig hd on my xps gen2 and have made 2 extra partitions of 10 gig each for Tiger OS X and a distribution of Linux that I have yet to determine. I want to be able to learn both operating system and of course make a triple loading HD.
Any idea of when this is coming or like I said, if anybody else is working on a guide for those like me.
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post #128 of 462
8/22/05 at 10:07pm
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Originally Posted by Why0Why
I got it running on my PC, but have been unsuccessful on my 9300. It hangs while booting, a debugger error. I tried safemode and various other switches and no dice.
Any way for you to give us the exact error message?
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post #129 of 462
8/22/05 at 10:08pm
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Originally Posted by PaPoTe
i just like to know when there would be a guide or if anybody is working on one for some of us that are good with windows but do not know much or anything about Tiger OS X or Linux. I have a 100gig hd on my xps gen2 and have made 2 extra partitions of 10 gig each for Tiger OS X and a distribution of Linux that I have yet to determine. I want to be able to learn both operating system and of course make a triple loading HD.
Any idea of when this is coming or like I said, if anybody else is working on a guide for those like me.
Read my post on page 3 or 4. It has a link to a guide that will help you get it installed.
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post #130 of 462
8/22/05 at 10:46pm
I'll check it out in the morning and post it. I installed it on a USB external drive. That seems to be a good way to work it.
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post #131 of 462
8/22/05 at 11:25pm
I installed OS X using the Norton Ghost 2003 image on my i6000. Wow, super easy. I just resized my 60GB HD to 20GB C - 6GB for the Mac OS - and the remaining 30GB for other crap. Opened Ghost - selected the image. Run. The computer restarted, copied the image. XP back up...copy chain0. Restart...and I'm in OS X. Awesome stuff!
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post #132 of 462
8/23/05 at 12:32am
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Originally Posted by wonka187
I installed OS X using the Norton Ghost 2003 image on my i6000. Wow, super easy. I just resized my 60GB HD to 20GB C - 6GB for the Mac OS - and the remaining 30GB for other crap. Opened Ghost - selected the image. Run. The computer restarted, copied the image. XP back up...copy chain0. Restart...and I'm in OS X. Awesome stuff!

Where did you get the Norton Ghost image of Mac OS X?


Thanks
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post #133 of 462
8/23/05 at 12:39am
alt.binaries.comp newsgroup - I use giganews.com as my newsgroup provider.

On another note...does anyone know why the Mac OS hangs on shut down? It goes to the blue screen with the little spinning thing, but never shuts down.
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post #134 of 462
8/23/05 at 1:22am
Mine works great, some stability issues but aside that.. Heaven
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post #135 of 462
8/23/05 at 2:10am
where did ya get the OSX? from torrents?
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post #136 of 462
8/23/05 at 2:29am
Anyway to get my USB mouse to work..?
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post #137 of 462
8/23/05 at 2:30am
Shoman24v...does yours shut down properly??

Also, have you gone to the Activity Monitor to see if any processes are hanging? Someting called SystemUIServer is hanging on my system.

For everyone who hasn't installed it yet...you are really missing out. This stuff is super cool.
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post #138 of 462
8/23/05 at 2:33am
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Originally Posted by wonka187
Shoman24v...does yours shut down properly??

Also, have you gone to the Activity Monitor to see if any processes are hanging? Someting called SystemUIServer is hanging on my system.

For everyone who hasn't installed it yet...you are really missing out. This stuff is super cool.
Yeah mine shuts down fine. In like 3 seconds too.
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post #139 of 462
8/23/05 at 2:35am
ok...if I use the Fn+F2 key to disable bluetooth...it shuts down properly!
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post #140 of 462
8/23/05 at 2:35am
Do you have the Dell 350 Bluetooth shoman?
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