Deja Q
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Jun-05-09 07:04 PM
Original message |
Poll question: When Win7 comes out, will you update BootCamp/Fusion/et al with it? |
|
And tell us if you're running XP, Vista, or not bothering to use Windows of any sort?
:hi:
|
nadinbrzezinski
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Fri Jun-05-09 09:27 PM
Response to Original message |
1. The VISTA ULTIMATE machine just got downgraded |
|
to XP Pro... after three years of nightmares no thank you
Please MAC make ONLINE games. That way the next puter we buy for the gaming bug at home will be a MAC.
Yes I am fed up with windows. Only good thing it does is the Lappie, as a glorified word processor. That one will serve for years to come, and as long as DHS threatens taking puters away at ports of entry, you need a disposable machine for that. Aka the lappie
|
comtec
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Wed Aug-26-09 04:41 AM
Response to Original message |
2. I have 7 on my primary box and it's actually pretty good |
|
I'm looking into how I can get Hackintosh running along side but I have a Nvidia, and IIRC the Mac usually uses a ATI card... I also have a AMD processor.
My only really question about the Mac OS, is how does it handle dual/multiple screens?
Linux does it rather well, and Ubuntu 9.04 dos it almost automatically (I had to have many fights with 7-8 to get both my screens working)
I have a netbook running XP, and I'm debating putting hackintosh on it - I've seen it's possible with my little Acer one (aoa-150). I am also looking for 32GB HCSD cards so I can run my system on a card and not the hard drive to get more battery life out of it (it's mark 1, the current model gets 10 HOURS natively)
anyway that's my 2 cents on that :)
|
NoQuarter
(532 posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Wed Aug-26-09 12:29 PM
Response to Reply #2 |
|
have been on the out for some time now. There's not a Mac you can buy with an ATI card.
Multiple screens? My G4 iBook (2003) did that quite nicely and it was an entry level box.
|
Deja Q
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Aug-27-09 12:01 PM
Response to Reply #2 |
4. I use multiple screens - it's a breeze to set up |
|
Just plug it in and off it goes. I can use separate wallpaper for each screen, but otherwise to set them up is pretty much the same under Windows as it is a Mac. Well, nvidia and ati windows drivers have wizards to go through the motions, but that's just clicking "Next" five times...
Nice idea with the HCSD card. :) :thumbsup:
I'd avoid the hackintosh - you don't know if the programmers who nicked it put in malware to steal personal data or if they want to set up a botnet. Never mind that when Apple puts out an update, it might render the hack unusable too. Piracy is never a good thing and the pirates know that too. (Plus, and I try to be objective, piracy is wrong through and through, and even if Apple is a giant company (ditto for Microsoft), I can't condone stealing it. Of course, charging a price that's equivalent to theft is wrong too... :) but piracy isn't the answer...)
|
DU
AdBot (1000+ posts) |
Fri Sep 19th 2025, 04:22 PM
Response to Original message |