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maddog39
Hello all,

I was wondering who here has got a Mac computer. I got a PowerBook G4 12" and titanium case, and I just upgraded to Mac OSX 10.4.1 last week. So anyone else got on. biggrin.gif
Tim Dorr
I've got an AlBook 1.33Ghz with Combo drive and Airport.

BTW, 10.4.2 is out and highly recommended.
Im_Not_Pink
hmmm i love my PowerBook (17'') (its iBook not AlBook!!) but allways my PowerMac will be in my heart! and i allsow use PC for gaming original.gif
Rikki
I bought a 15" Powerbook last month and I also have a PowerMac G5.
Im_Not_Pink
hmmm... im waiting for Mac OS X PC Edition shocked.gif... than even my pc will run Mac OS X biggrin.gif
phatmonkey
I've got a 12" iBook. Loads of people have Macs here.
trekkie.
17" G4 iMac w/ OSX 10.4.2.
Bøb
I have a 12" powerbook... but my girlfriends stole it (she's had it for the last couple of months shocked.gif ). I get to use it when i visit her ermm.gif
Dan C
QUOTE(.Omri @ Jul 15 2005, 06:31 PM) *
hmmm... im waiting for Mac OS X PC Edition shocked.gif... than even my pc will run Mac OS X biggrin.gif


No it won't. original.gif

Edit: Forgot to mention, I have an iMac G4 (17" (i think) | 1.25ghz | 768mb RAM) biggrin.gif
Alex Duggan
12" iBook G4 and a 20" iMac G5 original.gif
Im_Not_Pink
QUOTE(Dan C @ Jul 15 2005, 06:04 PM) *
No it won't. original.gif

Edit: Forgot to mention, I have an iMac G4 (17" (i think) | 1.25ghz | 768mb RAM) biggrin.gif

apple announced... :| they will publish the pc edition because alienwere , dell etc... asked the to provide a better os shocked.gif so the next os x edition will come out allsow to the pc biggrin.gif........ :-"
Alex Duggan
QUOTE(.Omri @ Jul 15 2005, 07:59 PM) *
apple announced... :| they will publish the pc edition because alienwere , dell etc... asked the to provide a better os shocked.gif so the next os x edition will come out allsow to the pc biggrin.gif........ :-"


No they haven't blink.gif

They will be using Intel chips in ther new line of Mac's - that doesn't mean that you can use OS X on anything other than a apple computer
=Charles
I don't have a Mac, but I use them at work (as well as PCs).
Im_Not_Pink
QUOTE(Alex Duggan @ Jul 15 2005, 07:00 PM) *
No they haven't blink.gif

They will be using Intel chips in ther new line of Mac's - that doesn't mean that you can use OS X on anything other than a apple computer

grrr even dell said it! :S
and if dell can sell pc's with mac os x... so can i! i can take one of those dell new pc's and image the hd tongue.gif

*Mac OS X Tiger Rulz!!
maddog39
Ya, I heard that Apple was going to have intel make another 128 bit chip for them like IBM did. But who knows. BTW, my dad has an iMac G5 20" with 2GHz Processor, and he wants to get a fully loaded PowerMac G5 with 30" screen for like $8k lol and then I wanna get an xServe G5.... for... ummm... stuff. biggrin.gif Also on 10.4.2, suprisingly enough apple didnt send me an email nor did I get a notification on updates program. Strange, anyway, well kinda suprised on the number of mac users. I love mac, its just soo much better, all they gotta do now is make easy personal webserver software so I can test my PHP work and stuff. biggrin.gif
Dan C
QUOTE(Im_Not_Pink @ Jul 15 2005, 08:22 PM) *
grrr even dell said it! :S
and if dell can sell pc's with mac os x... so can i! i can take one of those dell new pc's and image the hd tongue.gif

*Mac OS X Tiger Rulz!!


Apple have not said that they will be allowing MacOSX to run on non-apple computers. Infact, quite the opposite. It's been said that MacOSX will require a special chip to be present in the machines, identifying it as an Apple computer before OSX will boot.

QUOTE(ThinkSecret)
Sources have indicated that Apple will employ an EDID chip on the motherboard of Intel-based Macs that Mac OS X will look for and must handshake with first in order to boot.
Im_Not_Pink
go search in dell web site original.gif

btw should i buy a Mac Mini? its so cute!!! :">
Dan C
QUOTE(Im_Not_Pink @ Jul 15 2005, 08:30 PM) *
go search in dell web site original.gif


I just did, found nothing...
Dannyarr
QUOTE(Dan C @ Jul 15 2005, 08:04 PM) *
No it won't. original.gif

Edit: Forgot to mention, I have an iMac G4 (17" (i think) | 1.25ghz | 768mb RAM) biggrin.gif

Whilte it might not be official support or made for PC's it for sure will run with a few hacks sooner or later on a regular pc.
Dan C
QUOTE(.Danny @ Jul 15 2005, 08:41 PM) *
Whilte it might not be official support or made for PC's it for sure will run with a few hacks sooner or later on a regular pc.


It depends how well integrated the EDID chip is with the system and the OS itself. It could be made extremely difficult to do.
Dannyarr
QUOTE(Dan C @ Jul 15 2005, 09:45 PM) *
It depends how well integrated the EDID chip is with the system and the OS itself. It could be made extremely difficult to do.

It will be done, sooner or later. Didnt we already have a link of someone running OS X on a normal pc somewhere? Anyway nothing is 100% safe, someone will think out a workaround sooner or later.

Thats just a imo thingy. tongue.gif
Dan C
QUOTE(.Danny @ Jul 15 2005, 08:48 PM) *
Didnt we already have a link of someone running OS X on a normal pc somewhere?


That turned out to be fake, I believe. The developer release checks for the exact hardware configuration of their intel mac machines and refuses to boot without it, apparently.
Im_Not_Pink
hmmm for now there is emulators that run hd images.. tongue.gif you can run mac emulator on a pc and a pc emulator on a mac but its not like the real thing sad.gif

EDIT : the emulators that i found (that worked) can only run os x 9 and older...
EDIT No.2 : grrr didnt work :| only the pc emulator works :S
kacy
Im on a mac now, at my fathers house using his Mac Tiger original.gif

Its erm... This one:

http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/uk...21.3.1.1.0?35,7


It's lovely biggrin.gif
Im_Not_Pink
QUOTE(Jambo @ Jul 15 2005, 07:59 PM) *
Im on a mac now, at my fathers house using his Mac Tiger original.gif

Its erm... This one:

http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/uk...21.3.1.1.0?35,7
It's lovely biggrin.gif

lol its just a little toy next to my PowerMac... laughing.gif (btw im downloading right now the pc emulator tongue.gif )
AtariAge
QUOTE(Im_Not_Pink @ Jul 15 2005, 02:22 PM) *
grrr even dell said it! :S

What Dell's CEO said is they would be happy to offer OS X machines to their customers, but it would have to be something they'd work out with Apple. Here is an article that talks about it,

Dell CEO Would Be "Happy" to Sell Apple's OS X on His PCs

..Al
Im_Not_Pink
QUOTE(AtariAge @ Jul 15 2005, 08:34 PM) *
What Dell's CEO said is they would be happy to offer OS X machines to their customers, but it would have to be something they'd work out with Apple. Here is an article that talks about it,

Dell CEO Would Be "Happy" to Sell Apple's OS X on His PCs

..Al

well now im just so sad :'(... i just want all my computers to run Mac OS X sad.gif :'(
Chris T
QUOTE(Im_Not_Pink @ Jul 15 2005, 09:39 PM) *
well now im just so sad :'(... i just want all my computers to run Mac OS X sad.gif :'(
Better start saving up to replace your computers with Macs then tongue.gif
lightsup55
An amazing, but powerful Power Macintosh 6100/60 running the latest MacOS 8.1 with 72 MB of RAM.

Oh wait, would that only be valid the current year was 1994? laughing.gif


So it really isn't all that great, but I do have one.
Kenny Pollock
PowerMac G5 Dual 2.5GHz w/20" Cinema here original.gif
Debbie
I have a 12" iBook (can't remember what spec right now) and an G5 iMac, 1.6GHz with 17" screen original.gif

And another mac, G3 I think (snow mac) - again unsure of the spec.
Im_Not_Pink
QUOTE(CTerry @ Jul 15 2005, 09:06 PM) *
Better start saving up to replace your computers with Macs then tongue.gif

heheh you are talking to wrong guy tongue.gif i got allmost every mac product biggrin.gif but i also have pc's and i want them to run os x :'(

the best one is PowerMac G5 with 2GB ram (1024x2) Ge-Force 6800 GT... Dual 2.3GHz PowerPC G5 and 20" screen... tongue.gifbiggrin.gif thumbsup.gif
Alahmnat
I've got a 2.3 GHz PowerMac G5 with a gig of RAM (RAM is always on the "next to upgrade" list wink.gif), Radeon 9650, OS X Tiger, and a 23" Cinema Display to go with it. I'm lovin' it wink.gif.
phatmonkey
Wee, Macs are contagious! I have now encouraged two Windows/Linux users to get a Mac. I've only had my iBook for a month.
kacy
QUOTE(Im_Not_Pink @ Jul 15 2005, 09:01 PM) *
lol its just a little toy next to my PowerMac... laughing.gif (btw im downloading right now the pc emulator tongue.gif )


You got a pic of your desk innocent.gif
Baxter_jb
I've done tech support for apple for just over the last year or so biggrin.gif Own a bunch of macs biggrin.gif
Tim Dorr
QUOTE(.Omri @ Jul 15 2005, 01:24 PM) *
(its iBook not AlBook!!)


It is AlBook. The "Al" refers to the fact that it's Aluminum. You can call the Titanium Powerbook a TiBook for the same reason.
Rob Daniel
I have a 12" Powerbook G4 (1.33 Ghz) and an iMac Special Edition DV (which is still going strong and is now on loan to my mother).

I use an eMac at work, but in case the bosses stumble across this post, I'd like to remind them that I really, really want a G5 :-"

The 30" Cinema Display would be icing on the cake. w00t.gif
Arcady
I have a dual 1.33ghz PowerMac G4, an old PowerBook G3 (400mhz), and an old iMac (350mhz). I'll buy a new Mac after the Intel models start coming out.
chickenbak
QUOTE(Dan C @ Jul 15 2005, 02:50 PM) *
That turned out to be fake, I believe. The developer release checks for the exact hardware configuration of their intel mac machines and refuses to boot without it, apparently.


Isn't there an emulator that will run OSX on your pc? It is called PEAR or something like that.

Edit: It is called PearPC... http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/
MrsSim
I've got three Macs, but they're pretty old.

First computer isn't a Mac, but is an Apple IIGS. It doesn't work now, but I still keep it because it is antique hardware.

The oldest Mac I have is a Macintosh IIsi. Sadly, the hard disk's shot, and I don't have any software for it to run.

The second oldest I have is a Macintosh LC 580I've recently installed 8.0 on it, and it runs very smoothly.

Third oldest is a 1999 Blueberry iMac. It's been partitioned about 10 times in its lifetime, and is only running 9.2 (it is slower than a turtle when it runs Mac OS X).
Ben Childs
I want a G4 Quicksilver - do I count? biggrin.gif
Im_Not_Pink
QUOTE(Jambo @ Jul 15 2005, 11:26 PM) *
You got a pic of your desk innocent.gif

lol thats my pc laughing.gif
FvdM
I have a Power Mac G5 Dual 2.3 GHz with 2.5GB RAM, Radeon 9600, 23" Cinema HD Display and 17" Acer display. It's He's running OSX 10.4.2 of course.

I want to replace the 17" Acer with a 20" or 23" Cinema Display by the end of this year.
Im_Not_Pink
QUOTE(Franklin @ Jul 16 2005, 01:10 PM) *
I have a Power Mac G5 Dual 2.3 GHz with 2.5GB RAM, Radeon 9600, 23" Cinema HD Display and 17" Acer display. It's He's running OSX 10.4.2 of course.

I want to replace the 17" Acer with a 20" or 23" Cinema Display by the end of this year.

mine is a she shocked.gif
Kenny Pollock
QUOTE(Im_Not_Pink @ Jul 16 2005, 10:04 AM) *
mine is a she shocked.gif

I'm sorry guys, I have to say something... go away. Your posts are annoying me.
Bøb
QUOTE(Kenny Pollock @ Jul 17 2005, 12:13 PM) *
I'm sorry guys, I have to say something... go away. Your posts are annoying me.


shocked.gif You're so mean!















I agree.
Chris T
QUOTE(Kenny Pollock @ Jul 17 2005, 12:13 PM) *
I'm sorry guys, I have to say something... go away. Your posts are annoying me.
When someone who runs a Mac website says that, you know you need to get some friends, and fast.
cthree
PowerBook G4 1.25Ghz, 250GB LaCie FW800 external hard drive for music, photos and video, 20" cinema display here.
mamosley
14" mac ibook and a macmini that's kvm'd with my pc... guess you can say I'm, mac'n on a budget.
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