Comments on: Contest for successfully booting Windows XP on an Intel Mac http://www.appleology.com/2006/01/22/contest-for-sucessfully-booting-windows-xp-on-an-intel-mac/ Making Apple and Apple Users Think Different Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:30:34 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Species 8472 http://www.appleology.com/2006/01/22/contest-for-sucessfully-booting-windows-xp-on-an-intel-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-148 Species 8472 Mon, 23 Jan 2006 19:46:10 +0000 http://appleology.com/?p=191#comment-148 Why? The 'because you can', principle. You can't do it at the moment, but you want to. To be able to do it - then not do it. But say 'you can.' Why? The ‘because you can’, principle. You can’t do it at the moment, but you want to. To be able to do it – then not do it. But say ‘you can.’

]]> By: Andy Merrett http://www.appleology.com/2006/01/22/contest-for-sucessfully-booting-windows-xp-on-an-intel-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Andy Merrett Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:08:54 +0000 http://appleology.com/?p=191#comment-143 Yes I believe that's true, YC - it won't be until Vista that this will be possible - but then that is without hackers at work - we can't say it's impossible. My question is why would you want to boot Windows of any flavour on a Mac? I sure wouldn't. Yes I believe that’s true, YC – it won’t be until Vista that this will be possible – but then that is without hackers at work – we can’t say it’s impossible.

My question is why would you want to boot Windows of any flavour on a Mac? I sure wouldn’t.

]]> By: YC http://www.appleology.com/2006/01/22/contest-for-sucessfully-booting-windows-xp-on-an-intel-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-142 YC Mon, 23 Jan 2006 05:59:27 +0000 http://appleology.com/?p=191#comment-142 From the best of my understanding, the INTEL iMacs uses the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI), instead of the regular BIOS, to boot up the OS. (http://technocratsoapbox.blogspot.com/2006/01/macworld-expo-2006-day-3.html) Windows XP is not designed to use EFI...unless someone can reverse engineer the OS and get it to work with EFI. But why even bother with Windows XP? If someone out there has a Beta Version of Windows Vista (which can use EFI), he/she could potentially install it on the INTEL iMAC. From the best of my understanding, the INTEL iMacs uses the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI), instead of the regular BIOS, to boot up the OS.
(http://technocratsoapbox.blogspot.com/2006/01/macworld-expo-2006-day-3.html)

Windows XP is not designed to use EFI…unless someone can reverse engineer the OS and get it to work with EFI.

But why even bother with Windows XP? If someone out there has a Beta Version of Windows Vista (which can use EFI), he/she could potentially install it on the INTEL iMAC.

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