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Member since January 12, 2006

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    Kevin Trumbull

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  1. Comment - XP Won't Run on Intel MacBook, iMac

    (Jan 13, 2006 - 8:07 PM)

    one word:

    Games....

    Oh, don't bother with the whole there are Mac games bit... I have a Mac, I have a Wintendo. The Wintendo has certain games that kick a** and don't run on the Mac.

  2. Comment - XP Won't Run on Intel MacBook, iMac

    (Jan 13, 2006 - 8:02 PM)

    I do some *nix systems adminstration.

    One of the things that I have to do is to add/modify user accounts. I recieve an email regarding the problem. I leave the message open, kick over to iTerm which is partially transparent, which allows me to make the changes while being able to reference the original email at the same time.

  3. Comment - XP Won't Run on Intel MacBook, iMac

    (Jan 12, 2006 - 12:37 AM)

    and osx is based on bsd which is the most advanced (Arguably) variation of unix

    Since you said arguably, I just had to interject...

    The MOST stable (or damned close) would probably be Trusted Solaris. Now that's an OS that will run for YEARS ON END, without reboot.

  4. Comment - XP Won't Run on Intel MacBook, iMac

    (Jan 12, 2006 - 12:32 AM)

    The bail out you are referring to was a settlement....

    The money Apple recieved was due to the fact that Microsoft had stolen code (from Quicktime I believe) and didn't want yet another case in court. Along with the stock purchase, and the undisclosed sum of money, they also agreed, as a condition of the case, to support MacOS for something like 5 years WRT Office and IE (I think).

    These were contractual obligations on MS's part due to getting caught with their hand in the cookie jar...again (It's not like it was the first time, or the second, or the third for that matter).

    For the record... I used to spout the same line. Then I ran up against someone who knew the facts of the matter, and rather than continue looking like a moron, I decided to do some research...

  5. Comment - XP Won't Run on Intel MacBook, iMac

    (Jan 12, 2006 - 12:26 AM)

    Not if you want a gaming machine...

    Microsoft has really crapped up OpenGL in Vista... it's not worth running