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    Quad booting an M17x

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by CokeCanNinja, May 20, 2010.

  1. CokeCanNinja

    CokeCanNinja Notebook Consultant

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    I don't have an M17x yet, but my planned specs are thus:

    i7-920XM, dual 5870's, 8GB 1333Mhz RAM, and 1TB of HDD space.

    The OS's I plan to install are Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows XP SP4, the newest version of Ubuntu, and Mac OSX. That way I have all the advantages of each OS and the disadvantages of none. I was looking at prices I could do this pretty cheaply. Windows 7 Ultimate is $150 (if I get it with the system), Windows XP is $100 on Newegg, Mac OSX is $30 (really cheap, I was surprised, it's really low), and Ubuntu is free.
     
    CokeCanNinja, May 20, 2010
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  2. PopRoxMimo3

    PopRoxMimo3 Notebook Deity

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    OSX? there goes your thread


    thread closed!
     
    PopRoxMimo3, May 20, 2010
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  3. Heartache

    Heartache Notebook Consultant

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    OS X installation is against their EULA, so this thread will be closed. Technically it's a legal grey area though, but I'm not a mod.
     
    Heartache, May 20, 2010
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  4. Kamin_Majere

    Kamin_Majere =][= Ordo Hereticus

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    Yep, we're going to shut this down right here.

    As has been said many many times before it is against Apples EULA to use OSX on any product except for their own. Discussion of said activity is more over against NBR's rules and thus this thread is shut down.

    Sorry it took me so long to find this.

    Just as a note, i'm going to be deleting most of the responses to this thread as they serve no real purpose (though knowing this was going on you could have reported it and it would have been resolved quicker)
     
    Kamin_Majere, May 22, 2010
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