Mac OSX86 on a Fujitsu S7

Check this out, didn't sleep entire night getting this to work, now it works like a charm, soooooo SMOOTH

That's my Fujitsu running Tiger OSX

 

That is pretty cool. I'm thinking dual boot Mac/Windows can't be that far off once Macs make the switch.

 

that's sooo coool!!!!!...is it hard using a Mac based OS??

 

no, it's quite easy, interfaces are nice and logical, u need some logic to work w/ this.. i'm not hardcore mac user, but using it for 1 day, and i love it.. may be because it's a new toy hehe
but it's cool i can get online w/ my ethernet card, wireless still not working

 

ooo..coooll...soo..how did u get it on your fujisu anyway??

 

they are tutorials floating around the net..
i installed it as Native OS meaning, no like VMWare or VirtualPC type, this thing boots from bios

you might want to try www.osx86project.org they have all the resources u need..
ohh some hardware are not reconized, like wireless.. but people are trying to find a way ohh and its' much faster than XP

 

Did you solve the problem with WiFi ?

 

would never even think about thinking about it. there are so many programs i couldn't run if i did that, Softimage XSI, Steam, and countless others, The underdog of everything in technology always recieves more praise simply because it is the underdog, i can't stand how OSX works, to me it just seems, Hey it's pretty but it is not fun to use, i never have problems with windows, (if i have one i know why it happened).

Please explain why windows is so much worse?

 

People wouldn't be running OSX on their PC if they wanted to use it as their sole OS. We're talking of multi-boot. Hard core macists wouldn't go through the trouble of installing it on a PC, they'd buy the powerbook and just stick with that.

Anyways, if you multi-boot (okay so how do you call dual boot with more than two OS?) does OSX recognize the NTFS partitions? I was thinking of having a common data partition so that the different OS can access each other's files.

 

The only way to have a common partition between OS X, Windows, and Linux is to use a FAT or FAT32 partition.

 

It does recon the NTFS files..

 

I am using OS X 10.3.9 at work and we can only read NTFS partitions. Please tell me if Tiger can WRITE to NTFS partitions!

I think it boils down to personal preferences and perhaps specfic software requirements. At least it does for me - I use Mac and Windows in both my daily and professional life. I find they are both useful in their own way, but the elegance and hassle-free life on the Mac gives it a slight edge IMHO.

It sounds to me like you have used OS X before. Without malice I ask you if your experience was so bad that you found Windows that much better? If it is merely a matter of software availability, that is perfectly valid, but I am curious more about your take on the OS itself.

Thanks, in any case, the next 6-12 months is going to be interesting for both platforms.

Nice job on the install!!!!!

 

yes i have used, both, i don't entirely dislike mac but yes software availability is a big issue for me but i am just so used to windows, although i know OS X quite well, I think if you really know what your doing in windows it is better, if you've never used a computer then maybe OS X, but who has never used windows? I don't really have brand loyalty i just know what i would rather use i guess. i like many things apple comes up with, they have some very good programs, but those programs are available for pc so for me it is a no brainer, but my experience with OS X is the spinning pinwheel of death and no ****ing right click, sorry i had to say it

 

wow, you did it, congrat...
i tried and fail on my c2320

 

I hear you. IMHO, the biggest area of Windows dominance is gaming. However, I think we all recognize there are some professional programs out there that must be used, and those are only available on Windows.

Just to clue you in, right click is built into OS X. Just plug in any standard USB mouse. The scroll wheel shold also work as expected in this manner.

This spinning beach ball sucks, but no more so than BSOD.

 

In the 3.5 years I've used Windows XP, I have never, ever encountered a BSOD. I've only encountered those boxes that say things like "Firefox has encountered an error and needs to close, we are sorry for the inconvenience".

 

And on my G5 at work the spinning beach balls are few and far between these days. I won't say NEVER, but not the "lock up the system" balls of OS's past.

I get BSODs every now and then on XP, but nothing that would make me shun the platform.