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Booting Windows Off a Notebook, and putting Macintosh in its place

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SonicProject	Posted: Feb 16 2006, 06:20 PM
Finkrats that I spit on know not of the cool I have. Group: Members Posts: 54900 Member No.: 56 Joined: 14-October 03 Status: (0d)	Is there an easy, free way to do it? I'd like to use my Notebook for SOMETHING after all. -------------------- Apologies for the nostalgia.

Quicky	Posted: Feb 16 2006, 06:35 PM
a weed in glaber's garden Group: Members Posts: 12957 Member No.: 7 Joined: 13-October 03 Status: (0d)	none at all unless you count the illegal leaks of osx86, but that sure won't be easy -------------------- the only good userbar on earth:

SonicProject	Posted: Feb 16 2006, 06:36 PM
Finkrats that I spit on know not of the cool I have. Group: Members Posts: 54900 Member No.: 56 Joined: 14-October 03 Status: (0d)	Is there some other alternative to Macintosh then? -------------------- Apologies for the nostalgia.

Quicky	Posted: Feb 16 2006, 06:41 PM
a weed in glaber's garden Group: Members Posts: 12957 Member No.: 7 Joined: 13-October 03 Status: (0d)	what for? -------------------- the only good userbar on earth:

SonicProject	Posted: Feb 16 2006, 06:45 PM
Finkrats that I spit on know not of the cool I have. Group: Members Posts: 54900 Member No.: 56 Joined: 14-October 03 Status: (0d)	Just want to do something interesting with my laptop so it isn't collecting dust. -------------------- Apologies for the nostalgia.

Weirdestchild	Posted: Feb 16 2006, 08:31 PM
I'm HaxXoring your brain. Group: Members Posts: -1295 Member No.: 50 Joined: 13-October 03 Status: (0d)	By booting off Windows do you mean getting rid of Windows all together and getting a new OS? If so I'd reccomend Linux for a Free way. -------------------- I can still edit my signature. Yup, as it is now the 30th day of May in the year of 2010.

SonicProject	Posted: Feb 16 2006, 08:35 PM
Finkrats that I spit on know not of the cool I have. Group: Members Posts: 54900 Member No.: 56 Joined: 14-October 03 Status: (0d)	Linux is free? -------------------- Apologies for the nostalgia.

Quicky	Posted: Feb 16 2006, 09:31 PM
a weed in glaber's garden Group: Members Posts: 12957 Member No.: 7 Joined: 13-October 03 Status: (0d)	of course btw, i know techwolf will argue this but if you want something easy to install i'd spring for ubuntu, xandros or maybe pclinuxos This post has been edited by Quicky on Feb 16 2006, 09:31 PM -------------------- the only good userbar on earth:

Techokami	Posted: Feb 17 2006, 10:28 AM
Quit Stalin! Group: MFGG Security Ninja Posts: 7507 Member No.: 30 Joined: 13-October 03 Status: (0d)	Fedora Core is solid for beginners So easy to install Ubuntu is a bit flawed; for one thing it isn't possible to log yourself in as an administrator, so if you want to do administrative tasks (like settings) you need to use sudo, which is a pain in the ass at times --------------------

The Parronator	Posted: Feb 19 2006, 02:35 AM
You are parronated... Group: Members Posts: 626 Member No.: 14 Joined: 13-October 03 Status: (0d)	Wouldn't you know it? Linux is mentioned and I show up. But if you're just looking for something to get your lappy going again, maybe you'd want to try Knoppix since it runs straight off a CD. It will at least get you going again without worrying about losing files, etc. The thing is if you do want to really get your laptop going on Linux, it's gonna take some dedication to get all your parts working again (wireless cards and dial-up modems prove to be hard on Linux newcomers). EDIT: But if you really wanna run OSX or something off of your laptop, there's a program called PearPC which you can run MacOS from within Windows, but that didn't sound like what you needed. You do have to have your own MacOS installation disc though. This post has been edited by The Parronator on Feb 19 2006, 02:39 AM -------------------- Me Blog

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