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Originally Posted by runningncircles1
And...? That isn't amazing. I've ran 3 OSes on a machine before (PC). It isn't impossible
You don't want to know how many OSes I've had on a single machine before.
As a hint, though: I found that you can install Solaris 7/x86 and FreeBSD on primary partitions on a second or even third SCSI drive and still boot them using System Commander as the primary boot menu, and I had a mix of System Commander, IBM's Boot Manager, and LILO running on that box (though the LILO installations were mainly in the boot sectors of the various Linux distros I was running and not really boot managers per se).
That was important because the Windows and DOS installations, IBM's Boot Manager, Solaris, and FreeBSD *all* require primary partitions, and the typical PC architecture is limited to four primary partitions (or three primaries and one extended which can be further subdivided) per physical disk, meaning you can't stick them all on one disk. That don't work...
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Originally Posted by plwhit
How about we think back to when we got our first Windows box... was it easy to use?
Actually, Windows/286 2.1 wasn't too bad, but (1) it didn't have much software available for it that a home user could afford, and (2) the MS Executive wasn't the most intuitive filemanager in the world.
Then again, I already had tons of experience with MS-DOS and various other operating systems on other people's boxes, so the learning curve for me wasn't that great. I didn't get my own PC until 1988, tho. Before that, I'd used PCs in college that belonged to friends. MS-DOS (or PC-DOS) wasn't that large a jump from ProDOS or VMS in many respects.
My first Mac experience was a Mac in the college library in 1986 or 87, and I loved using it, but I didn't have to configure it or install software. That didn't happen until I started using a Mac IIci with System 7 at work in 1993. I loved System 7, and I loved my Mac IIci. I still have that box at home.
Last edited by ShadowCaver; 07-23-2010 at 10:12 PM..
ahhh how bout upgrading hardware on a mac bought wat u get , get wat u got....and thats it ! wat about overclocking , wat about going wherever u feel doing watever u like , without hassle , like your mom (apple) holding your hand.....ther for babys , or just plain lockdown (JAIL)
- my freinds apple that costs 4 timez mor than my PC.....is NOW A SLOW GAMER............1 crappy year later........that sux for him........not for me...now mine runs circles around his.....DUAL crossfire GPU Upgrade Smokes any modern day Mac...at a decimal fraction of the cost of a new apple/mac......i guess i could afford to buy a new Apple every year....but im not dumb
ahhh how bout upgrading hardware on a mac bought wat u get , get wat u got....and thats it ! wat about overclocking , wat about going wherever u feel doing watever u like , without hassle , like your mom (apple) holding your hand.....ther for babys , or just plain lockdown (JAIL)
- my freinds apple that costs 4 timez mor than my PC.....is NOW A SLOW GAMER............1 crappy year later........that sux for him........not for me...now mine runs circles around his.....DUAL crossfire GPU Upgrade Smokes any modern day Mac...at a decimal fraction of the cost of a new apple/mac......i guess i could afford to buy a new Apple every year....but im not dumb
That's good for you and all...but I submit that Apple is not for gamers in any case. They never have focused on being gaming monsters like Alienware and now Asus.
ahhh how bout upgrading hardware on a mac bought wat u get , get wat u got....and thats it ! wat about overclocking , wat about going wherever u feel doing watever u like , without hassle , like your mom (apple) holding your hand.....ther for babys , or just plain lockdown (JAIL)
- my freinds apple that costs 4 timez mor than my PC.....is NOW A SLOW GAMER............1 crappy year later........that sux for him........not for me...now mine runs circles around his.....DUAL crossfire GPU Upgrade Smokes any modern day Mac...at a decimal fraction of the cost of a new apple/mac......i guess i could afford to buy a new Apple every year....but im not dumb
It's ridiculous to think that one would buy a Mac for "gaming" Yes, one could play games on an Intel Mac, but there are gaming machines that do a lot better than a computer be it a PC or a Mac for playing games. Other than that, a PC is better than the Mac for "gaming." But lets be serious here: buying a computer to play games?
And you are completely wrong about upgrades: the desktop Mac allows you for any upgrade you want to, but it will cost you a lot more than a PC.
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