Video of Windows XP Booting on iMac

Exciting, although I can't really think of any Windows apps I need.

I can't say that I'd ever do this, but I understand that because of some software and work requirements that others might want to do this.

And if it leads to the sale of more Macs, I'm all for it. :D

w00t! The solution is currently in testing. I hope they see good results and the solution is published soon. I have a MBP just itching to try it out! :)

I feel so violated.

I think that he should invest in a tripod - He will get one cheap off Ebay

What was that boot loader with the white screen with the windows logo on it- it seemed to take a while before XP booted -could this be VM Ware under linux or a fake full screen movie being played on a Mac hence the shaky camera movements to hide things.

I can't why this persons shooting is so wobbly.

Interesting. The "video is fairly convincing", I'd agree. Except for that odd initial boot screen, white with the Windows XP logo? I've NEVER seen that anywhere! XP boots on a PC with an initial black screen with the words Windows XP with the logo, and in 16 color VGA mode. Perhaps this is from the EFI-> BIOS hack the used?

But otherwise looks authentic to me. It's apparently missing a lot of drivers for system devices, I wonder where he can get those.

It looks pretty real to me.

I'd wonder if they somehow pulled the vid cable and are using the iMac like an external monitor for a Win box.

But I'm just speculating.

This looks like they really got Windows running on a Mac. BIG QUESTION is if they can easily switch to boot in OS X?

I think that he should invest in a tripod - He will get one cheap off Ebay

Yes! Video quality was not so good, especially when he was moving around so much. It looks like he tried to focus on the CPU name on the System Properties window, but it was completely unreadable due to blurring and compression artifacts.

The hacker and Engineer in me says, "Cool, well done!", as I always like this type of "problem-solving" and whatnot. ;) :cool: Practically though, for me at least, it isn't that big of a deal. I use my Windows box very sparingly, and don't have a real need for having XP (or in the future, Vista) on my Mac. However that being said, if I could dual boot in this manner, I could pretty much get rid of my PC and only use my Mac for everything - so that would be nice. :cool:

I see this being very attractive for Mac users who need those 1 or 2 elusive Windows-only apps for their profession. This would also come in handy for web designers who use Macs but need to test their sites' compatibility with IE. :cool:

YESSS! Now I can replace my PC!