Filed under: Hardware, Windows, Macintosh, Apple, Microsoft
WinXP on Intel Mac: success or hoax?
by Jordan Running Mar 14th 2006 at 1:45PM
The
challenge to get Windows XP to run on an Intel Mac may be drawing to a successful close—or that success might be
a hoax. Ars Technica is reporting that a user on the WinXP on Mac forums called narf2006 has claimed success and posted a set of blurry photos on Flickr that seem to show Windows XP
running on an Intel iMac. Many people, of course, are crying "Photoshop!" but word is narf2006 is
well-respected on the forums, and according to Ars, the blog for the $12,000 challenge (which, along with the forums,
is currently down) reported partial success with his technique and he's currently seeking more testers.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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Tim said 7:41PM on 3-14-2006
Probably Virtural Machine with the screen maximized
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Fabulo said 11:25PM on 3-14-2006
No no I promise this the real $hit! And to prove it, I posted the Suckiest Pictures In The World (tm) on Flickr with my Lame Ass Cell Phone Camera (tm)
Also, I say I wrote some custom CMS and stuff. Just for Windows to boot and stuff.
Now for the $13,000 prize, send paypal to:
I_Really_did_it_for_real_I_Swear@hotmail.com
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