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Windows on a PPC question 7 Months, 3 Weeks ago  
OK, finally, here it is.

Found this on TradeMe this afternoon & thought I should share, no matter its' irrelevance
http://img72.imageshack.us/my.php?image=trademezl0.jpg

PS Was this you LW??
 
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Re:Windows on a PPC question 7 Months, 3 Weeks ago  
Nope, not me.

They're wrong though. Windows can be run on a PPC Mac by using of all things Microsoft's Virtual PC.

It's not too bad running but you'd want a buttload of RAM to get it working smoothly. Unlike Parallels or VMWare however it won't do 3D graphics and never will because it's a discontinued prduct effectively... well will be once Leopard is released which apparently won't support G4 processors.
 
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Re:Windows on a PPC question 7 Months, 3 Weeks ago  
Oh yeah, and I'm 32 next month (Leopard will be a nice birthday present hint hint) so it definately wasn't me.

I am a Systems Engineer though and considering the bollocks I have to put up with with Windows I whole heartedly agree with said poster.
 
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Re:Windows on a PPC question 7 Months, 3 Weeks ago  
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it won't do 3D graphics and never will because it's a discontinued prduct effectively... well will be once Leopard is released which apparently won't support G4 processors.

Yes I heard apple was dropping support for PPCs, but isn't that rumoured to not be untill OS X 10.6, expected around 2009?

I think apple's too kind to drop PPC support this early .
 
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Re:Windows on a PPC question 7 Months, 3 Weeks ago  
http://img225.imageshack.us/my.php?image=snapshot20070926213928bx3.png
 
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Re:Windows on a PPC question 7 Months, 2 Weeks ago  
I am reminded of something I came across at a previous place of employment. It was a Mac with a virus. We'd just installed XP on PPC (G4 Power Book) to test out some Windows only serial port software and left it running on the net - and it caught one of these worms. luckily it was a read only boot - so happily rebooted, patched it and let tried surfing the net.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7744932027146565659
 
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Re:Windows on a PPC question 7 Months, 2 Weeks ago  
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Yes I heard apple was dropping support for PPCs, but isn't that rumoured to not be untill OS X 10.6, expected around 2009?

I think apple's too kind to drop PPC support this early .http://roughlydrafted.com/RD/TechQ307/Entries/2007/9/ 30_Leopard_and_the_Future_of_Mac_OS_X_on_PowerPC.html

It's not about Apple dropping support for PPC, it's all about keeping a 5 year support gap.

The above article is an awesome read.
 
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Re:Windows on a PPC question 7 Months, 2 Weeks ago  
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Oh yeah, and I'm 32 next month (Leopard will be a nice birthday present hint hint) so it definately wasn't me.

I am a Systems Engineer though and considering the bollocks I have to put up with with Windows I whole heartedly agree with said poster.

Yep so am I and I agree with it too. Im just surprised that people actually write comments like that on Trademe Windows Server 2003 also provides its own bollocks today as I found out.
 
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