Comments on: It’s Been A Long Time Coming… http://mattbrett.com/blog/geek/2005/its-been-a-long-time-coming/ Freelance Web Design, Premium WordPress Themes, and Video Game Reviews Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:47:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: MachoManSavage http://mattbrett.com/blog/geek/2005/its-been-a-long-time-coming/#comment-366 MachoManSavage Mon, 12 Sep 2005 07:07:19 +0000 http://www.mattbrett.com/?p=137#comment-366 My windows machine hasn't crashed in two years and that includes countless days of running Photoshop, Firefox, Outlook, Dreamweaver, winamp, and Illustrator concurrently. Fluke? Steve Jobs is a frightening cult leader presiding over a group of maniacs who believe that choosing a different operating system, and paying twice as much for the privilage, somehow makes them an individual. Being a designer who uses a PC is thinking different. Come back to us Brett. Shed your new candy coated world and get back to reality! My windows machine hasn't crashed in two years and that includes countless days of running Photoshop, Firefox, Outlook, Dreamweaver, winamp, and Illustrator concurrently.

Fluke?

Steve Jobs is a frightening cult leader presiding over a group of maniacs who believe that choosing a different operating system, and paying twice as much for the privilage, somehow makes them an individual.

Being a designer who uses a PC is thinking different. Come back to us Brett. Shed your new candy coated world and get back to reality!

]]> By: Justin http://mattbrett.com/blog/geek/2005/its-been-a-long-time-coming/#comment-364 Justin Fri, 09 Sep 2005 11:03:45 +0000 http://www.mattbrett.com/?p=137#comment-364 It was a huge pain in the ass, but still worth it. I decided not to mess with my boot drive, so I installed it natively on an external USB HD that I have. Then I discovered that OSX86 doesn't like to boot off my external HD, so I took it out of the external enclosure and plugged it into my motherboard directly. It booted and promptly gave me the OSX equivalent of a blue screen of death. I safebooted and found it was hanging when trying to load the video driver (it shipped with only the video drivers required for the OSX Dev Kit hardware). I rooted around in various OSX help sites until I found that if you just delete all the video drivers, it boots fine. So it booted properly in the end, but I couldn't adjust resolution or refresh rate, and network and sound didn't work. And neither did Rosetta or programs that required SSE3 (like iTunes). But it still looked mighty nice and was fun to play with for a while. It was a huge pain in the ass, but still worth it.

I decided not to mess with my boot drive, so I installed it natively on an external USB HD that I have. Then I discovered that OSX86 doesn't like to boot off my external HD, so I took it out of the external enclosure and plugged it into my motherboard directly.

It booted and promptly gave me the OSX equivalent of a blue screen of death.

I safebooted and found it was hanging when trying to load the video driver (it shipped with only the video drivers required for the OSX Dev Kit hardware). I rooted around in various OSX help sites until I found that if you just delete all the video drivers, it boots fine.

So it booted properly in the end, but I couldn't adjust resolution or refresh rate, and network and sound didn't work. And neither did Rosetta or programs that required SSE3 (like iTunes).

But it still looked mighty nice and was fun to play with for a while.

]]> By: Matt http://mattbrett.com/blog/geek/2005/its-been-a-long-time-coming/#comment-363 Matt Fri, 09 Sep 2005 08:50:50 +0000 http://www.mattbrett.com/?p=137#comment-363 Justin: you actually got it running on your machine? That's rad! I had a look at what you need to do to get it up and running and decided not to bother. Did it take a lot of work and fucking around? Justin: you actually got it running on your machine? That's rad! I had a look at what you need to do to get it up and running and decided not to bother. Did it take a lot of work and fucking around?

]]> By: Justin http://mattbrett.com/blog/geek/2005/its-been-a-long-time-coming/#comment-362 Justin Fri, 09 Sep 2005 00:44:06 +0000 http://www.mattbrett.com/?p=137#comment-362 So jealous right now. Now that I've had a glimpse of life with OSX, running a hacked version of the x86-compatible version on my PC, I'm getting desperate. I might have to buy one. Tomorrow. So jealous right now.

Now that I've had a glimpse of life with OSX, running a hacked version of the x86-compatible version on my PC, I'm getting desperate.

I might have to buy one.

Tomorrow.

]]> By: Bryan http://mattbrett.com/blog/geek/2005/its-been-a-long-time-coming/#comment-361 Bryan Thu, 08 Sep 2005 13:22:26 +0000 http://www.mattbrett.com/?p=137#comment-361 Hahaha, give it time, macs fuck up as bad if not worse than a well maintained windows system. I've had extensive time on both, and they both suck for their own reasons. Either way, I'm glad that you're stoked Hahaha, give it time, macs fuck up as bad if not worse than a well maintained windows system. I've had extensive time on both, and they both suck for their own reasons.

Either way, I'm glad that you're stoked

]]> By: Matt http://mattbrett.com/blog/geek/2005/its-been-a-long-time-coming/#comment-360 Matt Wed, 07 Sep 2005 22:22:18 +0000 http://www.mattbrett.com/?p=137#comment-360 It suuuuuure is! I'm loving my little Mac. I'm surprised at the power of it too. I've been working with Photoshop and Dreamweaver consecutively for days at a time and it runs just fine. The occasional slow down, but that's to be expected. It suuuuuure is! I'm loving my little Mac. I'm surprised at the power of it too. I've been working with Photoshop and Dreamweaver consecutively for days at a time and it runs just fine. The occasional slow down, but that's to be expected.

]]> By: punky! http://mattbrett.com/blog/geek/2005/its-been-a-long-time-coming/#comment-359 punky! Wed, 07 Sep 2005 15:39:48 +0000 http://www.mattbrett.com/?p=137#comment-359 Ooooh! A shiny new Mac Mini! Congrats! Welcome the club...it's nice here, isn't it? Ooooh! A shiny new Mac Mini! Congrats! Welcome the club…it's nice here, isn't it?

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