Vista RC1,Windows XP, Mac OS X

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Is it possible to have all of these 3 OS install on one PC in 3 different
disks?
cuz I tried to install XP and RC1, but I lost XP after installing RC1 (Maybe
I did sth wrong)
Is there any major knowing problem on this?
 
I think there is a way of using a 3rd party boot manager and if you have the right equipment to boot OS X. I have never done it, but would be interested if it were possible with off the shelf items. I wish Apple would release OS X for ordinary PC's. If they did and insisted that drivers be approved for use with OS X, I think that would take a big bite out of Microsoft's desktop dominance.

William
OS X ?

I thought OS X could only be installed on a MAC.
 
I agree and don't agree with you. It may take a big chunk out of MS's dominance but it may not. So many people are used to Windows, a lot of them probably wouldn't switch, and then you still have to have all the software that you can use on Windows to work on the Mac OS. I definitely think there would be less people using Windows, but probably not enough where it would hurt MS any. Kind of like IE7 vs. Firefox. While Firefox is ever so slowly gaining, it still only has like 14% of the browsers.
I think there is a way of using a 3rd party boot manager and if you have the right equipment to boot OS X. I have never done it, but would be interested if it were possible with off the shelf items. I wish Apple would release OS X for ordinary PC's. If they did and insisted that drivers be approved for use with OS X, I think that would take a big bite out of Microsoft's desktop dominance.

William
OS X ?

I thought OS X could only be installed on a MAC.
 
I think the success of Firefox is the thing that is most responsible for the development of IE7. If it were not for Firefox, I am sure the big shots at Microsoft would still be thinking that there would be no need to develop further than IE6.

What if Apple were to develop a line of OS X that runs on regular computers (with a large base of drivers approved by Apple) and gave it away for free for a month (and not a time bombed version) to anyone who wanted it? I think there would be a very large segment of the Windows users who would love to try it out to see if they liked it. I think the profits from future sales of OS X and applications developed for it could more than offset the loss in hardware revenue.

Even when it comes to Apple hardware, I can see them advertizing along the line of, 'We make the best computers for running Windows and OS X'.

William

I agree and don't agree with you. It may take a big chunk out of MS's dominance but it may not. So many people are used to Windows, a lot of them probably wouldn't switch, and then you still have to have all the software that you can use on Windows to work on the Mac OS. I definitely think there would be less people using Windows, but probably not enough where it would hurt MS any. Kind of like IE7 vs. Firefox. While Firefox is ever so slowly gaining, it still only has like 14% of the browsers.
I think there is a way of using a 3rd party boot manager and if you have the right equipment to boot OS X. I have never done it, but would be interested if it were possible with off the shelf items. I wish Apple would release OS X for ordinary PC's. If they did and insisted that drivers be approved for use with OS X, I think that would take a big bite out of Microsoft's desktop dominance.

William
OS X ?

I thought OS X could only be installed on a MAC.
 
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I think the success of Firefox is the thing that is most responsible for the development of IE7. If it were not for Firefox, I am sure the big shots at Microsoft would still be thinking that there would be no need to develop further than IE6.

Agreed.

What if Apple were to develop a line of OS X that runs on regular computers (with a large base of drivers approved by Apple) and gave it away for free for a month (and not a time bombed version) to anyone who wanted it? I think there would be a very large segment of the Windows users who would love to try it out to see if they liked it. I think the profits from future sales of OS X and applications developed for it could more than offset the loss in hardware revenue.

Apple is essentially a hardware company that happens to make a few pieces of software for convenience sake.

Even when it comes to Apple hardware, I can see them advertizing along the line of, 'We make the best computers for running Windows and OS X'.

Wasn't that the point of the "I'm a PC/I'm a MAC" ads?

William

I agree and don't agree with you. It may take a big chunk out of MS's dominance but it may not. So many people are used to Windows, a lot of them probably wouldn't switch, and then you still have to have all the software that you can use on Windows to work on the Mac OS. I definitely think there would be less people using Windows, but probably not enough where it would hurt MS any. Kind of like IE7 vs. Firefox. While Firefox is ever so slowly gaining, it still only has like 14% of the browsers.
I think there is a way of using a 3rd party boot manager and if you have the right equipment to boot OS X. I have never done it, but would be interested if it were possible with off the shelf items. I wish Apple would release OS X for ordinary PC's. If they did and insisted that drivers be approved for use with OS X, I think that would take a big bite out of Microsoft's desktop dominance.

William
OS X ?

I thought OS X could only be installed on a MAC.
 
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