Hackers get Windows XP working on Intel Mac

When they perfect this hack, I might just buy an iMac! I Always thought they were cool but didn't want to fool around with the stupid Mac OS. I'm not calling Mac OS stupid (even though I just did) it just doesn't do all the things I like to do with my computer, so wouldn't be a good choice for me.

from: Yahoo! News & MacWorld journalist Peter Cohen
A contest to see who could get Windows XP working first on an Intel Mac has been won, according to the contest’s coordinator, Colin Nederkoorn. The Windows XP on an Intel Mac page provides a link to a download that includes software and instructions for use.

Nederkoorn first put the contest together after he ordered an Intel-based MacBook Pro for work.

“I told my boss that this would replace my IBM desktop and I could boot Windows XP on it,” he said, and to put his money where his mouth was, he put up $100. He suggested that others with an interest in seeing a dual-boot Macintosh do the same.

To date, the contest has raised over $13,854 in donations, including significant additions from Digital Express, Delicious Monster and Uneasy Silence. Nederkoorn says that any further donations will go to support an open source project created to maintain the work that’s already been done.

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nice! now my buddy has one more thing to hear from me in the mac ribbing i give him!

but, it's nice to see that a great idea raised some $ for openware research.

nice find brad!

From what it says in the article, the main problem with running xp on the mac right now is the lack of drivers for mac hardware. Hopefully they will keep getting the funding they need to come up with things such as graphics drivers! Until then, it's basically a word processor that plays solitaire