condoski.com — I started a contest to get some incentive to boot Windows XP on the Intel Mac. I donated $100 of my own money and encourage anyone interested in this feature to donate as much as they are willing to pay for it. The first person in with the instructions wins the whole pot!
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geminitojanusJan 22, 2006
You do realize that it's not technologically possible without re-writing the bootloader and start up procedures of Windows XP to work with EFI, a task made dauntingly difficult by the lack of the source code and by the lack of Apple's specific specs on how EFI is set up?Hell, they are still having problems getting Vista to run and it's written with EFI support. Take your $100 bucks and save it.. you're going to need it to buy a license for Windows Vista when/if it ever comes out anyways.
abhibeckertJan 23, 2006
I take that back, some people who know what they're doing have tried to boot windows. But all of them said they haven't tried all the options yet.
scott2Jan 24, 2006
I'm interested to see it happen, although I seriously doubt I'd ever do it. Dual booting is a huge pain compared to the relatively small expense of a cheap PC and a KVM.
grlmJan 25, 2006
wow! >$5k
cockygoffinJan 26, 2006
I think Apple should be working on this. All our users have both a Mac & Windows machines. If they finally do get a dual boot machine, the boss is ready to chunk em all and go with dual boot Macs across the board. For now we wait, watch and dream...Thanks for running this contest...
mactarkusJan 27, 2006
This is a wonderful grass roots technical challenge and I am loving the attention it is getting. I can't wait to see someone pull it off and get the handsome reward. What if Apple itself released 10.4.5 today that supported a WinXP boot? What they refuse the prize?
codeoptimistJan 27, 2006
Wow, this is a great idea. I'm sure it can be done, but the question is "when" -- this should prove enough of an incentive to speed up the process, methinks.
jeremycadeJan 30, 2006
I sent my $10, personally I hope someone out there can make it happen.. I hate being limited in choice of OS
applekid805Mar 16, 2006
contest done!