Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter Frankly, over almost two years of using OS X, I haven't seen ANY boot problems, though I've seen something like two dozen on my PC desktop d…

Quote: Originally Posted by Tyler McAdams Well, the idea in my mind for this is that it makes the Mac that more attractive and "risk free" since you can run both OSes (plus a lo…

Quote: Originally Posted by SirCastor It would be poor marketing to push at all the idea that a Mac can run Windows. We want to sell the Macintosh, not a CHRP system. If Apple s…

Apple is a hardware company, but Apple is not a Windows hardware company.

Quote: Originally Posted by TETENAL Is it confirmed already that the Intel-Macs will be standard PCs? It was my understanding that Apple switching to Intel processors doesn't au…

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter The only things I've seen confirmed are that Apple will use Intel processors, OpenFirmware is history, and that the final product computers …

Quote: Originally Posted by TETENAL Did you ever boot your Mac while holding down ⌘V? There is command line stuff behind the scenes as well. Who cares? isn't that behind os…

"open firmware" isn't superior to a PC BIOS. It performs the very same functions. You can get a pretty graphical 'firmware' interface in a peecee BIOS. Hell, some will even tal…

Quote: Originally Posted by Eug Wanker Meh. That assumes that Steve Jobs actually wants to have XP running on Mac hardware. In fact, it could just be the opposite. Either way, i…

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter The only things I've seen confirmed are that Apple will use Intel processors, OpenFirmware is history, and that the final product computers …

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter The only things I've seen confirmed are that Apple will use Intel processors, OpenFirmware is history, and that the final product computers …

Quote: Originally Posted by Eug Wanker 3) The final product computers will be able to run Windows - This is incorrect. Apple never has said this directly. True; I haven't fou…

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter True; I haven't found a direct quote about this. But I saw something around the announcement from someone pretty high up in Apple about the…

The DTK uses what appears to be a standard PC BIOS. Hitting F1 while booting will bring up a PC-style CMOS setup screen. This probably won't be the case with the finished product. …

Quote: Originally Posted by mike3k The DTK uses what appears to be a standard PC BIOS. Hitting F1 while booting will bring up a PC-style CMOS setup screen. This probably won't b…

Quote: Originally Posted by Spliffdaddy "open firmware" isn't superior to a PC BIOS. It performs the very same functions. No, you're exactly missing the point. Open Firmwa…

If anyone has any doubts concerning the merits/demerits of BIOS, there are some in depth discussions to be found on it over at Slashdot. The standard PC BIOS can be hacked in vario…

Quote: Originally Posted by Big Mac And yet, I for one hope Apple uses BIOS and ships its Mactel PCs in standard beige boxes. In truth, is there really much of a need to beautif…

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter True; I haven't found a direct quote about this. But I saw something around the announcement from someone pretty high up in Apple about the…

I was browsing throught the many pages of uploaded customization pages and noticed that the font has been changed in some of the themes. How would I go about doing this? Many tha…

silk, by unsanity.

Cheers cruciarius. Is there not a way to do it via Shapeshifter, using the tweak function or anything?

No.......

Quote: Originally Posted by DIPESH14 Cheers cruciarius. Is there not a way to do it via Shapeshifter, using the tweak function or anything? Shapeshifter takes a theme (made…

I am new to the world of Mac. I am currently looking to purchase a powerbook for school and traveling. I plan on taking it everywhere because I'm constantly doing business and sc…