Oh ye, did you get the 160GB HD, if so, how much of it was used with the default config, coz when I got my iMac G5, I only had about 130GB available, which I thought was absurd

Great to know about load times, but has anyone mentioned filter times??

OK, so here's the real question: have you tried booting Windows from an external drive? This is the only mystery that needs to be solved before I place my order. I'm still depend…

Quote: Originally Posted by swatson do you have copy of windows xp laying around? try installing it? Or copy of windows vista (beta) or server 2003? maybe install it on an exte…

Quote: Originally Posted by LagunaSol OK, so here's the real question: have you tried booting Windows from an external drive? This is the only mystery that needs to be solved b…

Quote: Originally Posted by ravenz I have Windows XP at the office. I'll go get it today or tomorrow. However, I don't suspect it will work. I think we'll be dependent upon VMWa…

Quote: Originally Posted by ravenz I found my Windows 98 CD - that was a total failure (as expected), both from booting with C key and from Option menu on reboot. I'm going dow…

yes iMac has EFI but it also has a backward compatible legacy module for those OS'es which use BIOS (look around engadget, you'll see an article pertaining to this) glad to see pe…

Quote: Originally Posted by heesey1010 yes iMac has EFI but it also has a backward compatible legacy module for those OS'es which use BIOS (look around engadget, you'll see an a…

Quote: Originally Posted by ravenz I found my Windows 98 CD - that was a total failure (as expected), both from booting with C key and from Option menu on reboot. I'm going dow…

All, I have a Dual G5 1.8 and I'm looking for basic TV tuner capabilties from my cable. I don't need any TiVo like abilities. Rather, I just want to be able to pop up a window o…

Quote: Originally Posted by JFischel All, I have a Dual G5 1.8 and I'm looking for basic TV tuner capabilties from my cable. I don't need any TiVo like abilities. Rather, I j…

I have an AlchemyTV PCI card in my Dual 1.8 G5, but it is the one w/o the builtin TV Tuner (I use my VCR as a tv tuner). When I bought my AlchemyTV card, I was told that the one w…

Hey, I had the Miglia card and it will now work with a G5! You can get them Very inexpensively and it is GREAT for watching TV. On my G4 it wasn't powerful enough to be a DVR and…

Being an MS beta tester, I have a copy of Vista 5270.. as I understand it, this OS fully supporst EFI. However, I don't fully understand EFI. Additionally, I've never bothered to…

OK - Good luck! Remember that the iPod needs to be connected via FW to be bootable. David.

I'm betting it doesn't boot due to some sort of driver issues.

I don't think Windows can boot from a USB/Firewire drive. I'm almost certain XP can't, maybe they've added this to Vista?

Quote: Originally Posted by jasong I don't think Windows can boot from a USB/Firewire drive. I'm almost certain XP can't, maybe they've added this to Vista? Windows XP (and…

Holding down the C key at boot will hopefully boot you into the vista installer. Don't forget to take some pics!

I've got an Intel iMac and a copy of build 5270 of Vista, and I haven't figured out a way to boot yet. None of the typical ways of dealing with selecting a boot volume work: holdin…

reindeer, try holding D when the Vista disc is in the drive while the computer is booting up and see if anything happens.

Quote: Originally Posted by xDOUGHNUTx reindeer, try holding D when the Vista disc is in the drive while the computer is booting up and see if anything happens. Doesn't the…

Quote: Originally Posted by ravenz Doesn't the D key force startup from the hard drive? Aha! (From the iMac manual..."D" key is used. I will try this today on some differe…

Do you really think that Apple staff will be happy with you meddling with their display machines and trying to get one of them to run a competing OS?