17" iMac 2GHz Core 2 Duo Booting Windows XP Pro

[lefteris908]

I hate mac screens !

[jack390]

hahaha xD funny now theyre biggest laptop is 17 inch and my iMac is 27! wow progress! imgaine in another 5 years! like 72 LED computers!! xdD

[electrotech555]

I have been looking into buying a core 2 duo and iMac and have a couple of question.

1. Does this mac run well with snow leopard?

2. Is windows more stable on apples hardware?

Thanks

GO MACS

[pokeeto2]

@electrotech555

Core 2 Duo iMacs run Snow Leopard fine. Windows is Windows & I dont see so much y it woud run more stable. But the only thing I can think of is that Apple Provides all the necessary Drivers and software for the iMacs to run everything perfectly right from the Snow Leopard installation disc.

[DanielHeusburgh]

*blinks*

Whoah isn't that a Power-PC G5 iMac?

Then why does it say its an Intel Mac?

I Swear the all-white ones were only Power-PC, and the silver/chrome and black iMacs were Intel...

Shit I got myself all confused.

[pokeeto2]

@DanielHeusburgh

Wow you're really out there LOL.. check out a very handy link in the info box & you'll see the specs for yourself.

It all 1st started with White Intel Core Duo iMacs in Early 2006. In Late 2006 Apple Announced them with Core 2 Duo Chips.

Same exact form factor outside as the last iMac G5 version, only with totally different guts inside.

[bobctx]

ahh too loud my ears nice handsome!

[suddyboy7]

These computers are the ones I remember using in elementary school

[TheGeek1028]

Whoa, is that the original AirPort?

[pokeeto2]

@TheGeek1028

That Airport was the last revision of the mushroom design. I haven't had it since 2006 or when the current square version was introduced because I wanted the Wireless N draft support which this airport didn't have.

I actually miss the look of the old mushroom Airport. I liked the White LED status lights vs the current Green and Amber lights which just don't match the Mac Look. Current design is just boring.

[1crazymonkey1]

I have just ordered one but is it wifi and will it work on pc

[pokeeto2]

@1crazymonkey1

Yes it works on Any Windows PC.

I have a Custom built PC I put together 4 years ago and it runs Windows XP Pro. I don't have a Wireless card on it. I'm using an Asus WL-167g USB Wireless adapter . If everything works like that then you shouldn't have a problem at all with a PC with a Stock Wireless card. Also Works through Ethernet cables too directly from the Base Station as well.

[1crazymonkey1]

Thank you.

[1crazymonkey1]

how do you set up the airport extreme with the latest mac mini

[pokeeto2]

@1crazymonkey1

Applications>>Utilities choose Airport Utility. This is assuming you're doing this for the first time, by default your network will be open without any passwords. You'll also see Airport reception at the top right corner. It's all a matter of Passwords and whether you want automatic connection.

For screen share and file share go to System Preferences >>> Sharing. Enable File Sharing, remote Login, and remote management. And tweak whatever options & passwords

[pokeeto2]

@1crazymonkey1

Unlike my Old G4 Mini without Airport, I have that connected directly to the Base Station via Ethernet. Works the same except it's linked to the base station. But I can control it wirelessly with other macs that do have airport extreme. You need 10.5 or above to do that.

[jibberjibjib]

i just orderd a iMac 17" Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz / 160GB HD / 2.5GB RAM with snow lepard will it bee good

[pokeeto2]

Sounds good, 2.5GB ram is enough and with SL. Hope it comes with the original disks which has iLife.

Been happy with mine. I will attempt to replace the HDD myself soon. 160GB was huge when I got it almost 4 years ago. And it was. But now it's kinda small and I know it won't last much longer. Been looking at some 500GB or 750GB drives.

[jibberjibjib]

@pokeeto2 yeh it come with the new ilife 09 dose it need the disks for sl and ilife ????

[pokeeto2]

It's 1 thing if SL & iLife come preloaded & another if u get the discs.

Mine Originally came with Tiger & iLife 06 included . Since Then I installed Leopard & later I got SL since I qualified for the $29 upgrade.

If U don't get the Original discs or SL. U should be eligable for the $29 SL upgrade since Its already preloaded. Don't know how the cheap upgrade goes in the UK though!!

[pokeeto2]

LOL, I guess we're in the same shoes.

I just ordered a 500GB Western Digital HDD. I will do it myself & it will be the first time I open up my iMac. This is where my old iBook will come in handy as I follow along with videos online on how to do it. Hope I don't screw it up.

[Flemse911]

mac's are way better than pc's...

[Spritekiller95]

@Flemse911 i agree... i mean pcs are cool and stuff but its just that the imacs are for entertainment and they are awesome... too bad i cant afford one... but they are cool...

[lotienestodo]

windows suks

[wangzheyou]

如果我的电脑是macinstonsh的我不会安装window­s

[lowertz]

Hmm... For everyone who says that it boots slowly: Try to boot a Mac OS X on your PC (you're able to with a Hacintosh system). It will be slow as hell... Oh, and booting Windows is slow on every platform. PCs sucks. That's what I say

[oxlel001]

It's only slow becuase windows is not really supposed to be on there. I you boot osx it will be within 25 secs. Windows vista takes about 3-5 mins to shut down.

[pokeeto2]

@oxlel001

Yeah every Mac hater only assumes it's slow in this video but they never comment on my other video where it Boots Mac OS X in under 20 seconds. And that was when it had only 1GB Ram. In this video it still had only 1GB but now it has 3GB.

[Andr3icK]

this is WAY SLOW!

[LauxHawk]

Lol! slowest boot ever for like a $1,500 machine. Ripoff.

[kai199191]

are you sure that's a intel core 2 duo? I thought 17inch are only core duo

[hilato]

@kai199191 they are core duo just like my 20 inch early 2006 imac its a core duo.

[bridgebolt51]

how to get all xp driver on mac

[pokeeto2]

You use your Mac Installation Disc. In my case, I used the Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 Dic and now that I upgraded to Snow Leopard, I now use the 10.6 Snow Leopard Installation disc. Load the disc when XP or Vista is Booted up. When the drivers are installed, you have to restart. Then You're done. Then you can load in the needed Windows Updates.

[sonic3243]

What did you use THEN? It was running Tiger, so how did you get Leopard when it came out late '07? This video was made in late '06.

[pokeeto2]

Look, My iMac Originally came with Mac OS X 10.4.7 Tiger. I used that until Leopard 10.5 came out. So I used 10.5 Leopard until Snow Leopard Came out. Now It's running Snow Leopard. Since then I did wipe the HDD clean and I installed Str8 from the 10.6 Snow Leopard Disc.

I've kept the iMac Updated as Operating Systems rolled out.

[pokeeto2]

Only the original iMac Installation discs don't have BootCamp Drivers. When it was beta under Tiger, you had to make it with the Program. When Leopard came out, the Drivers were already on the Disc itself. The Same Goes for the Snow Leopard disc as well. Both the Leopard and Snow Leopard discs supply al the drivers you need to get everything working right.

[GloveMC]

Your computer is slooooow...

Mine starts in 30 secs or less.

[pokeeto2]

To be quite honest, I really don't care whether if it boots XP in 30 seconds or a 1:30. Using windows isn't my priority really, Only use it when I have to. And lately, only to use an EasyCap USB video adapter to record ps1 & ps2 gameplay, and sometimes online H/W which only works on I.E. for now.

If you bother to check a Mac OS X bootup vid I have , You'll see it boot up Mac OS X in 20 seconds.

[cdsniper10]

Is it just me or is the old airport kinda bad lookin. it looks like a Dog tird. Dont get me wrong i love apple I am on a mac pro now but that old airport is just strange

[pokeeto2]

Well, I've sold it when the newer flat Base Stations came out. But I never thought it looked bad, I considered it like a mushroom. And that no other router on the market looked like it.  Advantage to the new ones is that I have it stacked on top of a Mac Mini Now and it blends in right in. I just wish the newer ones had Also had White LEDS instead of Green and Amber.

[GenuineCoffee]

The old airport looks like the base of the iMac G4

[pokeeto2]

Well, the Airport Extreme Base Station came out in 2001 and Thats what inspired the looks for the iMac G4 that came in 2002. Both which still have looks that were ahead of it's time then and still look modern today.

[11josh112]

can u get windows xp 2 run on macbook pro?

[pokeeto2]

Yeah, Sure why not???

My Intel iMac runs XP SP2 fine. I can't imagine anything different with a MacBook Pro.

If you have Leopard, just load up the BootCamp Software and you'll be instructed what to do.

[DanishRaven]

Lol. It just dosent seem right to see windows running in an iMac.

[TheBoyarde]

Why cannot Windows boot on a Motorola processor?

Aren't Intel and Moto's the same?

Or are their circuitry different?

If you notice AMD and INTEL are the same. They're just flavors.

[DeltaNC]

The Intel CPU is a CISC architecture CPU based on Intel/IBM standards. AMD processors are what used to be known as 'IBM compatable' and are designed to work in place of the Intel CPU within an 'IBM' system.

The Motorola CPUs are RISC architecture CPUs which are completely different and are designed to be used in a 'PowerPC' system.

Intel and AMD CPUs follow the same system architecture standards and so both run the same software. Motorola CPUs are PowerPC and do not understand PC Software.

[kochkochkoch]

lol

I on the tags, there's "Dell sucks"

[pokeeto2]

LOL, I didn't remember that.

[djdecca]

so sad

:'(

such a wast of a mac now

[McLaranium]

almos all we know and almost all we have the knowledge the best is have a PC and a Mac too.

[Gamerdude7d2]

why would someone want to run WinXP on a mac?

[pokeeto2]

It's not that they want to run XP, It's Because Some people need to run XP. I'm a student and I need it in order to do my homework online. My online assignments/homework require use of a Windows OS & Internet Explorer.

I tried Firefox, Safari, Opera, and even the Old IE Microsoft discontinued years ago & I can't get away with that. At least give me some credit by not further slumming it up with Vista. Beside I only dedicated 18GB of Space for XP.

[Gamerdude7d2]

i switched to mac to escape vista...

i'm never going back!!

[jamesey25150]

Same, i was running on Vista Business, and now it's OS X Leopard, and i love it...

[TheBoyarde]

I pretty much did too, I love the apple store better than I do their phone support though. I can go into the store with a problem and have it fixed by the time I get out lol.

[capdret]

for some games....

[jamesey25150]

Hey,

Nice Vid (Y). I was just wondering, because i am going to Virtual Machine (Parallels) with XP and OS X Leopard, does XP pick up the iMac's drivers (say the airport card) automatically? Or do i have to get them and install them?

Thanks,

James:)

[pokeeto2]

I'm not so sure on that. You have the Leopard CD which will have all the needed drivers. Maybe XP will recognize the Leopard CD & it will let U install the drivers even while using Parallels.

[12464555]

vaya cagada que has hecho,windows es una mierda y lo metes en un mac acojonante

[pokeeto2]

Mire Conyo!!! Yo soy estudiante Y tengo que usar Windows porque me dan cierto programas que na mas funciona con windows en el collejio que yo attiendo.

((((( I have to use use windows every so often. I'm a student & I am required to use certain programs that only work on Windows OS. ))))))

[jamesey25150]

I think that, for xp, it does look beautiful loading on a mac... especially when it's running...

James ;)

[macboy4556]

wow, if u think thats fast, i have a 4.6 ghz and it boots wayyyy faster

[pokeeto2]

I actually built a PC a while ago with a 2.8Ghz HT Pentium 4 Prescott Core. I have overclocked to 2.9Ghz. Aside from the Stock 478 Processor fan, I have a high performance (P)Supply , A 120mm Intake fan over the rear vent below the (p)supply, an 80mm exhaust fan on the side panel, a 80mm exhaust fan in a PCI Slot, another 120mm Intake fan in the lower front case, Dual fan HDD Cooler. There's a lot of air movement. How much more you think I can safely overclock with that equipment?

[brian3393]

awesome i got my own 20 inch mid 2007 alluminum iMac with a 2.0 Ghz processor love it i got windows xp too runs sooo fast and we just got 10 new iMacs at school yay

[diond408]

my school has 1.83GHz with 512MB of ram 4 of them have core duo and the other 4 i think has intel core 2 duo with 1GB of ram they are shitee for some reason but macs rule

and get a new base station i dont like that one

[pokeeto2]

THis was back in 2006. I've had the Newer base station for well over a year already hidden under my desk. The one that looks like that Time Capsule.  In place, I now have my old Mac Mini G4 there as a backup ( almost like a server.)

512MB & even 1 GB isn't enough these days, probably that explains why the ones at your school runny crappy.. I have 3GB in it now & it's running Leopard. In this video, I think it still had only 1 GB that mine is a Core 2 Duo. I havn't had any troubles.

[VanSneiwder]

I've got a queation! if we get a virus in while in xp, will it afect the mac software?

[pokeeto2]

I don' think so, because Mac OS has it's own Partition. Anything intended to damage a Windows OS shouldn't damage a Mac OS. But I'm not Sure

I use Norton Internet Security 2007. Got it on Amazon for like $18. Just to play safe.

If you don't have Anti Virus on Windows, try AVG Free Edition. Works great against viruses. I just don't use it because it doesn't modify the Firewall.

[qn5r]

Unless it is specifically targeted to Mac filesystems, then you would be fucked. As it could access and modify your files. But no such virus exists to my knowledge. But whatever you do don't share folders with the Mac OS and Windows!!! Because then you could have problems!!!!

[silenteyesspy]

what's that blue thing under the monitor????

[pokeeto2]

It's a lit Mac Mini Stand.  (MiniSkirtGlow)

[silenteyesspy]

cute ;)

[Dayrock1]

What is faster, an Intel Core 2 Duo, or a PowerPC chip?????????????? Someone please answer

[pokeeto2]

Well, I'm not following IBM's roadmap of PPC chips in other products but on Macs, The Core 2 Duo Chip on Macs is Faster than any PPC Chip that has ever been applied on Macs.

Now, iMacs Top at 3.06 Ghz with Core 2 DUO and the Mac Pro Tops at 3.2 Ghz with a Quad Core ( 8 Total cores ) Xeon processor.

There's never been a Mac Shipped with PPC that has passed the 3 Ghz barrier.

[Dayrock1]

Okay thanks alot! :D

I'm looking into Logic Pro Studio and i wanted to know if my iMac was fast enough to run it. System requirements were powerPC G5 chips and Intel Core 2 Duo's. I just didn't know what was faster.

I have a 20' Aluminum iMac, 2.0 Ghz Core 2 Duo processor, 3 gig's of RAM, and a 250 GB Hard drive :DDDD

[pokeeto2]

U're in better shape than I Am. Recently, I just maxed out my RAM to 3 gigs.

I run Adobe CS3 Photoshop & Illustrator perfectly on this older 17inch.

In a graphic design course I'm taking, I have to use a Dual 2.4 Ghz G5 Power Mac and it runs Photoshop & Illustrator much more slowly.

[Dayrock1]

Wow that's crazy, i wonder why that stuff runs faster on your iMac than your Power Mac :P.

Maybe it's your 3 gig's of RAM.

I noticed everything run's a lot faster since i upgraded RAM.

It usually baselines at 1 gig. All that headroom really makes a difference. I opened all apps and couldn't max out RAM usage lol.

[pokeeto2]

Well, It's not my powermac G5, It's in a graphic design lab at my college. There's 25. They have 2 gigs of Ram. Though I don't remember if it was Dual 2.4 or D 2.5 Ghz. I find that it takes much longer to render effects & filters with photoshop. Even before I maxed out my iMac to 3 gigs, it had 1.5 gigs of Ram & it still Rendered everything faster than the G5's ( only if I didn't have anything else running). I too find that strange.

[Dayrock1]

Yeah i know lol. I didn't mean to say yours.

That's still pretty suprizing though, not what i would expect.

[Macuserppcintel]

lol my brother uses that on illustrator and crap on his 1.8ghz imac g5 with 512mb of ram hahah

[pokeeto2]

If only my desktop was sill that clean. I now have the newer airport base Stations, on top of my Mac Mini that sits on the Mini Stack External Hard Drive. I got rid of the mushroom but I liked it's looks.

After 1 minute into the video, doesn't it look like the New Aluminum iMacs???.

[luiscute13]

Which is Faster.... Mac or Windows????? im using Core 2 Duo and it takes me about 3 minutes before my computer is fully loaded!

[smileyfunnyface]

macs will take as long as that if fully installed

[cainorox]

what product is undeneath your imac? the box with the blue light?!?!

[Quinoky]

I'm using Bootcamp on my 20" iMac C2D.. But it really really slows down my computer's startup/shutdown time.. I hate bootcamp, and i hate windows even more.. I just run it in VMware if i really need to use it.. Otherwise i just use my beautiful Mac OS X 10.5.1 :)

[backwalnut]

It is slow because Microsoft is slow....

[somefreak90]

How much RAM do you have? I heard bootcamp runs really fast with 2 or more Gigs.

[Quinoky]

I have 2GB of RAM.. Still slows down my Mac (which is running 10.5.2 already).

[dannyisace]

Whats the blue thing under the stand, coudl do with one for my new iMac. Danny

[pokeeto2]

It's actually a Mac Mini Accessory. ( Mini Skirt Glow ) They come in White or blue light.

[Zoolevation]

Bootramp:S, not a good move from Apple

[pokeeto2]

Why's that?

[MacNerd1239]

lol it boots faster on the Mac than it does on a Windows Machine.

[luckyhalo]

Not on my system! My laptop's 1.7 Ghz and it's close, but my gaming PC is overclocked to 3.0 GHz and that thing loads really fast, as you can imagine.

[MacNerd1239]

Overclocked. um, no thanks. Overclocking is one of the stupidest things you could ever do. It wears out the computer bigtime. I have a non-overclocked Dell Dimension system running at 3GHz.

[luckyhalo]

But how much did it cost you? The one i overclocked was 2.7 originally so it's not that big of a jump.

[MacNerd1239]

About....2,000?

Specs are:

1GB of RAM

149GB HD

3GHz Intel Pentium 4

[luckyhalo]

Is the Pentium 4 a dual core? (I don't really pay attention to intels)

[MacNerd1239]

Not this one. I think a few years later they made one.

[luckyhalo]

I don't know why but all single cores have high clocks. But because they only have one core they are slower than dual cores (most of the time)

[Rjnicko]

okay you have never been a mac user here, all macs use intel core 2 duo

[HackerTHATSME]

nope not all now all of them.

the ones that are being made now are but back in 2005 and before they were being made with powerPC chips

[Rjnicko]

the mac in the video is an intel mac as its running windows. I know lol, I doubt you can tell me anything about apple, been using macs for 10 years The intel switch was macworld 06 first macs on intel were the iMac and new Macbookpro. at macworld 05 it was announced and steve was running on a Pentium 4 mac prototype

[Rjnicko]

I maybe should have put all new macs use intel core chipsets. I no about them been PowerPC heck I have used macs for 10 years, I have four macs at the moment

[wacko506]

XP is a slow boot up

[pokeeto2]

The External Drive/ USB & Firewire hub slowed the boot up. In addition, this was running an older version of Boot Camp at the time. I feel it uses less time, Now that it has more memory, updated BC drivers, and XP and OS X is fully updated.

OSX Boots up in about 19 to 21.5 seconds.

[wacko506]

ok kool, i thought since the vid was posted a wee while ago the updates and so would help,and thanks for replying!

[farmerbrown12]

thats how fast mine boots up, and i only have a 3.2GHZ single core.

[pokeeto2]

I Will be adding an extra 1GB Stick soon. Making a total of 1.5 GB of Memory. I will post an updated video if there is an increase in Performance.

It will be ( 1X --512MB) + ( 1X---1GB)==== 1.5GB.

[1234gene1234]

it got 2 hd

[MacNerd1239]

How does that machine run? I am thinking about getting the 17", 2GHz, with 1GB of RAM. Is that what this one is? If it is let me know how it runs.

[pokeeto2]

Yep, thats What I have, Stay away from the 1.83 GHz ( the $999 ). Those have integrated graphics. Unlike mine which has the ATI X1600 card. I feel it runs fine with just 1GB. Though, in the future I plan to add an additional 1GB. Because I notice that out of the 1GB, there's only 325 to 498 Mb free. It's just me but I would like to see that I have 800 MB to 1.5 GB free of memory. If it's no rush, I would wait until further on the year because it's likely that Apple will kick in a new iMac

[yuzuhiko112]

oh...i thought running vista is not leagal.

maybe its a mistake...

but...i really did heard someone saying "install vista on mac is not leagal."

until i went the apple's store...

[pokeeto2]

I was wondering why you commented that. Because to my knowledge, I've never heard something like that before. It's just another operating system and Microsoft would probably get into trouble if they restricted what computer you want to install an OS on.

[MacNerd1239]

Why would it not be legal if XP is? The only operating system that is legal to install is OS X on a PC. Besides that you can do whatever you want.

[MacNerd1239]

I made a mistake in what I said, it says legal, should say illegal.

[i847]

That was so f***ing depressing! You don't need that crap in your machine!

I understand Apple's business objective of getting PC users to switch, but still...sickening!

[pokeeto2]

OK, Lets start over again. I didn't install windows XP with the idea of just having it. I have it because I need it. I'm a college student and most of the software That I'm required and provided to use is Windows only. I bought a first Gen Mac Mini in 2005 and it was great, but I was a bit stuck since most of the software I needed was Windows Only. What would be your advise then since You seem to know a better way? Windows sux when Compared to OS X but have no choice but to use it.

[i847]

My apologies. You do actually have the best way! I'm a Window XP user myself at work; at home, I'm pure Mac. My tone was really just my distaste/dislike of Microsoft, and not you the user. Again, I understand the need. And truly, it was a smart and the correct business move for Apple since it wants to increase its desktop market share. Peace.

[Anitalouisa]

Where'd you get the funky neon blue base from?  *wantsit*

[pokeeto2]

It's an Accessory for the Mac Mini. I think it was called mini Skirt Glow, Our Mini Skirt Blue.  I just thought it would look good under the iMac.

[Anitalouisa]

It looks GREAT, lol. :)

[yuzuhiko112]

bravo! you made it

well, running xp is leagl

but vista is not.

[pokeeto2]

Don't fully understand what u mean. All I can say is ( If I had to choose between Mac OS X , Windows XP, And Vista. I would Choose Mac OS X.

If I had to choose between Win XP and Win Vista. I would choose Windows XP.

Vista has too many compatability issues, bugs, and under-development. There is really nothing revolutionary in Vista. I am just waiting for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard to come out which has countless new features and a whole new look..

[Dante1969]

CALL 911 !!! someone is running windows on a mac!!!!

Total brain damage, the same as shitting in the case.

Please kill yourself

[cj789123]

wtf dante? why not run windows on mac.

[harryrnpttr]

How dose the mac run on windows?

[Agloopa]

It doesn't. Mac doesn't work on ANYTHING other than Apple made Macs. But Windows + Linux can both run on the new Intel based Macs.

[harryrnpttr]

Duh, I was talking about how windows worked on the MAC IN THE VIDEO. Also I didn't ask you.

[chrischris349]

Number 1: If you wouldn't believe ms why apple?

Number 2: Intel Macs use the same parts as pc's

Number 3: osx86project dot org

[insuperabile]

dir che e lento e troppo poko e troppo lento sembra che ha 64 mb di ram puoi buttarlo

[pokeeto2]

Jeeze, I never would of thought that a video consisting of my iMac booting was going to be my most viewsed upload. I didn't even think that this would of passed 500 views.

[lolol00l]

i need help my macbook i install boot campo and windows and i cant boot it back to mac it s\dissapered in theoptions

[lepersamongus21]

try holding alt at start-up. windows might be set as the default start-up partition.

[Rollzy2006]

i have a toshiba A120 laptop, 768ram and 2ghz Celeron M processor, but i was wondering if i can buy a Core2 Duo and put it in to replace the Celeron M?? wb

[pokeeto2]

Anything over a Celeron will do. But I don't know if the Pin form factor of the Core 2 Duo chip is the same as the celeron. Plus, since this is a more powerful chip, I don't know if the heatsink and cooling fans on the laptop are enough to support. U gotta do some H/W there!!!

[Rollzy2006]

o cos i rele want one as i wanna speed up me lappy, cos i dunno how much upgradin to 1gb 512mb will chnge the speed. Jw is it a good laptop, i mean like 7/10? and btw wood i be able to if i bort a better cooler? cos i leaving skool in may so gettin a job :D

[pikey1300]

do u find that the 17" is too small sometimes??

[pokeeto2]

No, I usually sit at my desk for computing and I don't watch many videos from distance either. They seem small next to the 20 inch at the store but when you but them on your desk, they seem bigger. I would of liked the 20 inch but price was more of an issue and desktop space. With the extra money, I got myself THX certified speakers, some apps, at the end, it all compensates. I have a Square 19 inch LCD and this 17 inch widescrean feels bigger.

[alexhinksman]

do you have any problems with viruses embedding themselves on the external drive from the mac and then being active on xp? because a lot of mac users dont use a virus shield.

[pokeeto2]

While running OS 10, no. Because I use Intego Virus Barrier which is awsome. No viruses yet. The External drive, I have it under the Mac OS Extended Journaled format which is the same format as the iMac. So it doesn't work when I boot XP. But I while have to reformat it soon so that way I could. I bought the New Airport Base Station, I have Norton Internet Security on XP. Theres no way for anyone to get in either way.

[8en2006]

i have a pc tho. can i get from a site or sumthing?

[pokeeto2]

If you can't get to the sites I provided. Do A Google Image search for Apple Tiger Aqua. The Tiger wallpaper is on the second page of the search.

[8en2006]

i have a pc tho. is there any way 2 get it from a site?

[8en2006]

how do you get that mac aqua tiger wallpaper for windows xp

[pokeeto2]

If You're Running tiger, Just go to Spotlight and Search Aqua. You will find those wallpapers there. Then (( COPY )) the file to a flash drive.

When You boot XP, Open the flash drive ( Or CD RW ) and transfer the wallpaper to (( MY Pictures )) in My Documents. Once the Files are in My Pictures, when You go choose your wallpaper, the Aqua Picture will be in the list of wallpapers.

[masterjedi89]

lol, that's my same backround on my pc, I want a mac sooooooo bad!

[pokeeto2]

I hate XP, Only use it for some college apps. Though when I do use it, I like to make the desktop look like the macs desktop theme alittle. Makes me somewhat feel like I'm still in the Macworld.

[Rjnicko]

then get one treat your self my paents got me the mac mini core duo 1.83ghz its so fast 7-9 sec boot up time i love it ill never go back to windows its perfect for me

[dogman91]

how big is the actural screen is the screen 17inch or the whole thing 17 inch

[pokeeto2]

The screen itself is 17 inches. Diagnally. It feels much larger though but its that widescreen deal. I have a 19 inch square LCD that I used for my mac Mini and the picture seems smaller.

[gambler6]

Es normal que tarde tanto en arrancar XP ? :S

[pokeeto2]

I like the Aqua tiger wallpaper. That windows XP Wallpaper really SUXXXXX!!  It's very easy, to do, I have that same wallpaper on my cellphone too.

[leejae]

hahaha nice background.

[kevnca]

I love that blue base you have there. That's a really clean setup.

[pokeeto2]

Thats base was actually under My Power PC Mac Mini. I gives the computer a hoveroring look. When The light burns out, I will put a white LED Bulb to match the Mac Theme a little

[pokeeto2]

The reason why the restart & boot for Xp was slow was because of the External drive I have connected, it's below the airport base station.