SmackBook XP

[supern00b25]

windowns

[lexidoodleellis]

duddeeee

thats hot

[spaceye]

too creative.

[christheferal]

nothing is ever too creative.

[bodioto]

does it work on imac?

[mikkie22]

is it only a xp background?:P

[FuzzMop]

Nah. He's using something like VMWare to virtualize XP on OS X.

[AWGek]

yep Virtual Box and Full screen

[weinerschnitzelboy]

desktop parallels in full screen running xp

[seamussmurf]

Two ?'s.

1. Can you choose your visual transition for smackbook?

2. How do you like your Mighty Mouse, I'm thinking about getting one.

[XboxNerd08]

you gay lol

[redheadedguy10]

this is simple you dint have osx on there all you have is flyakite osx and rklauncherthis is ONLY windows xp

[frameflow]

I don't know about you, but if i purchased a MacBook Pro that came with Mac OS X, I wouldn't use those fake programs that make my xp look like a mac. he's running Parallels with XP, as you can see (unclearly) in the dock, and smacking it simply puts the XP in full screen mode

[qwerty20065]

only one thing bad about it, and that is the smacking of the macbook/pro can damage the internal hard drive IF you hit it too hard :(

[Danerules47]

why the fuck would you hit it "too" hard....

[oOZaChOo]

im here to save the DAYYYY!!!

okay i dont have a mac but i do know what you need to do this and i know it involves using the terminal later down the road so noobs beware.

(1. yuo need smack book intsall it and fallow a guide here on youtube.

2.after that smack your macbook /pro *most mac's have built in motion sensors.*)

[oakaleafy]

wait. I've been mistaken.

[oakaleafy]

it's fake right? ur just pressing a key?

[Bigginer]

nope it's not, I just downloaded it and it works great! You have to install virtual desktops and a motion sensor programme to activate something in the terminal. only then can you start smacking away :)

[MalefixOmo]

does it work with spaces?

[Bigginer]

Sorry I can't answer that question MalefixOmo, Still using a Tiger. But I think I read somewhere that it's not possible. Though I have to say that it's worth the try! :)

Reynold

[albinocreampuff]

nope it isnt

[danxabr]

HOW DO YOU DO THAT?

[kornfreak0naleash]

smack that :)

[Durzel]

How is this achieved? I've bought a Macbook and am totally new to Macs - is this Parallels? Bootcamp? Something else?

(I realise the "Smackbook" part of it is something else related to the motion sensor - I'm specifically wondering how you switch from OSX to Windows without rebooting)

[TzumB]

installed parallels desktop with XP (you see the icon in the dock) running parallels in 1 desktop and the rest of his apps in the other. smackbook uses your motionsensor to switch between desktops

[MalefixOmo]

good explanation

[monstermatt2]

nice shit there

[mattyman17]

The Only Slogan That Apple, Windows and Linux could Agree On:

u need a classic computer that everyone knows how to use???

you got a windows.

u get bored on your work computer.

u got a mac

u wanted to be rare and daring.

u got a linux.

u want to be able to do all these things?

f**k off

[bitchincamaro42]

You mean... you buy a mac, so you can run Windows, OS X and have Darwin, the UNIX shell that does just about anything I wanted my linux setup to do already?

Right.

[bitchincamaro42]

Um this isn't actually me, I just like to stay logged in on other people's computers. :S

[mattyman17]

ok.

i like pie.

[ambhoy]

dude, be careful while smacking it

[jonnycrappleseed]

dude.. i like it but the karma smackbook seems better.. search under karma smackbook and you'll see what im talking about... i just ordered my macbook two days ago and im ready to install some cool stuff that PC's can't do! Apple thinks of everything.

[frapsrulez]

Marty, comment if you've tried a Mac, if not don't bother....

I've got parallels for my iMac, and even though i can't punch it in the side to switch - everything is the same except i press 'Alt' + 'Shift' to spin.

I'm waiting on Leopard and Vista now, spin between them. Although i'm sure Vista will have some issues with the whole thing - after all that's what they made windows error boxes for right?

[MartySchrader]

Yeah, keep smacking that Crapple around. Maybe it'll cooperate properly after a while. Heh.

[Ninjordan]

holy crap gimmme one!

[WakkaHD]

Nope. You can't virtualize OS X on a Windows machine, even if there are hacks to run it natively.

There are also no scripts to take advantage of the sudden motion sensors found in laptops like Thinkpads. You're wrong about 'most newer Intel laptops' featuring sudden motion sensors too. Very few do.

In fact, IBM make it a major selling point of the Thinkpad line.

[lordievader]

@WakkaHD It is posible to run OS X virtual on a Windows machine.. but it isn't recommended for it is very slow...

[spoonard]

because most newer intel laptops have sensors like this, and it's easy to get a bootable os x image for both amd and intel, anyone should be able to load something similar to this, right?

[que5378]

Adium users unite!

[heavymetalX4Xgod]

i whish Parallels was for my iMac G5 iSight.... i have some games i wanna run but i dont have a working PC in my house.

[keydesignz34]

If its a G5 forget about it, you need an intel chip dude.

[gutzripping]

oh man! i want a macBook ASAP! sooo coool!

[scottgrella]

Nice. I wanna do that. I just ordered my MP pro today

[matt9m5]

NIIIIIICE!!! - i cant wait til i get my MacBook!!!

[jigggaa]

after installing all the stuff, can you just turn on the mac and smack away, or do you have to launch a program first before you can smack?

[WakkaHD]

It has to be launched. If you use a script, you can set it to run at startup in Sys Prefs though.

[theguy2687]

Is that through Parallels or what? It's really cool.

[WakkaHD]

Yeah, it is. Check out my site for an easy tutorial on how to do this with your Mac:

http://www.dotjoe.co.uk/