[Brad]

Originally Posted by tacvbo83 Then there is another cd which is the same as the first but says x64 Edition. Will that cd even be useful in the future or can I just throw it away? I really do not know much but isn't that cd useful for the next iMacs and MBP possibly coming out later on this year?

It might be useful in the future, but obviously you can't use it with any current Macs. I'd say keep it just in case.

[tacvbo83]

Alright, that is what I was thinking but just making sure. Thanks

[bassplayinMacFiend]

Yea, why would you throw it away?

(Heck you could send it to me if you're looking to dump it )

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Torifile,

i'm seeing you all over the internet today man! Congrats!

[torifile]

Originally Posted by tensdanny38 Torifile, i'm seeing you all over the internet today man! Congrats!

Really? That's nuts! I didn't even DO anything.

[chucker]

It's true though. I read the "torifile from AppleNova" thing at multiple places.

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you've been on engadget, slashdot, digg that I remember, but I read like a million of these sites so their has probably been more. Talk about getting yourself and apple nova some publicity

[doublem9876]

Man, congratulations torifile on becoming the first person to post your pictures of XP legally running on your mac!

[MCQ]

Geez torifile:

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ne...nG=Search+News

Torifile at applenova.com also got cold feet, and aborted an Ubuntu install after confirming that the setup loaded and was able to recognize a keyboard

[Wickers]

Originally Posted by MCQ Geez torifile: http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ne...nG=Search+News

I'm scared to look at my bandwidth usage now...

[Banana]

Where did Google get this from...



Toriphile?? What the frick is a toriphile? Google doesn't even have a definition for it!

[tacvbo83]

im getting worried...during installation it said driver.cab file not found press enter to retry so i did and im waiting to see if it works now

and yes ive followed the isntructions to the letter..its on 97% now and going...might be working after all

EDIT:rebooting now
unbelivable..windows starting on my MBP

[LudwigVan]

Originally Posted by Banana Where did Google get this from... Toriphile?? What the frick is a toriphile? Google doesn't even have a definition for it!

A Tori Amos fan. A search on torifile's "corrected" name will bear that out.

[Banana]

As you can see; I already had clicked it. Google News was unable to find relevant result on it...

I realized too late that Google News != Google search engine, though.

[torifile]

Originally Posted by LudwigVan A Tori Amos fan. A search on torifile's "corrected" name will bear that out.

Yup. I created a userid YEARS ago on mciworldcom.com (my ISP at the time) "toriphile" left after my trial was over and when I went back for another trial, I couldn't use "toriphile" again, so I used torifile. It just stuck.

[tacvbo83]

It worked guys. It said it partitioned using FAT32. What does that mean for me?

on Found New Harware Wizard, what od i select? yes or no to do the windows update

[torifile]

Originally Posted by tacvbo83 It worked guys. It said it partitioned using FAT32. What does that mean for me? on Found New Harware Wizard, what od i select? yes or no to do the windows update

First thing you need to do now is put in the Macintosh Drivers CD you burned. That'll install all the drivers you'll need. Next you get an anti-virus program (there are several free ones around) and update SP2.

Oh, and FAT32 means that you'll be able to write to your windows partition in OS X. This is a good thing because you can share files that way. If you had used NTFS you wouldn't be able to write to the drive.

[tacvbo83]

ok cool....i actually have norton systemworkd 2006, should i install it even if do not plan to use the internet while using windows? just music programs that i have will be used

[torifile]

Originally Posted by tacvbo83 ok cool....i actually have norton systemworkd 2006, should i install it even if do not plan to use the internet while using windows? just music programs that i have will be used

You HAVE to have an anti-virus program with Windows. I don't care what tensdanny says. One slip by going to a "bad" website, or connecting to an internet connection or opening a file a friend sent you, and you're screwed.

I wouldn't install the whole suite of norton stuff, though. Just the AV part.

[tacvbo83]

Originally Posted by torifile I wouldn't install the whole suite of norton stuff, though. Just the AV part.

sounds like a plan

[alcimedes]

Wouldn't any virus just screw your Windows partition, as Windows doesn't recognize HFS+?

[torifile]

Originally Posted by alcimedes Wouldn't any virus just screw your Windows partition, as Windows doesn't recognize HFS+?

That's my take on it, too. Personally I don't want to have do deal with fixing Windows (that's one of the reasons I use a Mac) so I like to go the prevention approach.

[alcimedes]

Seeing as MS's own recommendation at this point to an infected Win install is to nuke it from orbit and reinstall from scratch anyway, I don't know that I'd be dropping the $50 for AV software. I guess it depends on how I'd be using the Win partition.

If I were gaming, working etc. I don't think I'd bother. Get a nice firewall and don't browse the web or do e-mail.

If you're going to be browsing the web from Windows. Well, then maybe.

[chucker]

Originally Posted by alcimedes Wouldn't any virus just screw your Windows partition, as Windows doesn't recognize HFS+?

In most cases, yes. However, a virus that screws with the hard drive on a lower layer would affect the Mac side as well.

[Banana]

What steps would you have to take to make Windows sandboxed from Internet? I'm given to understand it ships with some ports open and some options that may allow access.

[alcimedes]

Originally Posted by chucker In most cases, yes. However, a virus that screws with the hard drive on a lower layer would affect the Mac side as well.

What virus would spread across to a partition with a file system that isn't recognized by Windows?

The virus wouldn't be able to tell it was there, as Windows wouldn't know it was there.

[Banana]

I'd imagine you could create a virus that would tell HD to destroy itself, so not knowing where it was wouldn't stop it from destroying the lot.

However, the virus would be limited in the scope as firmwares varies wildly.

[tacvbo83]

everything back to normal

[chucker]

Originally Posted by alcimedes What virus would spread across to a partition with a file system that isn't recognized by Windows? The virus wouldn't be able to tell it was there, as Windows wouldn't know it was there.

You're assuming a file system level necessity that doesn't exist. Windows can access the entire hard drive directly. It knows the Mac partition exists; it just doesn't know what to do with it (unless you install a file system driver). It also knows the size and specs of the entire hard drive, even when it can't access the actual data on all of it. It could easily format the entire drive and get rid of everything (including itself).

And so could a virus.

[alcimedes]

Good points. It's been so long since there's been a truly nasty Windows virus I'd forgotten how crafty they could be.