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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 12:23 PM
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Does it work? what programs would i need? where do i get em?
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 04:14 PM
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I don't believe EFILive supports the Mac platform. Not sure if it would work if you bought one of the emulators to run Windoze.
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Old Apr 20, 2007 | 11:45 PM
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I need a more definate answer....
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Old Apr 21, 2007 | 12:35 AM
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it wont run unless you run it through a emulator like virtual pc
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Old Apr 21, 2007 | 10:05 PM
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Well I believe I will be buying it, if it doesnt work through virtual pc or somethin I will have a friend use his laptop till i get a old xp laptop or somethin.
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Old Apr 21, 2007 | 10:42 PM
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If you have an intel mac, virtual pc wont run on it. Id suggest Parallels.
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 12:01 AM
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mine is a powerbook G4, i'll give a couple of em a shot.
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 01:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Matt2105
If you have an intel mac, virtual pc wont run on it. Id suggest Parallels.
well if he had a intel mac he could just dual boot to xp, but unfortuntly he doesnt, so your best bet is to try it on a windows emulator
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Please let us know if you have any luck on this venture. Very interested in the results.
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Originally Posted by 2002_Z28_Six_Speed
Please let us know if you have any luck on this venture. Very interested in the results.
I used EFILive on my older 17" with VirtualPC and on the newer one with Parallels. I think I had some trouble with the serial port version of EFILive. The problem was finding a 232 to USB adapter that worked with the Mac, VPC, and whatever vesion of Windows I was running.
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Old May 3, 2007 | 05:32 AM
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Windows only sorry guys. The Intel powered Macs could use Boot Camp to natively boot Windows XP which should work fine, but nothing native to Mac.
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but nothing native to Mac.
The nerve of some companies eh?
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Sounds like a good time for EFILvie to invest in some Macs. I'd love to do a Mac version of EFILive.

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Old May 4, 2007 | 04:05 PM
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After a Linux version though right
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Old May 6, 2007 | 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Tordne
After a Linux version though right
Funny you should mention that ....

I have used linux since it was born, but nowdays I just use a Mac. It runs *nix with a decent GUI on top. I would rather see a Mac version, but I suspect the number of potential linux users is greater and I could live with that. But, good luck porting windows GUI code to the Mac, let alone X.
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Old May 7, 2007 | 12:26 AM
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I ended up buying it and using my friends pc laptop till i get one for myself(he and i are together a lot...) anyways, found out i could get virtual pc or other 250$ programs but its just not worth it when i could get a brand new laptop for 450ish. Gunna wait it out for a while.
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Originally Posted by critter
Funny you should mention that ....

I have used linux since it was born, but nowdays I just use a Mac. It runs *nix with a decent GUI on top. I would rather see a Mac version, but I suspect the number of potential linux users is greater and I could live with that. But, good luck porting windows GUI code to the Mac, let alone X.
"Port" was the wrong word. "Write a version for Mac" is what I should have said.

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Originally Posted by MachoCamacho
I ended up buying it and using my friends pc laptop till i get one for myself(he and i are together a lot...) anyways, found out i could get virtual pc or other 250$ programs but its just not worth it when i could get a brand new laptop for 450ish. Gunna wait it out for a while.
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