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naquaada · 04-20-2008, 01:23 AM

I was a long time Amiga User, we always were closer to the Mac as the PC guys - same processor, better GUI, exclusive hardware. I ran MacOS 7.5.1 on my Amiga 4000T/060 on the Shapeshifter emulator... worked fine. But all I had was Word, Photoshop and a demo version of Doom. So I didn't use it often. But it was cool to work with MacOS.

At the end 2005 or beginning 2006 I got my first information about OSx86 - from a Mac dealer! I wanted to check out how much an acceptable Mac would cost - too much. But he told me about OSx86. It also should work on AMD, but there are more patches neccessary. After experimenting with the disgusting deadmoo image I had my first stable OSx86 working in May 2006 - MacOS 10.4.5. I had Jas and Myzars version at the same time and decided for myzars, it had a better installer. I had QE/CI with my ATI X1600XT from beginning, but only 1280x1024 @ 60Hz on a CRT monitor (flicker). Some Windows where sometimes plain white or even transparent. Myzars 10.4.6 was (and still is) a great, and with his 10.4.7 update I worked with it till Zephyroths 10.5.1, all images since 10.4.8 had a bug.

My first Windows 98SE I had in 1999, then 2004 XP and later the 2005 Media Center Edition. And that was it. Actually I have 4 Hackintoshes, one has a very crappy Windows which always crashes and one a plain installed Windows MCE 2005, no gfx or mainboard drivers. Sometimes I will install a Windows Server 2003 for Audio Editing 'cause my 16ch-soundcard has only PPC drivers for the Mac and I have no good sequencer for the Mac, too. Except of this Windows will be dead, I think. Ok, maybe Parallels will get a copy.