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Re: [OT] Microsoft

>> They are supposed to have an x86 based version of tiger, if they would

> >> ship it I would move across. > > > > Doesn't matter that it's x86 based, you'll still need Mac hardware to > > run it - it's just that Apple are shifting from PPC to x86 CPUs next > > year. > > They were talking of launching an non Mac version to compete with windows, I > can't see it costing much more to open it up and they get a new market.

Doesn't work like that.

OSX relies on knowing what sort of hardware it's going to be running on

- which is why it's so slick and stable. You don't get that when Intel box-shifters bung loads of cheap components together to make a Wintel machine.

Aside from that - Apple make far too much money from hardware to release a 'generic' OSX that'll run on any old Intel box.

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SteveH
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It's just a unix shell, and now has it's own HAL thanks to the diversity of hardware shipped in mac boxes.

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Depresion

It's not as diverse as you might think.

Certainly not as diverse as Wintel hardware.

To kick things off, you only have 3 processors to worry about - G3, G4 and G5. I've lost count of the number of variations there are on the x86 theme.

You don't have to worry about sound, or aftermarket USB / Firewire as it's all a fixed on-board standard. Same with WiFi - only 2 kinds of hardware - Airport and Airport Extreme.

The architecture of an Intel (PC) box and a Mac box are totally different - this won't change when the CPU is switched to Intel - that's a relatively simple CPU swap - the rest of the custom hardware will remain.

There's a hell of a lot more to OSX than it being a Unix shell.

Reply to
SteveH

I have no 'advantage' thing?

Reply to
DanTXD

Oh yes i do :)

That works like a charm :p

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DanTXD

->They were talking of launching an non Mac version to compete with windows, I

->can't see it costing much more to open it up and they get a new market.

->

Easy enough to do as it's just a rehash of the NeXT OS and that ran on intel machines, well the OpenStep version did, finding drivers was a PITA tho.

Reply to
Geoff

Microsoft advantage or windows advantage or whatever its called, just look in a few different tabs and you will see it.

Reply to
Burgerman

Until they sus that one out!

Reply to
Burgerman

Change the "add-ons currently loaded" to "add-ons that have been used. Sorting by Publisher may help.

Reply to
Depresion

Cool, I'll try that :)

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¤¤¤ Abo ¤¤¤

Is this a "XP Home" thing ? Ccan't see that in XP Corp...

Reply to
Lordy.UK

and i cant find it in XP PRO :(

Reply to
aussie bongo

I have PRO and it's there, what part can't you find?

You need to have done a manual windows update in the last week or so for the activeX DLL to be installed.

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Depresion

Well i have the tools in IE but i dont have anything to do with (Microsoft advantage or windows advantage)

Reply to
aussie bongo

The exact listing is Name: "Windows Genuine Advantage"

Publisher: "Microsoft Corporation"

Status: "Enabled" (by default)

Type: "ActiveX Control"

File: "LegitCheckControl.dll"

So if you do a search for LegitCheckControl.dll in [windows directory]/system32 (well that's where my copy is, if it's there you have it installed if it's not you haven't downloaded it yet.

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Depresion

directory]/system32

nope still dont / cant find it.. it do not seem to be on mine :(

Reply to
aussie bongo

Not having it is a good thing as it can't cause you problems.

Reply to
Depresion

but i cant install sp1 or sp2

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aussie bongo

Odd, probably not related to Windows Genuine Advantage AFAIK it only installs after SP2, SP1 and 2 have cd key black lists for common pirate keys but I can't help you with that as it would be unethical.

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Depresion

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