OMG you totally need QEMM man.

On Dec 17, 2008, at 11:25 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hey, I got a 486 with 4 x 4 MEG EDO memory.. Oh baby, its got a  
> smoking 40 meg IDE running PIO Mode 2.  I can kick out some awesome  
> graphics with my Dual 3DFX card that makes Duke Nukem 3D practically  
> non pixilated in 16 Color VGA, not no EGA mode here.   Wait till I  
> tell you how I tweaked my autoexec and config.sys to to get me 612k  
> of usable memory under EMS mode without a bootloader.   Plus its so  
> cool that with the fan on the side I can set an glass of ice next to  
> it and I got a built in AC unit.  Now that’s efficient.
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> From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 8:08 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: OT - Anyone VM a Mac Leopard OS on a PC?
>
> Huh? I haven’t noticed anything particularly optimised about the two  
> Macs (one Macbook and one Mac Mini) I have at home, that I can’t get  
> in other brands...
>
> Cheers
> Ken
>
> From: Eric Brouwer [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, 18 December 2008 5:02 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: OT - Anyone VM a Mac Leopard OS on a PC?
>
> Agreed.  Apple's are FAR from generic white boxes.  They are HIGHLY  
> optimized, extremely efficient architectures.
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> On Dec 17, 2008, at 12:23 PM, Jonathan Link wrote:
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> It's not whitebox, it's branded, that brand is Apple.  When I  
> purched my MBPro, I spec'ed similary equipped notebooks from HP,  
> Dell and Lenovo.  Apple was more expensive than some, less than  
> others, and I had the option of running a true UNIX as was mentioned  
> earlier.
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> Apple is a Tier 1 manufacturer just as HP, Dell and Lenovo are.
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 12:11 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
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> "Joseph L. Casale" <[email protected]> wrote on 12/17/2008  
> 11:13:17 AM:
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> > >Yes, but Apple is all about total control - if you limit the OS to
> > only running hardware you produce, then you absolutely know that it
> > is *guaranteed* to work with any hardware your customer owns, and >
> > you can spend your software time and resources in other directions,
> > rather than finding ways to make it run on any hardware ever
> > invented (which is part of MS's problem).
> > >
> > >That's the theory, as I see it, anyway.
>
> > This was exactly my point in the old justification towards the
> > expense of the platform.
> Sorry; I haven't been following the whole thread ...
>
> > Now its whitebox intel run-of-the mill stuff? Does this _still_  
> apply?
> It does if they say so. :-)
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