Tag: MACINTEL

TransGaming, known for its Cedega product which allows Windows games to run on Linux, has just announced Cider, a similar product for Intel Macs. Cider (get it--Apple, Cider?) is aimed at game developers and allows them to make their games work on Intel Macs without any source code changes. "Games are simply wrapped up in the Cider engine and they work on the Mac," says the Cider web site. ...

What with the advent of Boot Camp, booting Windows XP on a new Intel Mac has become all but passé, but what about Windows Vista? Over at the OSx86 Project forums they're working on it, with a modicum of success. I'm not at all clear on the technical details--and I suggest you do a little more research than I have before attempting--but apparently the Vista installer tries to eliminate the ...

The challenge to get Windows XP to run on an Intel Mac may be drawing to a successful close—or that success might be a hoax. Ars Technica is reporting that a user on the WinXP on Mac forums called narf2006 has claimed success and posted a set of blurry photos on Flickr that seem to show Windows XP running on an Intel iMac. Many people, of course, are crying "Photoshop!" but word is ...

A couple weeks back we reported on Colin Nederkoorn and the bounty he started to get Windows XP and OS X dual-booting on the new breed of Intel Macs. At the time of that posting the bounty was up to $4,000; this week it has finally surpassed $10,000, which I think is what it'll take to get some serious hackers seriously interested. In the meantime, one self-proclaimed Computer Guru has posted ...