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Paul
03-26-2009, 11:04 AM
anyone running dual boot windows/mac osx on nonmac hardware?

i'm planning on running both on my new dell laptop once it arrives... anyone have issues doing that?

green91
03-26-2009, 03:48 PM
The biggest issue is finding an image that is compatible with your hardware. As long as you find an image thats good with your pc, its a breeze. it can be difficult finding the correct image set though

AznChillin
03-26-2009, 06:44 PM
works perfectly with dell mini 9...woot woot, love the versatility of this little thing!

green91
03-26-2009, 08:23 PM
Yours have a SSD?

Paul
03-27-2009, 08:43 AM
no SSD but from what i've read this has been done before a few times w/ this chipset... we'll see i arrives today.

Paul
03-30-2009, 06:50 PM
well got it up had some issues w/ drivers but everything is cool now. very slick setup i'll post some screen shots later.

green91
03-31-2009, 07:13 PM
Which image did you end up using paul?

Paul
04-01-2009, 07:59 AM
i used the Kalaway(sp?) OSX and directions off of insanely mac... i had some issues w/ drivers but everything is good now.

green91
04-01-2009, 02:14 PM
Were you able to enable them during the install options or did you have to use driver .dmgs ?

Paul
04-01-2009, 02:48 PM
Were you able to enable them during the install options or did you have to use driver .dmgs ?

almost everything worked through the install but i had some issues with airport/wifi connection and had to run some stuff through Terminal to get it to work. (insanely mac + bit torrent is all you need to get the job done)

i also had some issues running updates to software and airport update killed my wifi a 2x and i had to rerun the same script. currently sleep mode and updates to garageband aren't working.

gtrmonkey
04-02-2009, 08:20 AM
What Dell you got Paul. I have an Msi Wind with OSx and Window Xp dual Boot.

Paul
04-02-2009, 01:13 PM
What Dell you got Paul. I have an Msi Wind with OSx and Window Xp dual Boot.

dell studio 15xx(i can't remember exact model) but i know they have had success with them; one reason why i got one.

i've seen it on a msi i thought about picking up one of those, but i needed more power.