Windows 7 installed on a new MacBook Pro, sparks fly

It's a next-generation operating system and mirror all in one!

[Thanks, Brian H.]

[Zinger314 @ Nov 3rd 2008 10:02PM]

Universe implosion in 5...4...

[GoCarnivore @ Nov 3rd 2008 6:13PM]

This is an abomination.

[Mark Anderson @ Nov 3rd 2008 6:15PM]

Oh come on, the glare isn't that bad.

[eiki @ Nov 3rd 2008 6:22PM]

it's not exactly alia atreides is it!?

[Decoy @ Nov 3rd 2008 6:32PM]

Winows 7 is for touchscreens, not glossscreens.

[Hellaphunt @ Nov 3rd 2008 6:44PM]

@eiki - I just started book three of the trilogy. MFing wonderful story!

[iEye @ Nov 3rd 2008 6:46PM]

Does not compute!

[Bernhard @ Nov 3rd 2008 7:03PM]

@ iEye

And you are just a bag of hurt anyway.

[BigD145 @ Nov 3rd 2008 8:11PM]

Definitely needs more touchscreen. What's up, Apple? Do you need someone to hold your hand through the process and show you how to do it?

[wickedpheonix @ Nov 3rd 2008 8:35PM]

that's what she said!

[brendan @ Nov 3rd 2008 10:09PM]

Really??? lets think for a bit... maybe (admit it) it is a mac with a picture of the windows 7 logo on the bottom... being viewed on full screen...
just a thought... but Go Apple

[Jonah @ Nov 30th 2008 5:26PM]

Hey guys.........
What's on every thread
Never shuts up
Doesn't go away
Leaves stupid posts
and is an Apple Fanboy???



Wait for it.....
Wait for it.....

annnnnddd....


ITS IEYE!!!!!

[Tubes @ Nov 4th 2008 1:27AM]

I prefer "Obama-nation", but to each his own :)

[Andy TGD @ Nov 4th 2008 5:28AM]

@Tubes

Ouch.

[iEye @ Nov 4th 2008 8:10AM]

"Wait for it.....
Wait for it.....

annnnnddd....


ITS IEYE!!!!"
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how drole...

[me @ Nov 3rd 2008 6:14PM]

haw-haw!

[Vander @ Nov 3rd 2008 7:16PM]

I see, this is how Macs can play games.

[ethana2 @ Nov 3rd 2008 8:33PM]

Macs don't need windows to play games.
Native games, WINE, Crossover Games, etc.
OSX sucks for a lot of reasons, but application compat isn't one that's fair.

[Barry @ Nov 3rd 2008 8:39PM]

Crossover in OS X + TF2 = me, stabbing my eyes out in frustration.

Native is the way to go, screwing around with WINE/emulation is crap.

[Ruben @ Nov 3rd 2008 8:42PM]

Awesome.

I'm going to get rid of Windows and play Far Cry 2, Dead Space, Fallout 3, etc. on a Mac or on a Ubuntu install.

At a staggering 2 fps. And that's if i manage to overcome the hurdle of installing it.

Get real. They cant even get Warcraft 3 working at anything but the lowest detail settings. For any real gamer, that is not an option. And considering Microsoft is already moving on to DX11, it will never be.

Those options are good for applications. They make no sense for modern games. And i can only play Half Life 2 so many times.

[PCIV @ Nov 3rd 2008 10:23PM]

Bad example. They just happen to have a Warcraft III for Mac.

[Achill3s @ Nov 4th 2008 7:31AM]

"Get real. They cant even get Warcraft 3 working at anything but the lowest detail settings. For any real gamer, that is not an option. And considering Microsoft is already moving on to DX11, it will never be."

I have a GMA950 (old MacBook) and i get 60fps+ on Warcraft 3 on both my Warcraft in bootcamp on Win7 and my Warcraft for Mac at all settings MAXXED. So STFU, since the new ones got Nvidia 9400s....

Oh btw DX11, also canceled until the windows os AFTER windows 7, which is approx 2010, so good luck!

[borland502 (SDF Macross) @ Nov 4th 2008 10:44AM]

"So STFU, since the new ones got Nvidia 9400s.... "

I'm not sure why some mac users get so defensive over gaming. It's your weakness, your kryptonite so to speak. Kudos that Apple finally decided to include a video card worthy of the price, but the OS[X] is still a limiting factor. Gaming is not Apple's focus in their laptop or dear god, their desktop line. I still kinda choke at a $3000 machine with a "8800 GT" max graphical option.

Apple's laptops are well regarded, as is their technical support. I'm not sure why you have to oppose the bleeding obvious fact that Macs are not gaming rigs. It's not the worst weakness in the world to have.

[Precurse @ Nov 4th 2008 10:57AM]

@Ruben

Achill3s is right.. I have a MacBook pro with Geforce 8600M chip (yes, the one that fails), and have had ZERO issues running Warcraft 3 @ 1920x1200 (EVERYTHING MAXED). I don't know what you're smoking - you may want to check the |.

The fact that Blizzard still supports the latest Mac OS' means a lot. Hell, all their games have OSX Installers that they released 10 years AFTER the game first went on sale as Win 95/Mac OS.. Starcraft with Leopard 10.5 is an exception (doesn't load with the latest pack), but this was a few months ago, and I'm sure they are looking at a fix.

kthxbai!

[raj @ Nov 3rd 2008 6:16PM]

is this that big of deal? I mean, shouldn't you be able to install Windows 7 on pretty much anything with good enough specs?

[Decoy @ Nov 3rd 2008 6:42PM]

Apparently W7 will run happily on a 1GHz Atom netbook with 512 ram (which is what Steve Sinofsky is demoing it on)

Heavy on the 'apparently'.

[James @ Nov 3rd 2008 6:55PM]

Yeah i really dont see what's so amazing about this. Microsoft doesnt limit their OS to a single manufacturers hardware.

[Andrew @ Nov 3rd 2008 7:36PM]

I didn't think it was all that big of a deal either or else I would have sent in a pic of my macbook doing the same, haha.

[Dani Reader @ Nov 3rd 2008 7:42PM]

@Decoy

what, so it's really really obvious?

[Decoy @ Nov 3rd 2008 9:05PM]

@ Dani

I'm putting it this way: They're claiming W7 will have lower spec reqs than Vista, and I'm taking that with a grain of salt until it's verified. IT would be a fantastic thing for a major OS release to underspec it's predessessor.

[anantha92 @ Nov 4th 2008 6:32AM]

It's just for the irony.

[Jeff @ Nov 3rd 2008 6:15PM]

You might want to check if the universe is imploding on itself.

[Ray @ Nov 3rd 2008 9:15PM]

The universe might not, BUT I SURE AM!!!

[bill @ Nov 4th 2008 9:56AM]

@Ray

So you finally got rid of that constipation problem. Good work, little man!

[VertoX7 @ Nov 3rd 2008 6:15PM]

Haha thats awesome!

[CUBSWILLWIN @ Nov 3rd 2008 8:18PM]

I say, I call this a big bag of hurt!

[Todd @ Nov 3rd 2008 6:15PM]

The Apocalypse is here! "....Dogs and cats living together...mass hysteria!"

[happy_penguin @ Nov 3rd 2008 6:27PM]

Next thing you know they'll want to get MARRIED!

[Dylan @ Nov 3rd 2008 6:31PM]

^^

Best "Off-Topic Comment of the Day" award should go to this guy.

[tha-don @ Nov 4th 2008 1:25AM]

oh, how i love ghostbusters....

[Angus Hedger @ Nov 3rd 2008 6:15PM]

Hahahah!! I did laugh, that was good, so very good =]

[Fernando @ Nov 3rd 2008 6:16PM]

glossy screen, bleah

[Karleigh @ Nov 3rd 2008 6:16PM]

But WHY?

[Anthony @ Nov 3rd 2008 7:20PM]

Why does anything ever happen?

Because somebody can =)

[Osman @ Nov 3rd 2008 7:58PM]

Because

[The Dude @ Nov 3rd 2008 6:17PM]

sacrilicious!
Best it'll ever run!

[E. Leigh @ Nov 3rd 2008 6:43PM]

You have effectively managed to confuse me:

Are you being clever by saying "sacrilicious!" as in "sweet!" (albeit ironically artificial)

Or did you mean "sacrilegious" as in "utterly wrong, wrong, wrong!"?

Is the sacrasm missing or there...or both...or...?

[DBrim @ Nov 3rd 2008 7:01PM]

Mmmm... sacralicious. *drool*

[balls @ Nov 3rd 2008 7:42PM]

I get jokes

[wildstar @ Nov 3rd 2008 8:33PM]

or is it craptacular