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If you've used XOM you need to boot from the OS X DVD and repartition your HDD to a single free space section.

Then reinstall OS X, and run the updater. Something to do with what the XOM does to the partition table as I understand.

Yes.

And the sound uses the internal speakers, switch to the intel drivers from the xom wiki if you want to use external speakers.

thanx, backing up my stuff right now :D

What would be even more interesting to know is if Apple intend to maintain this product, to have it support Windows Vista in the future, now that Vista won't support EFI on release either. Because when DirectX 10 only games start arriving (and many will want to use this solution to play Windows games, with the Mac for the desktop OS and "business" apps), then you'll need Vista anyway thanks to Microsoft's infinite wisdom.

Anyway, it goes without saying it's great news for any Mac users interested in running basically any and all current software for Windows XP at native speed. It also opens for interesting benchmarks such as how Photoshop will perform on XP vs on the Intel Mac version on identical hardware and all emulation bits out of the picture.

If this is going to be possible with Vista too in possibly a soon upcoming version, with proper drivers, then my next system could very well be a Mac. :) Right now I'm a bit doubtful though, because I don't want to purchase that whole thing now and be busted for the very first DX10 game arriving. Sure, it'll take a while and they'll likely first be compatible with DX9, but even if it takes 2 years or so, 2 years from now would be quite a short lifetime for a system. :(

Edited by Jugalator

If it's true and this thing isn't Windows XP SP2 bonded people should try to install the latest Windows Vista beta on it and see if it works. If it doesn't I'm sure Apple will update their product in time for Windows Vista's launch, and by the looks of it they have all the time in the world for that. :laugh:

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