News for Thursday, 16 March 2006

XP on MacIntel: "and the winner is.... narf2006!" [updated]

By linathael. Original by Lionel - 16/03/2006 11:01:05 CET - Category: Mac Intel

After some doubts and some times required to repeat the procedure by beta testers, it is now official: the contest organized by Onmac is now closed, meaning that someone has successfully developed a way to install and boot WinXP on a MacIntel.
If Onmac website does not provide any information regarding the procedure to perform such installation, we have learned that it will be soon available as an Open Source project. We will of course follow this story, and we will support this "bidouille" as much as we can.
[Update] Additional information and speculations:
It is possible to find on the net, reports from beta testers who have successfully applied the procedure to their own MacIntel. The iMacIntel 17" as well as he MacBook Pro have been "WinXP-certified", only the ATI drivers for the Radeon 1600 are missing. The MacIntel mini is also fully certified. Only the iMacIntel 20" is not fully validated with WinXP.
Technical details of the procedure are not known; but one could speculate that the success could be linked to the following initiative that has been launched on March, 12th 2006 and named : BAMBIOS (Legacy (BIOS-Based) Booting on the Intel-Based Macintosh), a micro EFI software emulating a BIOS.
The first version of the procedure is available for download here

Free Apple training for the Intel switch

By Greg. Original by Lionel - 16/03/2006 08:09:12 CET - Category: Apple

Cuppertino is more than eager to support a quick transition toward the Intel platform, and it shows!
In order to help developers switch to Universal Binary, Apple proposes free seminars including a 3 hour training and the possibility to test your own softwares onsite.
These seminars are open to whoever has an account on the ADC - even a base one.
So watch your schedules now:
17 March 2006: Paris
20 March 2006: Milan
22 March 2006: Zurich
24 March 2006: Munich
27 March 2006: Cologne
29 March 2006: Berlin
03 April 2006: Oslo
05 April 2006: Copenhagen
07 April 2006: Stockholm
11 April 2006: Amsterdam
26 April 2006: London
There are still places available for tomorrow's one in Paris. It's first arrived, first served:
http://adcevents.apple.com/