OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...)

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Poll: Which one is the best operating system for you? This poll is closed.
Windows Vista	0%	0	0%
Chrome OS	0%	0	0%
OS X Mountain Lion	21.43%	6	21.43%
Windows 7	46.43%	13	46.43%
Linux Ubuntu	3.57%	1	3.57%
Windows XP	7.14%	2	7.14%
Linux Mint	10.71%	3	10.71%
Other	10.71%	3	10.71%
Total		28 vote(s)	100%

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OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...)

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RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...)

May 1, 2013 at 8:07 am

(April 30, 2013 at 3:56 pm)Tiberius Wrote: I don't have any misconceptions about hardware thanks. If you read the Wikipedia entry I linked to, you'll find that there are many different technical hacks that Apple used to prevent people from installing OS X on non-standard hardware.

It seems that the key feature that Mac OS X (Mountain Lion) seeks is the "Extensible Firmware Interface" (EFI), which must also include the presence of a HFS+ driver. The developers of the latest version of "Hackintosh" have emulated the EFI (which presumably includes emulation of the HFS+ driver). The hackers have developed two boot loaders that provide this emulation: PC EFI and Chameleon. Mountain Lion will not work on a computer that uses the BIOS firmware interface. Therefore, if BIOS is eventually superseded by EFI in all future desktop PCs (and includes a HFS+ driver), I can see no other reason why Mountain Lion would fail to install. What do you think?

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OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by Meylis Delano Lawrence - February 16, 2013 at 8:30 pm

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by Ryantology - February 16, 2013 at 9:29 pm

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by dg-pilz-e - February 16, 2013 at 9:37 pm

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by Tiberius - February 16, 2013 at 10:05 pm

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by Violet - February 18, 2013 at 2:18 pm

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by Angrboda - February 16, 2013 at 10:09 pm

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by catfish - February 16, 2013 at 10:10 pm

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by Forsaken - February 17, 2013 at 4:24 am

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by The Magic Pudding - February 17, 2013 at 7:02 am

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by Ryantology - February 17, 2013 at 7:21 am

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by Brian37 - February 17, 2013 at 7:29 am

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by LastPoet - February 17, 2013 at 7:32 am

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by Meylis Delano Lawrence - February 18, 2013 at 9:10 pm

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by Darth - February 17, 2013 at 7:35 am

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by pocaracas - February 17, 2013 at 7:51 am

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by The Magic Pudding - February 17, 2013 at 8:02 am

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by Tiberius - February 17, 2013 at 8:22 am

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by Psykhronic - February 17, 2013 at 2:37 pm

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by Gooders1002 - February 18, 2013 at 1:57 pm

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by Angrboda - February 18, 2013 at 2:31 pm

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by Quid - February 18, 2013 at 5:00 pm

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by naimless - February 24, 2013 at 7:03 pm

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by jstrodel - March 2, 2013 at 10:57 pm

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by Love - April 30, 2013 at 2:01 pm

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by Tonus - April 30, 2013 at 2:10 pm

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by Tiberius - April 30, 2013 at 2:49 pm

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by Love - April 30, 2013 at 3:08 pm

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by Tiberius - April 30, 2013 at 3:21 pm

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by Tonus - April 30, 2013 at 3:16 pm

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by Love - April 30, 2013 at 3:24 pm

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by Tiberius - April 30, 2013 at 3:56 pm

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by Love - April 30, 2013 at 4:52 pm

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by Tiberius - April 30, 2013 at 5:10 pm

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by pocaracas - April 30, 2013 at 6:03 pm

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by Love - April 30, 2013 at 5:22 pm

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by Love - May 1, 2013 at 8:07 am

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by Tonus - April 30, 2013 at 4:20 pm

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by Tiberius - April 30, 2013 at 4:24 pm

RE: OS Battle: which is the best? (OS X, Windows, Linux ...) - by pocaracas - April 30, 2013 at 4:57 pm

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