What jashman does when he doesn't study.

So while I was busily procrastinating on the weekend, it occured to me that I could waste my time by experimenting installing and running Mac OS X on my Windows XP, AMD 1700 box. What does this mean you say? How will this affect the slightly exciting, yet mundane life you lead? Why is jashman doing something like this? Why isn't he doing his certification study? Why are the office girls more attractive because you just can't have them?

Well the answers won't be found here I'm afraid. The only answer you'll get here is the answer to those 1st and 3rd questions, and incidentally the 4th. It means that I can run the operating system on Apple computers, on the Windows, and jashman is doing this because it's kinda geeky, and because he can. Muwahahha. And how did it turn out you ask? Yes I can hear you. And no, I really can't hear you if you just asked yourself that.

I did end up installing it correctly after 5 days of reading useless information and trial and error, but I finally did it. The 4-5 hour installation time was starting to get on my nerves. The elusive goal, elusive yet again. So I called my sister at around 4PM to kick off the process, so I hoped that when I got home it would be done. But alas, it was still going, installing Mac OS in Finnish, and Italian, and Chinese, and Dutch, and some other language I won't be able to read but installed it anyway in case some quarter-Finnish/quarter-Italian/quarter-Chinese/quarter-Dutch good looking girly geek just happens to knock on my door and profess their undying attraction to guys who install Mac on top of Windows.

Aaaaaanyway... after working out my issues with strange multi-racial background people knocking on my door, I saw a glimpse of that beatiful blue background that it has. The lovely gel icons that you eat like those starburst lollies. The whole sleekness of the interface it could just slide off the monitor. Ooh yeh, I'd finally done it.

It was running. Running slow, but running nonetheless. Non-functional but it looks good.







But then we all like things because they look good right? Even though they don't actually do anything.

I have been deciding whether to get a Mac Mini. I'd really like to get one and they're fairly cheap and provide most of the functionality you get on the higher spec Macs. Do get, or not to get; that is the question. Hmmm...