usedHONDA Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 I didn't really think this was worthy for the General Discussion area, so I posted it in the Overflow. Maybe later, It will become a tutorial Day one: I search for a fast and most of all free emulator. I found Q [kju]. Q is an early stage emulator for Mac. It supports XP, 2k, 99, 95, Linux, and anything else you can throw at it. **DOWNLOADED** Now, hoping to get right on windows, I realize that there is no hope for that. I look at their forum for help. None. I decided to download one of the non-windows wannabes that only take 20MB. **DOWNLOADED** I "turn on the PC", and find that it stinks. Slow. Very. Very. Very. Slow. **COMMAND+DELETE** Day two [actually about a week later]: Back on the search, I decided that I want to get win2k instead of XP, due to the slow performance on the other one. I found a [legal] website with installation disk images for win2k (at bootdisk.com). **DOWNLOADED four floppy images** Started Q up Made a new PC with roughly 3000MB of space that is supposed to run win2k. I set it to boot from a floppy disk image. I saw the blue screen I was hoping for. I'm installing win2k.... "Insert floppy disk one"... "Insert floppy disk two"... "Insert floppy disk three"... "Insert floppy disk four"... "*Loading Windows 2000 Professional*"... "To install Windows 2000 now, hit ENTER"... "Please insert the CD-ROM labled 'Windows 2000 Professional Setup CD-ROM' in drive 'B' and hit ENTER" ... ... **PROBLEM** I don't have a CD image. Day 3: BLANK BLANK BLANK BEEP BEEP BEEP[half illegal stuff] Day 4: Turn Q on again. Turn on my "third attempt" PC "Windows 2000 Professional Setup" **30 minutes later** "Please wait while Setup copies files to the Windows 2000 Installation folder. This may take several minutes to complete." Current status: Wow. Colors on Macs are different from Windows. Quote "The greatest thing about the Internet is that you can write anything you want and give it a false source." ~Ezra Pound twtr | dA | tmblr | yt | fb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 You know, by installing windows 2000 you'll be stuck with Paint.net version 2.72. Right? Quote Click to play: Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and how about a Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedHONDA Posted January 11, 2007 Author Share Posted January 11, 2007 I know, but XP would take up too much space and it would go a lot slower. Day 5: I am now setting up win2k!!!! **PAT ON THE BACK** The computer is still slow as heck, but faster than the impostor and manageable. I have just set up the language (well not really, because English is the default language). Keyboard is now set up. User and Organization is now filled out as "John Doe" and "a BIG one" **PROBLEM** My serial code doesn't work. Current status: [screenshot coming soon...] Quote "The greatest thing about the Internet is that you can write anything you want and give it a false source." ~Ezra Pound twtr | dA | tmblr | yt | fb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zacariem Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Made a new PC with roughly 3000MB of space that is supposed to run win2k. I don't get how you can 'make a new PC' with 3000MB. Your PC has to phisically have 3000MB...........sorry if I'm missing something I'm thinking of going down the Mac road and all this is reeeaaaly interesting :shock: !!! Zacariem 8) Quote They said we couldn't fly. We did. Anythings possible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illnab1024 Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Emulators use iso/img files as virtual hard disks. Yes it does take up the actual size unless the emu can handle it compressed. Quote ~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedHONDA Posted January 11, 2007 Author Share Posted January 11, 2007 Its only 2.9296875 Gigabytes. And I have over 140 after my Mac tune-ups EDIT: It is compressed, so it would be about less than 2.5 (Macs are the masters of compressed files). Quote "The greatest thing about the Internet is that you can write anything you want and give it a false source." ~Ezra Pound twtr | dA | tmblr | yt | fb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zacariem Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Since were on the Mac subject..... I'm wanting to get a iBook (as cheap as possible!) and I'm hoping to be able to do the same thing as usedHONDA with 'Q', since I'll be wanting to use PDN and other windows only programs. I'm looking at this specific iBook, (but any other suggestions will be great!). I'll probably be using it for listning to my music, PDN (obviously!), recording music on Audacity, and some 3D rendering in Blender3D. Do you think that Mac and windows will be too slow, or does anyone have any other suggestions??? Thanks a lot Zacariem 8) Quote They said we couldn't fly. We did. Anythings possible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picc84 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 I'm confused, did you get it to work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Zacariem, I'm confused. Why do you want to buy a Mac when all the software you want to use runs on Windows? You could get a DELL laptop for much less than a mac. (Send me half the difference and we'll both be happy.) Quote Click to play: Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and how about a Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Wait for the mono guys to complete the port and buy a Linux box. Quote No. Way. I've just seen Bob. And... *poof!*—just like that—he disappears into the mist again. ~Helio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedHONDA Posted January 17, 2007 Author Share Posted January 17, 2007 Unfortunately, this is turning into a flop. I rebooted the "PC" and it took about 10 minutes to restart the win2k setup. Then, I reach the Product key area and it still doesn't work. In the next day, I create a new PC with more than 10,000 MB in one drive and 1000MB in the other. And I'm now waiting for it to reinstall win2k. Then hopefully I will be able to go through the product key. @Zacariem: I think you mean I don't know if you should get one. I think you should wait until I can provide a good screenshot of pdn on my Mac. Or if you get Microsoft Virtual PC, you will be guaranteed a working pc with file sharing. Try this: http://www.zebracomputers.co.uk/virtual ... 33719.html Quote "The greatest thing about the Internet is that you can write anything you want and give it a false source." ~Ezra Pound twtr | dA | tmblr | yt | fb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zacariem Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 @ BoltBait It's only PDN that doesn't run on Mac, all the other programs do (sorry I didn't make myself clear in my other post :oops: ) Most people who use a computer for similar things that I do have said that Mac's are much faster, more reliable and end up with better results as a PC. @ usedHONDA Thanks I'll have a look at that......btw if I have any more questions I'll start a new topic (don't want to steel your thread lol ) Zacariem Quote They said we couldn't fly. We did. Anythings possible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainshadow Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 wow...O.O...i'm confused Quote Do not click! Time flies when you're eating a donut. My dA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedHONDA Posted February 3, 2007 Author Share Posted February 3, 2007 One day, I was at my parent's house. I stumble over a CD case. In it I find [ta da!] a CD. Its labeled "Windows 2000 Professional Installation CD". I now have it in my Mac hoping that it will work. I'm waiting as this annoying sound repeats over and over and over again. It sounds like a smaller, higher-pitched record scratching. It's going ssslllloooowwww. I don't want the computer to go into a suspended mode because that would stop the CD from running, witch would ruin the entire setup. EDIT: Its making a slightly different sound, now. Quote "The greatest thing about the Internet is that you can write anything you want and give it a false source." ~Ezra Pound twtr | dA | tmblr | yt | fb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faileas Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Actually.. On VMware, a standard XP install (on luna, royale, or royale noir - classic might be lighter) will install and run on 64 MB ram and about a gig or so of HDD space (i go for 4 gigs, dynamic). You could run it through nlite to make it lighter install spacewise -stripping out drivers and such as not needed. Considering PDN isn't too big, the amount of memory you need would be entirely dependant on the size of the images you work with. I believe VMware fusion has a free beta for mac... and it might be worth a shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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