“It appears that the fans in Macs do indeed go on regardless of which OS is running, though there is apparently some concern about how the fans are regulated by software over time. Several commenters have pointed out that even in some earlier Mac models, running non-Apple OSes (i.e., Linux) could result in the fans running constantly, due to a lack of Apple power-management software. So, the good news seems to be that, no, XP won’t melt your Mac. The bad news? Your fans may whirr constantly, causing a bit of noise pollution, and possibly draining your batteries before their time if you’re using a MacBookPro,” Engadget’s Marc Perton reports.
Full article here.
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Meltdown Warning: Windows XP on Intel-based Macs lacks fan driver – March 20, 2006
One more reason not to use Windows.
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as evident in all the comments from the last article:
we already knew this.
Open the windows, turn on the fan, clear out the smell.
not to mention this won’t be a problem if you own a fan-less apple model
g4 cube, etc.
” . . . but the fan may never stop running.”
Yeh-heh-hehehesssss. This headline kind of reminds me of one of Microsoft’s many mottos:
“Windows. The viruses never stop coming!”
since when is G4 cube an intel mac?
wow… people really don’t get sarcasm on this site.
I feel for you sputnik.
No seriously, seriously — this whole fan thing and de way they constantly run got me to thinking: I guess that if you run Windows on a Mac you’re at least finally running an OS for which de sucking is required!
Yeh-heh-hehesssssssssssss.
Dank: “not to mention this won’t be a problem if you own a fan-less apple model g4 cube, etc.”
Welcome back from your Antartic vacation. Just to catch you up on the news of the last few months, Apple is now shipping Intel based Macintoshes and someone managed to get Windows to run on them. No word yet on the status of the rumored Intel G4 Cube yet though.
Dank, that didn’t seem like sarcasm to me either. I think you’re just trying to cover up a brain fart.
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Sounds like a pane to me. I’ll bet that the Open Sores Community can fix this.
Dank: Not everyone. I live for good sarcasm!
Where are the trolls on this revamped headline? C’mon MacDude, Pornstar, and MacHead… come out from under your bridges and fight!
Remember how Steve said that a version of OS X has been able to run on intel since the beginning?
What he didn’t mention is that each chip has been able to run windows since the beginning too… even back to the Motorola years.
It has been the plan to switch windows all along! Like you guys say, Steve isn’t stupid, and he knows a better software system when he sees one.
I have a g3, g4, and a g5 all running windows. And you know what? With the vastly superior windows OS, the macs aren’t actually that bad. Their costumer support really sucks though. Thats why I prefer my Dells.
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I’m with Dank!
This won’t be an issue if you roll with a Commodore64 either.
Well, it is true that there was a version of Windows NT for the PowerPC, way back when. It would be quite a job to run that on any Mac, though.
As far as I know, no version of Windows ran natively on any 68000 series processor.
Cool – now my Mactel will run just like my old Lombard Powerbook – the fan never stopped blowing on that thing.
Your Newton will also stay pretty quiet, I believe.
If you run Windows on your Mac, I hope you kill the batteries or fan motors. Linux users, at least you’re not using Windows.
You guys are idiots. Fan-less as in no one liked it. It had no fans. There were no fans of the G4 Cube. G4 Cubes have no fans. Fan-less. Get it now?
If your going to imitate Spudnik you should at least do it right.
once again Dank has failed — everything he’s ever tried.
RS,
I don’t get what you are saying. What do you mean?
I’d be more worried about it melting my brain.
PowerPC Mac here
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It’s probably not wise to run a alternate operating system with no fan driver control on Mactel laptops for very long.
It will just shorten the life of the fans and drain your battery too fast.
Just make sure you pick up AppleCare, that way your covered for three years.
After three years you’ll need a new laptop anyway, if you haven’t dropped the dam thing by then.
Macdude, when you drop a MacBook, it decelerates gently and hovers a safe three inches off the ground. Everybody knows that.