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So you’ve installed Mac OS X, the computer has restarted, and you’re left with the following when the computer tries to boot from the hard drive: b0 error What does this mean? Simply that the partition isn’t active. Why the MacOS installer doesn’t automatically set the partition as active (especially when it’s the only partition) [...]

I’ll admit it, I spent a good 20 minutes trying to figure this out before finally searching the web enough to find an answer. I already knew where all the firefox information (bookmarks, stored passwords, etc) was stored on the Windows side, but I had a heck of a time figuring out where these were [...]

As you may or may not be aware, Microsoft has something of an “open beta” going on for Windows Vista. Basically, a time limited version (good until mid 2007 I believe) known as “Release Candidate 1″ can be signed up for and downloaded for free from their website. Despite being called a “release candidate”, this [...]

In Part II, I performed the OS X installation, and noted a couple minor issues – keyboard and shutdown issues. A bit of an update though: I found that the sometimes the system will shut down fine – it seems hit and miss though, and I can’t really narrow down a cause. The second test [...]

Hopefully you’ve already read Part I of the experiment – if not, I suggest you do so now, as I’ll be picking up where I left off.

First, a little history… For years, there have been PC users who liked the Macintosh, but couldn’t simply “switch” for various reasons. Often, the reasons had to do with software that was available for Windows that wasn’t available for the Mac. Since many users “needed” Windows, their options were either to buy both, or simply [...]