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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Desktop Hardware
A "closer look" at the G5 for those who are interested.
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<blockquote data-quote="annoyed" data-source="post: 8590"><p><strong>G5 to PC</strong></p><p></p><p>I am a PC user.</p><p>I love my PC dearly, but if I can do what I would like to, the G5 has me drooling. I'm wondering if I can take the hard drive out of a G5, plug it into my PC, reformat it and install a windows (or linux) OS and run it on the G5. I believe, from what I've read, that I could reformat it and install the new OS, but my question is, will the G5 reject the new OS? I dont know anything about the Mac hardware, so there may be a piece I've already missed, but I cant be sure weather or not there is some integrated software on the Mac motherboard that wont integrate with Windows or Linux. Does anyone know one way or the other?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="annoyed, post: 8590"] [b]G5 to PC[/b] I am a PC user. I love my PC dearly, but if I can do what I would like to, the G5 has me drooling. I'm wondering if I can take the hard drive out of a G5, plug it into my PC, reformat it and install a windows (or linux) OS and run it on the G5. I believe, from what I've read, that I could reformat it and install the new OS, but my question is, will the G5 reject the new OS? I dont know anything about the Mac hardware, so there may be a piece I've already missed, but I cant be sure weather or not there is some integrated software on the Mac motherboard that wont integrate with Windows or Linux. Does anyone know one way or the other? [/QUOTE]
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