*HP HDX18 Owners Lounge*

[Yarseyer]

But the point is that one is able to buy this from Staples, Best Buy at much lower costs when compared to the same specs via BTO..

Usually you get less value at retailers than BTO....

If these systems have the features you want then you get a good deal.

The low prices come from the mass prodution of one configuration with no customization options.

[Yarseyer]

I was just looking through the BIOS options and I was thinking that I would like to see an option on which hard drive to boot from.

Was thinking about playing with OS X and if I were to have an OS on each hard drive a BIOS option that allows me to pick which HD to boot from would make life so much simpler.

[vistabad]

If these systems have the features you want then you get a good deal.

The low prices come from the mass prodution of one configuration with no customization options.

Understandable..

When the HDX Dragon came out, Best Buy had them on display. So I went ahead and configured the exact same specs on HP's BTO and they were much cheaper through HP. What I figured was that retailers add about $300-400 ontop of what you could build yourself via BTO.

I am just stunned that lately I have seen better prices via retailer, that's all...

No biggy....as for the specs, no they don't suit me, I want BR drive, higher resolution display...

Decisions decisions........economy economy.....

[vistabad]

I was just looking through the BIOS options and I was thinking that I would like to see an option on which hard drive to boot from.

Was thinking about playing with OS X and if I were to have an OS on each hard drive a BIOS option that allows me to pick which HD to boot from would make life so much simpler.

Wow, there's no option to set which harddrive is active?

I too want OS X on my HP. In fact, more and more PC vendors are supporting OS X...you just have to go out of your way to put it on...

Ever since OS X worked on Intel and Apple started supporting Windows hardware via bootcamp, it's all interchangable...

[pdx-alpha]

Wow, there's no option to set which harddrive is active?

I too want OS X on my HP. In fact, more and more PC vendors are supporting OS X...you just have to go out of your way to put it on...

Ever since OS X worked on Intel and Apple started supporting Windows hardware via bootcamp, it's all interchangable...

A bootloader on the primary drive is enough to load an OS from either drive. The BIOS probably chooses the first drive with an MBR, so it could be either. Point is, though, you only need one bootloader for any number of OSes.

For example, I'm sure a lot of us here use the GRUB bootloader to load Linux and Windows - all it's doing is choosing a bootable partition. Easy as pie.

[vistabad]

A bootloader on the primary drive is enough to load an OS from either drive. The BIOS probably chooses the first drive with an MBR, so it could be either. Point is, though, you only need one bootloader for any number of OSes.

For example, I'm sure a lot of us here use the GRUB bootloader to load Linux and Windows - all it's doing is choosing a bootable partition. Easy as pie.

Interesting, I never messed around with the bootloader, I'm not brave enough even if it may be easy to do.

If you can load OS X on your HDX 18t, I am buying an 18t TOMORROW....

Let's face it, Leopard is a beautiful and easy to use interface. Just don't set it to update automatically or it may break on the next update.

[pdx-alpha]

Interesting, I never messed around with the bootloader, I'm not brave enough even if it may be easy to do.

If you can load OS X on your HDX 18t, I am buying an 18t TOMORROW....

Let's face it, Leopard is a beautiful and easy to use interface. Just don't set it to update automatically or it may break on the next update.

Well, you'll need the "fixed" version of OSX, and I'm not sure if it supports x64... although I have a Mac Pro running on 64-bit Xeons sitting next to me, so I guess it's a matter of whether or not it's only hacked for x86 systems. Or I guess you could just run x86.

[vistabad]

Well, you'll need the "fixed" version of OSX, and I'm not sure if it supports x64... although I have a Mac Pro running on 64-bit Xeons sitting next to me, so I guess it's a matter of whether or not it's only hacked for x86 systems. Or I guess you could just run x86.

Ohhh!!

I almost bought the new Macbook the other day but I just couldn't pull the trigger.

Can you right click with your mouse on OS X?

OS X running on HP 24" monitor with HP hardware would be HOT!!!

[vistabad]

Well, you'll need the "fixed" version of OSX, and I'm not sure if it supports x64... although I have a Mac Pro running on 64-bit Xeons sitting next to me, so I guess it's a matter of whether or not it's only hacked for x86 systems. Or I guess you could just run x86.

By the way, Snow Leopard sounds really promising....

I like how they are making it easier for software developers to access a new API that would take care of all the multitasking/multi-cores on a system.

I pray that Windows 7 will be just as good....Windows 7 will be the last OS to support 32bit software...

[pdx-alpha]

Ohhh!!

I almost bought the new Macbook the other day but I just couldn't pull the trigger.

Can you right click with your mouse on OS X?

OS X running on HP 24" monitor with HP hardware would be HOT!!!

Yes, I use a two-button mouse on my Mac, which happens to have a 30" cinema HD screen, and it's very nice

Windows 7 will be the last OS to support 32bit software...

I have no idea where you heard that but it's completely wrong. Running 32-bit applications will always be important for legacy and performance reasons. Sometimes 32-bit mode is faster, especially when you don't need 64-bit memory addresses for certain applications. This is why most 64-bit OSes still run 32-bit core services, because that's all they need.