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Change MOBO? POST BACK!

Sep 3, 2005 1:54PM PDT

Is it possible to change any aspects or chips and drives etc like the motherboard, to be able to wipe Mac OS X off of an Apple computer and then be able to create a clean and fresh install of Windows on it?

POST BACK!

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What is "post back"?
Sep 3, 2005 9:58PM PDT

Is that some step in the change of the motherboard?

What you may find is easier to do is to either swap the machine with some PC owner or to look into running Virtual PC.

Bob

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NO, Not going to work
Sep 3, 2005 10:17PM PDT

Other then by replacing the motherboard completely.

Don't worry. The POST will be BACK on Tuesday. The mailman is only taking Monday off

P

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Ah, that explains the POST.
Sep 3, 2005 10:27PM PDT

I was thinking about Power On Self Test and we may be talking about the POSTal service. In Canada, our POSTIES (the mail carriers) were cordial and never left the mail in a puddle of water.

Bob

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No, and
Sep 3, 2005 10:24PM PDT

If there was such a way, I'm not sure, judging by your previous posts that you have the necessary knowledge to perform such an operation.
Why the urge to get rid of OS X and replace it with Windows?

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