# Yeah, But Can You Run XP Or OS X On It?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-but-can-you-run-xp-or-os-x-on-it/265765>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 23, 2004, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-but-can-you-run-xp-or-os-x-on-it/265765 "2004-09-23T22:11:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-but-can-you-run-xp-or-os-x-on-it/265765/21 "2004-09-27T23:30:15Z")

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Cool - we got there quicker than Snopes. But I’m impressed they’ve already got the original picture. [http://snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp](http://snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp)

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**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-but-can-you-run-xp-or-os-x-on-it/265765/22 "2004-09-27T23:38:53Z")

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Way up in post #10, **Tuckerfan** already posted a link to the original picture.

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**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-but-can-you-run-xp-or-os-x-on-it/265765/23 "2004-09-27T23:42:21Z")

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Bugger.

:wally :wally :wally

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