Have you tried: http://localhost:8000/public

Go into your config\app.php file and set 'debug' => true. Then reload the page. This will give you a more detailed error message. Is the database running or configured?

Buy a Mac ;-) he he

• In htdocs create a folder called laravel
• Download laravel from github
• Copy contents to this folder
• run composer install open your htaccess file and make it look like this:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    <IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
        Options -MultiViews
    </IfModule>

    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /laravel/public/

    # Redirect Trailing Slashes...
    RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]

    # Handle Front Controller...
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
</IfModule>

open your browser and type: localhost/laravel/public
Or your localhost name.