“To Macintosh purists, Apple’s release of software that allows its computers to run Microsoft’s Windows XP is a heretical development. Yet many also thought it was inevitable since Apple stunned the technology world last year by making computers with chips from Intel, a once-unthinkable notion,” Mike Yamamoto blogs for CNET. “Philosophical debates notwithstanding, the timing couldn’t be better for Apple from a business standpoint. Less than two weeks ago, Microsoft shot itself in the foot with its delay of Vista, the successor to XP, providing Apple with a golden opportunity to win over customers who might have been waiting for the next Windows operating system.”
“All this makes for a complicated mix of reactions among bloggers, at least in their initial take. Some are pleased that they can run more applications on a Mac, but many are simply disappointed that Apple is sanctioning what they consider the inferior work of its villainous rival,” Yamamoto writes.
Blog community responses in the full article here.
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This is looking like a better solution (for me).
My Responce: risky, brave, probebly brillient!
The times they are a changin.
Bloggers are stupid, annoying, and useless. Who cares?
Only people happy are already mac owners that miss windows xp, windows xp users are not interested in switching just to experience the same thing they are already using.
I can just imagine a married couple, not particularly computer literate, browsing the shelves of their local computer store. They spot a georgeous machine called an iMac, but are concerned because it’s interface looks so dramatically different to all the other boxes on display. When they ask what is different about this computer, they are told that it is more stable, secure, faster etc.. than the others because it runs a different OS.
BEFORE BOOT CAMP: the couple really like what they see, but are conserned that the ‘Mac’ will not work with the dousen or so software titles they have purchase since they were given an old dell a few years back. So they ask if the software is compatable. No, but this HP computer over here is… Miffed, they decide to buy the HP.
NOW WITH BOOT CAMP: the couple really like what they see, but are conserned that the ‘Mac’ will not work with the dousen or so software titles they have purchase since they were given an old dell a few years back. So they ask if the software is compatable. Yes, infact you can use it as an ordinary PC if you wish, and just keep your old software. OK, and they buy it. At home, they turn on their new toy, and fall in love with the beauty that is OS X, and find it so easy to use that they only actually boot into Windows half a dousen or so times to use old software before switching completely.
Apple is genious.
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I hope
George,
Many people will switch to the Mac platform since now they can still use those 1 or 2 Windows only available programs (e.g., Auto CAD) and use the Mac for everything else, including the Mac-only programs (iLife, Final Cut Studio, etc).
The days of ‘Apple will never do that’ are long over. Apple has superior hardware and software and they are going to do what it takes to get it in the hands of more people.
Apple knows us Mac users operate on a much longer replacement cycle than a windows buyer. Thus, we are not going to be the drivers of increased market share — that will be windows users.
So what are ways to get Windows users?
1 – Advertise like crazy and convince some.
2 – Give them a security blanket of being able to run windows while they adjust/transition.
The advertise option involves spending a ton of money (which Apple does have) but the route they’ve gone changes the argument. It is not which OS is better vs. which one do people know. It is a cheap Dull that only has one trick vs. Mac which can do the windows thing but offers so much more. Price objection is virtually eliminated.
“Only people happy are already mac owners that miss windows xp”
They wouldn’t put this much effort into making 3 people happy.
I’ve never needed Microsoft software yet and darn sure won’t in the future.
Look at Microsoft’s stock, its down, it simply means there wont be enough switchers buying xp software.
People named Tom Strong are stupid, annoying, and useless. Who cares?
“what they consider”???
No, “What IS”
I need 98; I keep a Celeron around just for that, so this developement is meaningless for me.
To use an analogy I’ve used before in this forum, in a similar, inane debate about “why does anyone need XP”, just because I have a Lexus doesn’t mean I still don’t need a POS Chevy pickup for carrying lawn sod or other messy hauling. No matter how great the Lexus is, it will never be used for, or good at, hauling 1,000 pounds of cargo.
People, an OS is only a tool. Some people need more than one tool to get things done. You match the tool to the job. OS X may be a titanium, perfectly balanced, wonderfully crafted tool, but at the end of the day a tool is all it is.
iSteve
You are so right, why spend a ton of money advertising on a dying medium (the telly) when you can get a whole ton of free advertizing via the online community, news sites, etc etc.
Plus this news even made it onto the BBC main news, that shows how all and sundry are just looking and waiting for Apple’s next move.
Classy, SJ just knows how to garner free press, nothing quite like it.
many are simply disappointed that Apple is sanctioning what they consider the inferior work of its villainous rival
Apple is just being realistic: We got the best hardware in the planet, the best OS, some pretty snazzy apps … what have we got to do to make these idiots switch?
Answer: Whatever.
Its not “heretical” its just really depressing.
In the grand scheme of things, this is nothing new for Apple. They’ve had Windows running on Macs since the System 8 days. This is the first time they’ve made that ability available on retail products.
This is neither Apple throwing in the OS towel, nor is it Jobs handing Ballmer his ass.
Apple is strong and very secure. They’re THE premier player in the tech world today. They’re the only company invigorating what would otherwise be a stagnant or near-dead industry. They can do what they want.
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Now more than ever.
– sharris –
I don’t know what planet you’re from, but in case you’re not already aware, Macs have been sold in Best Buys and Circuit Citys, and the reality is that if the couple asks for ANY information about the theoretical iMac they will be immediately told that this computer is more [too] expensive and that they don’t need to spend that much money so let’s move right to the bottom line – I’m gonna sell you a cheap black box that’ll do the same thing.
This is the world that we actually live in. In a retail store no sales person is even going to facilitate a person or persons who want to buy anything that has an Apple logo of any kind on it anywhere. This is a proven fact. In a store the whole dual-boot thing will be a total non-issue to anyone except the expert end user who won’t need anything from the sales crew except to know how much.
Bloggers are stupid, annoying, and useless. Who cares?
Bill O’Reilly, is that you?
I have used macs for over 17yrs, and although this is a great idea I can never see me installing windows on my mac.
Why?
Because everything is better in the Mac OS – I don’t rely on any app that is windows only, and if I did there is bound to be an open source Mac equivalent out there on the web selling for $20.
Great idea for APPLE though – the Mac OS market share is gonna explode!
“Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer”
Sun-tzu
It’s always been about Apple vs Micro$oft. But, Apple has always made the majority of their money on hardware.
A reminder that Micro$oft is a software company.
It should be about Apple vs Dell, HP, etc… on where the money is made…selling hardware. Now, at the same time, the playing field is level to compare OS’s, and Apple has a great opportunity to win the really vapor OS war that everybody has blown out of proportion.
Bottom line, it is all about survival and money to survive, and Apple makes money on hardware. No one wants the world to know about OS X more than I do, but, to do so, Apple has to get people to buy hardware, and this is the way to do it. Instead of seeing an OS X commercial, I now want to see a commercial that shows an Apple machine running both. Add Linux, and you’ve got the whole world as far as software is concerned. A race car that will also drive on all the back roads will appeal to even the dumbest PC worshippers if the word can get out to them.
if the couple asks for ANY information about the theoretical iMac they will be immediately told that this computer is more [too] expensive and that they don’t need to spend that much money so let’s move right to the bottom line – I’m gonna sell you a cheap black box that’ll do the same thing.
Hold on a sec. Don’t salespeople work on commission? Wouldn’t I make more commission on an iMac than on a cheap black box sale? Wouldn”t that make a salesperson more likely to sell iLife and the better security of a Mac system alongside the fact that it’ll run all the software the couple already owns?
I’ve never run into a salesperson who tried to sell me down to the cheapest sale.
How this Yamamofo guy is does not know the fact Next computer used Intel chip? And why should the technology world be stunned? May be he is an ignorant “ tech writer”.