“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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The problem I have with boot camp is that it requires restart to use the other operating system. With Parallels software, it runs in a window, and multiple operating system virtualizations can be running at the same time (granted you have the disk space and RAM).
Parallels looks great. Has anyone installed/tried it out?
Very simple idea, to ‘hook people on crack’ give ’em a sample
to ‘hook people on Mac’ give ’em a sample
Apple will NEVER beat microsloth, because the sheep people really aren’t that smart. But, every 1% market share equates to something like $500 million dollars for Apple. So, don’t beat ’em, join ’em. Dual-boot until you get the balls to make a choice. One by one, one by one, one by one.
the really funny thing is, yes, twenty years later, crack is STILL around. Never underestimate people will make the wrong choices in life, wait, am I talking about crack or Windows ? eh, BOTH