Apple ‘Get a Mac’ web page pushes Parallels Desktop instead of Apple’s own Boot Camp

18 years ago

“I can’t even find Apple’s own Boot Camp mentioned on the ‘you can even run Windows’ page of Apple’s Get a Mac site – surprisingly, it’s Parallels Desktop that has the spotlight now,” David Chartier writes for The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW).

Chartier asks, “Could Apple be giving Boot Camp the back seat in favor of the no-rebooting convenience of Parallels Desktop? Or might Parallels be working with Apple on virtualization (or a buyout) for the upcoming Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard?”

Full article here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “jk,” “LinuxGuy” and “Cathy” for the heads up.]

MacDailyNews Take: Indeed, Apple’s “You can even run Windows software” page of the company’s “Get a Mac” web section eschews Boot Camp in favor of Parallels Desktop for Mac. We always thought Parallels had better hurry up and make their money quickly now, before Leopard debuts. But, what if Apple’s working with Parallels to include the technology in Mac OS X Leopard? What do you think?

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