gearlog.com — Rumors have been brewing that Jobs and co. are taking steps toward allowing Windows apps to run on Macs. Now evidence has surfaced that Apple has begun the process toward doing just that!Is this the beginning of the end for Microsoft's juggernaut 95% market share?
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starmanjonesMar 29, 2006
>And who the hell upgrades motherboards? It's the elite, 5% power-user of the PC, a negligible consideration.upgrade the mother board is PC speak for its toast and i have to buy a new one. or... its lame and i need a new one so i can do stuff i want to.i have 10 year old macs running tiger. it runs them fine and runs faster than than my 3 ghz XP machine.
aznboi04kMar 29, 2006
and people were laughing at john c dvorak's article. look who's laughing now!
stalky14Mar 29, 2006
Hmmm. I hope Apple doesn't end up with a "Commodore 128" -style situation. The C128 had the much more powerful 128 mode, but had a 100% compatible C64 mode too. Hardly anybody ended up developing for the 128 mode because despite being inferior, the 64 mode offered a much bigger market share (all 128's plus all 64's).
makoiyiMar 29, 2006
yeah Microsoft is going soft, but being a mac man, an OS that runs mac and windows (a joint venture would be sick awsome), will really be the cornerstone for better technology, the open source of windows combined with the functionality and slickness of the mac = better functionallity, maybe a great looking OS and an open source that will inspire a new generation of programmers to create the "next gen", yeah what the heck is the next generation, that's the thing, we don't know...anyhow, I think really the potential for a faster mac and windows OS is going to be great
jedigerApr 5, 2006
The problem is that once Apple allows Windows software, they inherit all of Window's problems, a.k.a. viruses and bugs. The other problems include adopting windows drivers for Mac hardware, and since Apple makes their own parts, they would have to supply the drivers. While this is a great idea, it is also the de-evolution of the personal computer. What may have become two entirely different platforms have now converged to intel. Will we see AMD chips being used by future Apple computers? Will we see it become easier to add parts to your Apple? Part of Apple's reliability lies with the fact that they don't allow many third-party parts. Once they step into the world of driver complications, it will be all over for the possibility of two different computer species...
bluefox48Apr 7, 2006
End of Microsoft's Market share? Not sure if anyone remembers, but Microsoft actually saved Apple a few years back (before iPod and iMac) from going under. Why? Because the second Apple would have gone under, Microsoft would have had a Monopoly, and all hell would have broke loose.Also, it was already announced that Windows XP and Vista will run on the Mac. If you purchase the newer Mac's with the Intel chips and OS X Tiger, you can now load XP with a patch available from Apple. It works like a common dual bootable system.I'm a huge Apple fan, made the PERMANENT switch from Windows XP to Mac OS X a few months ago and loving it. Yes, I do have a few programs that I would like to run on Mac, but if it means compromising the stability and integrity of the Mac, then no thanks. I didn't buy a Mac so I could be the same as everyone else. I wanted a change, something different. That's the reason to get a Mac. To leave the stale, unappealing Windows environment for a different approach to computing. I would rather throw away the $2000 worth of programs then get another "This program performed an illegal operation" dialog box every 5 minutes.
ssampsonMay 30, 2006
Apple OSX vs XP and PPC vs x86Geez... I am SO tired of these arguments....I STILL have my 2nd Apple - My first died a few years back. My SECOND Apple still works - with it's 110/300 baud modem modified to be autodial via phone guts an a 4 bit annunciator built into the Apple's game port and some TTL chips for fun.... It beat the heck out of the PDP-8E I began my career on...but heck... Times change...Apple was great - open architecture - you could buy all sorts of third party add-ons - or build your own - and then the problems began.... The more third party additions led to more compatibility issues and tweaking was always something left to the geeks of the day (I guess that would be me - hehe)So Apple closed up the architecture and IBM ignored patent infringements for years (and then later cashed in for HUGE $$ for those who remember), the results were simple. As people wanted cheaper stuff, the x86 architecture took over and brought MS along for the ride - The truth is that BOTH the Apple Architecture and x86 Architecture (and their related OS) have their advantages and disadvantages. Apple products have enjoyed stability due to the very limited number of third party vendors when compared to the x86 environment. The fewer combinations, the fewer problems. That is just common sense. I remember in the mid 90's when PPC products appeared for a sort while (UMAX et al) - ie Apple clones - There were SO many issues that the whole idea fell apart. There is NO doubt that Apple makes GREAT ROCK SOLID hardware (ignoring the first iMACs - hehe) - Apple ALSO has made GREAT user friendly environments for USERS....But...Until OS X - from an enterprise point of view - MS and x86 environments (when compares to OS 9 and earlier) were MUCH easier to manage and were MUCH more robust environmentally - In mixed platform enviroments, Apple was a nightmare - especially when Appletalk was it!! - the UNIX accessability in OS X narrows this gap...As for the GUI - I like both for different reasons - Although I use MS products much more than Apple now, I can honestly say there are things in both I like AND dislike - The reason I use MS more?? - Simple - My work demands it and frankly I am fine with it - At home I have everything from BeOS to Solaris etc etc (frankly I think xwindows SUCKS but that is for another day...) - XP is VERY easy to use - in fact all MS OS have been easy to use - Even DOS for its day - granted a GUI is always nicer - hehe - but i NEVER got this thing that somehow Apple OS have ALWAYS been easier to operate - sure early on wit the first Macintosh vs DOS, but since???? - Huh???- I find it JUST as hard to convert an Apple user to MS as it is to convert an MS user to Apple - Users are Users - If it wasn't for users, computers would NEVER fail - heheAs for hardware reliability.... I have x86 Systems that never need to be shut off - one in particular ran SETI on NT 4.0 (command prompt) for 6+ years and was NEVER shut off (what was that about PCs always crashing?? - OK - I won't defend the 9x products....)If you know WHAT you are buying you can buy reliable equipment - you get what you pay for - Buy good equipment and install the OS properly and you are fine - granted there is a LOT of whitebox crap... and Dell.... and.....As for Virus issues - if you are going to write a virus, are you going to write one that hits 95% of the market share, or....... ???There is NO system immune from the virus - MS has left themselves exposed more because of market share and, to be honest, releasing items occasionally before full regression testing (NT SP6 for eg became 6a very quickly) - but in this area MS is not unique either - the argument that Apple and Linux systems are IMMUNE is garbage - nonsense - rubish - give me your e-mail address and I will prove that one in a few seconds..... ;-) - TCO of Linux (and I DO use Linux) is actually HIGHER than MS - If I DO need support directly from MS (usually a couple of times a year - and i am NOT talking about home environments - I am talking about Enterprise environments) - I get it - I don't pay for it - and they work with you until it is SOLVED - Many clients are now returning to MS and eliminating Linux to reduce TCO, increase reliability and interoperability (and dispose of the Linux LDAP of the month club)Both are good - both have unique features that make them good...Both have limitations that make the other shine in some areas....I am going to grab a couple of Mini's for around the house - they rock - I am going to replace my T43 Thinkpad (GREAT machine) with a T63 next month (for the newer Core Duo 2.16) - and I will replace THAT with a MacBook (which I really like) if/when Leopard works as well as expected and Vista works on it with all the nifty features... (Vista is running great on the T43) - I would like to see a couple of additions to the MacBook - little things - not deal breakers, but... - but it is a wonderful machine - As for errors in windows.... - I find the SURE cure is to remove Norton/Symantec products - hehe - the first thing I do on a PC if they exist (no joke here - I am VERY serious) - once removed I would say an easy 80% of the time the issues go away..... - The remaninder can OFTEN (not 100%, but...) be related to the love of downloading crap from the internet - leaving security settings LOW (which MS used to do as a default which was a BAD idea) - and crappy add-on hardware with crappy drivers (again, the 1 million 3rd party hardware vendors issue) - (or maybe an old 3COM 3C509B - hehe)I fond also that MOST of the people that complain about PCs buy the cheapest crap around, get some guy in the back room to load on some pirated OS and Applications - they then go home and get on Kazaa (with NO Virus software loaded - or Norton - ) - download all sorts of garbage - check out Pron sites and click YES on the pop-ups that tell them thier computer is at risk from AIDS or something stupid(because the idiot that loaded the OS manually for some reason instead of using the OPK didn't disable that FEATURE) - yada yada yadaAnyway - I ramble - and it is 3am or something (???) - and by now I am SURE there are lots of people that want to put in their 2 cents and argue this - heheCHEERS
organikAug 13, 2006
Windows on a mac is certainly nothing new, and not very exciting. I jumped to dual boot via boot camp, and I use parallels workstation for a couple win only apps for my work. Basically using windows again (after several years away) has convinced me more than ever how much it sucks. The novelty of running XP on my MacBook Pro wore off REAL quick, but then again, I'm not a gamer. Also, this notion of people liking PCs because of upgradeability is silly. Most of my PC using friends do not upgrade, they just get a better computer. Most PC users are not building kick ass gaming machines, they're on the internet, IMing, or checking e-mail. That's it.I had serious computer problems back in the win98 days with an album project, switched to Mac, and never looked back. Anybody working in any creative capacity with computers should do themselves a big favor and switch. Ok, maybe I'm a mac zealot - I admit it. I just love 'em.