osx86project.org — While Apple's "Boot Camp" may be a shot across the bow of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer won't be throwing any chairs over this one. Yet. The OSx86 Project has some good analysis of what the news means for us all.
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goodbrainApr 5, 2006
I've wanted a Mac for home to play with. I've wanted a laptop too, but want to be able to run windows on it. I haven't been able to justify either purchase individually though. It's a lot easier to think about if I can combine the two. Now I can.So yeah, It's easy for me to see why this might sell a Mac that wouldn't otherwise sell.Once the towers come out, I bet this will be a big selling point for people who'd like a mac, but also love to game. Now they can have a mac, but also run all the PC only games they want.
hungryhaneyApr 5, 2006
Hey Peter, have you forgotten to take your meds again? Remember last time you did, when your euphoria quickly turned into a hard-hitting depression?Being an electrical engineer I am pretty agnostic about hardware platforms and Operating Systems, best tool for the job philosophy and all. I doubt neither of the companies will be affected by any of this much, but that is just an assumption on my part.The predictions and assumptions being made in the parent post are really hilarious though. Seems to me more like wishful thinking.Thanks z4n3, you made me laugh :-)
agjimenezApr 5, 2006
From apple.com:"Even after installling the Macintosh Drivers CD, the Apple Remote Control (IR), Apple Wireless (Bluetooth) keyboard or mouse, Apple USB Modem, MacBook Pro's sudden motion sensor, MacBook Pro's ambient light sensor, and built-in iSight camera will not function correctly when running Windows."
tarouszarsApr 5, 2006
I have to strongly disagree with Dr. Who. As I want to use OS X. I've met many people who wanted to give it a try, but couldn't because they had an app or 2 that they HAD to use, and it was Windows only. I also know people who switched to Windows from OS X. None of them did it because they didn't like OS X, but because they wanted to game, or needed to use 1 or 2 windows only programs. If any of them could have bought a computer that could do both they would have.I'm stoked about this for work. We publish OS X and Windows software. I could double my hardware replacement cycle if I only had to buy 1 new machine instead of 2.I see this as a huge benefit to apple.
audi100quattroApr 5, 2006
ty, tarballThe only thing argument you mac zealots have on your side now, is the fact that Apple is still a design company, as techdirt mentioned. And design is, well, in the eye of the beholder. Not paying IBM to further develop power processors was a huge mistake, which lost Apple the moniker of marching to a different dummer and of being an architecture company as well. I have no interest in buying fancy Dell's, when I could assemble a machine that does much more, in a lian-li case for just as much if not less. I'm getting my hands on a old ibook or a powerbook, they should be cheap now :) Like everyone else, I wouldn't mind dualbooting OSX on my opteron, and running it outside PearPC. OSX is and will always be the next best Unix based OS alternative to Windows, when it comes to everyday use and compatibility. It's amazing Apple hasn't realized this.
audi100quattroApr 6, 2006
Remember those commercials Apple did for the launch? What's an Intel chip doing inside a mac? way more than it's ever done inside a PC.... Look ma, Windows on a mac! somebody is being a %$#ing hypocrite!Somebody tell me when there are screenshots out for windows 98 and 95 on a dual core Mac. I have lost all respect for Apple, I won't even bother with mac zealots. PowerBooks are where it's at, luckily it took 14 yrs. (92-06) for Apple to become Applesoft and make Mactel's.
shultzy055Apr 6, 2006
who ever said anything about apple supporting it.....