pcworld.com— Two worlds will collide in 2006, producing the first systems capable of running both Windows and Mac OS. (Maybe.)
Nov 7, 2005View in Crawl 4
"Why would you pay for mac hardware prices to essentialy get the same thing you can throw togeather for a third of the price?"Becasue something you can "throw together" runs windows (sucks) and will not have osx and all the iApps as well as the amazing design of an apple computer. BUT if needed, for gaming, etc, you have the option to boot up a win partition... Thats why. Also, a third of the price of a mini is 166.00...what can you "throw together" for that price?????
"Excuse the stupidity, but why wouldn't it be possible? I know Apple will lock OSX down to a Mac, but what would stop people from installing Windows on one?"Because I'm sure it won't have a standard BIOS... Out of curiosity, what would be the business case for Apple to allow you to also install Windows? It doesn't make sense. Apple makes money off their software, too, so they want to make sure you're using OS X.
I a multi OS user (50%Win,45%OSX,5%Linux). I do everything from web design (Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash), Video (AfterEffects, iMovieHD), web development(PHP & SQL), business apps (Office, iWork, QuickBooks), gaming (WOW, DoomIII, BF2), and home uses (Email/Browsing, Blogging, iPhoto, Picasa2, iTunes, DVD/CD burning) across my PCs and MAC. More often than not I find myself wishing my PC was more like my MAC. The only thing that I wish for while on my MAC is games, but since I can run WOW on either from the same install CDs that hasn't really bothered me lately.Now the option to be able to run all three of my OS on one portable is very appealing to me.
sfacetsNov 8, 2005
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mr804Nov 8, 2005
how about a port of Cedega to OSX intel so I can play games? I think it'd be pretty worth while for the 2 games I play which both work on Cedega 5.
pierreNov 8, 2005
"Why would you pay for mac hardware prices to essentialy get the same thing you can throw togeather for a third of the price?"Becasue something you can "throw together" runs windows (sucks) and will not have osx and all the iApps as well as the amazing design of an apple computer. BUT if needed, for gaming, etc, you have the option to boot up a win partition... Thats why. Also, a third of the price of a mini is 166.00...what can you "throw together" for that price?????
stealthboyNov 8, 2005
"Excuse the stupidity, but why wouldn't it be possible? I know Apple will lock OSX down to a Mac, but what would stop people from installing Windows on one?"Because I'm sure it won't have a standard BIOS... Out of curiosity, what would be the business case for Apple to allow you to also install Windows? It doesn't make sense. Apple makes money off their software, too, so they want to make sure you're using OS X.
friedgeekNov 8, 2005
I a multi OS user (50%Win,45%OSX,5%Linux). I do everything from web design (Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash), Video (AfterEffects, iMovieHD), web development(PHP & SQL), business apps (Office, iWork, QuickBooks), gaming (WOW, DoomIII, BF2), and home uses (Email/Browsing, Blogging, iPhoto, Picasa2, iTunes, DVD/CD burning) across my PCs and MAC. More often than not I find myself wishing my PC was more like my MAC. The only thing that I wish for while on my MAC is games, but since I can run WOW on either from the same install CDs that hasn't really bothered me lately.Now the option to be able to run all three of my OS on one portable is very appealing to me.
stkdNov 8, 2005
Many people are already running OSX and Windows alongside each other.www.osx86project.com(Sue me, I'm involved...)
gnatinatorNov 9, 2005
I want my osx-windows-linux triple boot already
oktoNov 9, 2005
Old news. No digg.