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Re: OT: Re: it's all true
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Re: OT: Re: it's all true


  • Subject: Re: OT: Re: it's all true
  • From: "John C. Welch" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 17:55:32 -0500
  • Thread-topic: OT: Re: it's all true

On 6/14/05 17:38, "Christopher Nebel" <email@hidden> wrote:

>> I've seen this issue mentioned nearly everywhere but I don't
>> understand why would anyone pay good money for a Mac and then ruin
>> it by running Windows on it? Only those who like the hardware
>> design but don't like OS X but does Apple care? if you run Windows
>> they still get a hardware sale out of it.
>
> "Ruin" is, of course, a value judgement. =)  Most people interested
> in running Windows on a Mac (natively, mind you, not in Virtual PC)
> are dual-booting, which is an unusual but not completely insane
> tactic if for some reason you need to use both OSes, but are
> unwilling to buy two boxes to do it.  (Space, expense, data
> sharing...)  Virtual PC is, in most cases, a superior solution, but
> there you are.
>
> However, there really are people who want to run Windows full-time on
> a Mac just because they like Apple's hardware design better than any
> of the PC manufacturers'.  (I know one personally, in fact.)  I think
> they're sort of nuts, but hey, it still counts as a hardware sale.

Actually, I'm hoping that VMWare comes through for Mac users. Being able to
create virtual machines that are running Mac OS X & Windows *at the same
time* on Mac hardware would.not.suck, and would be of HUGE value to IT
types, especially when testing system scripts or dealing with the vagaries
of Open Directory.

--

Q: How was your first marriage terminated?
A: By death.
Q: And by whose death was it terminated?


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