Re: OT: Re: it's all true
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?
_______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
Applescript-users mailing list (email@hidden)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
This email sent to email@hidden