Fast OS Switching on Intel Macs with 3 OS’s – YouTube
Mac mini Duo, running Parallels+Virtue Desktops, and Windows XP and RHEL 4 ES. Why on earth would people NOT buy a Mac!?!?
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Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows: Apple Boot Camp Review
Paul Thurrot, who sometimes seems so sane, yet at others seems totally lost to reality, writes…
“One might wonder why Apple would create such a thing. After all, with barely 2 percent of the market for computer operating systems, should Apple be trying to win market share for Mac OS X and not offer a way for Mac users to run Windows? Not exactly. Unlike Microsoft, Apple doesn’t actually make a lot of money directly from sales of its OS. Instead, Apple makes most of its money–even now, in the heady days of iPod supremacy–by selling computer hardware. So one might think of Boot Camp as a win-win. Apple wins because a much wider audience of users can now consider its Mac systems, secure in the knowledge that they can run Windows if they want to. Microsoft wins because these users will still be using–and paying for–Windows. And best of all, we as users win, too, because now we can have the best of both worlds: the elegance of Apple hardware coupled with Windows, the operating system that runs all those applications we want to run.
Some Mac users don’t see it that way. They’d like you to believe that Mac OS X is all anyone would ever need, and they’re actually quite a bit distressed that anyone would want to run Windows on a Mac. Get a life: This software will open up the world of Apple to a much wider audience and if OS X is as great as they think it is, surely some of those people will start spending time with OS X instead of Windows. I can’t really see the issue there.
That said, there are advantages to Macs. The hardware is undeniably gorgeous and well made. Apple offers great support, and there is a sense of community that occurs when you purchase a Mac that you just don’t get from Dell or HP. This extends from the knowing looks you get when you crack open an Apple laptop on the road to the almost smug feeling you get when you walk into an Apple retail store. You’re part of something, for better or worse.
One other thing to consider is the alternative. Now that Apple’s operating system runs on Intel hardware, what’s to stop the company from letting users install Mac OS X on any PC? As noted above, Apple actually makes much more money from hardware than it does from software, and given the rampant piracy in the PC market, it’s likely that any move to open up Mac OS X like that would do little to help Apple’s cause. Overall, Apple did the right thing: Under the current plan, it’s likely that its hardware sales will go up. And as people discover Mac hardware, they could very well be tempted to consider using OS X as well.”
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