[Insert your "it will never happen" allegory here]
Yes, all of them have been used in the past couple of days. Pigs are seeking ground clearance at SFO. Mr. Sympathy himself has added showshoes to his closet. All this because Apple has done something that changed a fundamental computing methodology -- that you aren't supposed to be ambidextrous. It has officially sanctioned the use of Windows XP on Apple hardware. Called Boot Camp, it lets you run WinXP and MacOS X on the same piece of hardware. So you no longer have an excuse to "why not buy a Mac". It runs native Windows software...faster than any other similar stalwart. Without emulation. Without damage.
Steve is smart. You never say something is impossible...everyone will work out a way to make it so. Instead, you do it right and then let the proverbial chips fall into appropriate locations. They aren't supporting Windows. They aren't writing Windows stuff (yet). They just made a good call on the availability of decent, fast processors and as a side-effect, gained the ability to boost hardware sales...and make loads of new friends in the process. I foresee the next step...the ability to run any application as a process under X...Mac apps, Java apps, UNIX apps, Windows apps. Install that copy of WinXP legally on the machine, and X will legally load the right DLLs and spawn the native Windows program as a process under X. Don't think that can happen? Remember Classic?
So what's going to happen is this: Apple makes significantly smooth products. Microsoft and other Windows vendors just got a whole new set of customers...Mac users who still needed a Windows-specific program that hadn't been ported. Dig the IT support geeks who stop a Mac from walking in now. The geek opens the latch and voila! Windows! So you get to sneak it in to work with.
Microsoft can't yell...each Mac will have to own a copy of WinXP. Microsoft should actually love it...it gets the Justice Department off its back. End users should love it...run Oblivion on a Mac, at the same time of getting mail via Entourage. Cool thing is that, as a separate process, if a Windows app crashes, no blue screen of death. Just a "the application -- has unexpectedly ended".
What's the long term result? Unknown. One can guess. From our perspective, we've been lugging a single laptop around for ages...I run Virtual PC and start any version of Windows to test things with. It will be nicer to have native speed, but it wasn't a major option for me.
Steve and the Cupertino Clan will continue to make insanely great stuff. Ever imagined Final Cut running native under windows? How about iLife? It may now happen, as they just released both to run under the Intel Macs. Windows users want the speed? Hey, how about putting the Intel version of X on your Dell? Still need to run Outlook...well...no problem!
By giving up the legacy of "classic" and the shackles of PPC, Apple is now poised to release software, operating systems, and hardware for everyone. Expect more soon, and hope your investment guy bought you apple when it was $25.
Steve is smart. You never say something is impossible...everyone will work out a way to make it so. Instead, you do it right and then let the proverbial chips fall into appropriate locations. They aren't supporting Windows. They aren't writing Windows stuff (yet). They just made a good call on the availability of decent, fast processors and as a side-effect, gained the ability to boost hardware sales...and make loads of new friends in the process. I foresee the next step...the ability to run any application as a process under X...Mac apps, Java apps, UNIX apps, Windows apps. Install that copy of WinXP legally on the machine, and X will legally load the right DLLs and spawn the native Windows program as a process under X. Don't think that can happen? Remember Classic?
So what's going to happen is this: Apple makes significantly smooth products. Microsoft and other Windows vendors just got a whole new set of customers...Mac users who still needed a Windows-specific program that hadn't been ported. Dig the IT support geeks who stop a Mac from walking in now. The geek opens the latch and voila! Windows! So you get to sneak it in to work with.
Microsoft can't yell...each Mac will have to own a copy of WinXP. Microsoft should actually love it...it gets the Justice Department off its back. End users should love it...run Oblivion on a Mac, at the same time of getting mail via Entourage. Cool thing is that, as a separate process, if a Windows app crashes, no blue screen of death. Just a "the application -- has unexpectedly ended".
What's the long term result? Unknown. One can guess. From our perspective, we've been lugging a single laptop around for ages...I run Virtual PC and start any version of Windows to test things with. It will be nicer to have native speed, but it wasn't a major option for me.
Steve and the Cupertino Clan will continue to make insanely great stuff. Ever imagined Final Cut running native under windows? How about iLife? It may now happen, as they just released both to run under the Intel Macs. Windows users want the speed? Hey, how about putting the Intel version of X on your Dell? Still need to run Outlook...well...no problem!
By giving up the legacy of "classic" and the shackles of PPC, Apple is now poised to release software, operating systems, and hardware for everyone. Expect more soon, and hope your investment guy bought you apple when it was $25.
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