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Post #46,090
by orion
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7/19/02 1:36:48 PM
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New What it gets
is it gets Apple into IT Shops that they normally wouldn't get into, because the new Macs can run Windows software and are virtually a PC. Many IT shops prohibit buying of Macintoshes, but if the new Mac is more like a PC, it might get accepted over the PowerMac.

It would also save Mac Users from having to buy RealPC or VirtualPC if the Mac ran Windows code natively. Even with OSX, it can get libraries added to run Linux X86 ELF binaries.
I am free now, to choose my own destiny.
Post #46,123
by tjsinclair
7/19/02 5:15:33 PM
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New Okay, let's see if I have this straight

I'm in charge of IT in a Windows-majority shop. Our policy is not to purchase or support Macs. Now you're saying that if Apple produces an x86-based Mac which runs Windows code, I'll fall all over myself to buy that instead of a much more reasonably priced Wintel box?

Not to mention that by running Windows software, Microsoft will have Apple even more by the short-and-curlies than they do now.

Tom Sinclair
"Subverting Young Minds Since 03/13/2000"
Post #46,167
by orion
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7/19/02 10:08:05 PM
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New Sorry must be silly.
About as silly as Atari and Commodore making PC Clones. Nobody will want to buy them because of the name.
I am free now, to choose my own destiny.
     OSX port to X86 chips by end of year? - (orion) - (17) - July 18, 2002, 05:16:06 PM EDT
         Well, if you think Mac users are complaining now... - (tjsinclair) - (1) - July 18, 2002, 05:54:48 PM EDT
             It is only a possibility now - (orion) - July 18, 2002, 07:11:57 PM EDT
         When pigs fly - (wharris2) - (6) - July 18, 2002, 07:12:05 PM EDT
             Which is why I think - (orion) - (5) - July 18, 2002, 07:19:42 PM EDT
                 But what about current machines? - (tjsinclair) - (4) - July 18, 2002, 09:44:39 PM EDT
                     The way I see it - (orion) - July 18, 2002, 09:47:22 PM EDT
                     Let me explain it another way, Dual Citizenship! - (orion) - (2) - July 18, 2002, 10:39:07 PM EDT
                         Still can't see the added value - (tjsinclair) - (1) - July 19, 2002, 01:50:16 AM EDT
                             Maybe I am wrong - (orion) - July 19, 2002, 03:07:37 AM EDT
         There's no technical barrier - (tuberculosis) - July 19, 2002, 05:21:48 AM EDT
         Consider this - (orion) - (4) - July 19, 2002, 09:43:38 AM EDT
             Why? - (tuberculosis) - (3) - July 19, 2002, 12:15:52 PM EDT
                 What it gets - (orion) - (2) - July 19, 2002, 01:36:48 PM EDT
                     Okay, let's see if I have this straight - (tjsinclair) - (1) - July 19, 2002, 05:15:33 PM EDT
                         Sorry must be silly. - (orion) - July 19, 2002, 10:08:05 PM EDT
         Turns out, Yahoo took Jobs out of context - (orion) - July 19, 2002, 10:06:10 PM EDT
         More on the OSX to X86 ports - (orion) - July 23, 2002, 05:24:02 PM EDT

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