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Post #248,380 by Another Scott 3/18/06 12:16:17 AM 3/18/06 12:19:33 AM Reply	Never mind... I'm not awake.... Cheers, Scott. Edited by Another Scott March 18, 2006, 12:19:33 AM EST I expect it'll come. [link\|http://www.intel.com/technology/computing/vptech/\|Virtualization Technology] is a big deal for Intel, [link\|http://www.devx.com/amd/Article/30186\|AMD], and IBM's done it for a long time. MS has Virtual PC and VPC runs on PPC Macs. It's in Apple's interest to say it has Windows support, and it's a market for MS that talke little work (especially if they continue to keep the commitment to do universal binaries for Office, etc.). With quad CPU cores just a few years away, the hardware will be able to virtualize other OSes very easily. I expect a supported VPC or VMWare or a direct bootable Windows will be on running on Apple's Intel hardware within 2 years. But I expect Linux to be there before then. Cheers, Scott. Collapse All History
Post #248,381 by pwhysall 3/18/06 12:24:45 AM Reply	I don't think it is. Apple doesn't want to get into the Windows PC market, because it can't compete there, and wouldn't want to even if it could. Look at what Dell and HPaq have to turn out in order to compete - systems pared to the bone, a just-in-time supply chain that would make your hair curl, and margins thinner than a fag paper. Not a fun place to be. Apple doesn't sell PCs, it sells Macs. Macs don't run Windows. They run OS X. That's the deal, and that's what we suckers^Wusers pay the premium for. If Mac users wanted Windows, they could do it a lot cheaper elsewhere. Office 2004 exists. That's enough to keep me "compatible" with Windows users. And, to be honest, it's much nicer than the Windows version. Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #248,389 by Another Scott 3/18/06 8:21:07 AM Reply	You didn't never mind. I was answering the rhetorical question of whether Windows would run on the Intel Mac. Yeah, it was stupid. I was asleep at the time - honest... I agree that it's not in Apple's interest - at least not at this time - to put OS X on a generic PC. Apple doesn't have the resources to make or promote drivers for generic PC hardware. It also needs its hardware sales to support its software business. Now if someone could make a software ROM that simulated the Apple-specific bits, and provided the driver shims, then presumably OS X could run on a Dell. And that would be neat if it could be done with reasonable speed. But you can bet Apple would be all over them very quickly, for violation of copyright among other things. Cheers, Scott. (Who is still hoping for a universal PC that can run Linux, OS X, Windows, and maybe even OS/2 simultaneously.)

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