Windows Vista is now running on the new Intel-based Macs. "Managed to get Windows Vista installed today, with a bit of creative thinking. You see, Vista does not support Boot Camp's partitioning. There are some complex ways around this, but just to prove it can be done I booted from an XP CD, deleted the existing partitions and formatted the entire internal HD with NTFS. Once that's done, you can reset the iMac and insert your Vista DVD before the XP setup starts installing XP." In the meantime, CNet performed some tests, and concluded that Apple hardware is just as good at running Windows as any other x86 system. Ars reviews Boot Camp as well.
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2005-07-06
I wonder what score Vista gives the iMac's hardware. If the iMac gets top marks, a lot of Windows people who need to upgrade their computer now but want to be sure that it'll run Vista with all the bells and whistles will all run out and get iMacs. Even if they don't convert to Mac OS X, they'd still be throwing money at Apple to further develop it 
Member since:2006-03-01
Member since:
2005-07-06
People all over the net are obsessing over what Boot Camp means for the Mac. The truth is, it means that whether or not someone buys a Mac to run OSX or Windows, it's still a tick for OSX, because Apple doesn't sell Windows! So if 6M people were going to buy Macs in all their forms in 2006 with just OSX on them, and 8M Macs are sold because 2M Macs were purchased just to run Windows, that'll still be 8M Macs that are sold. While this means that the market share numbers for OSX will be a little suspect, the hard fact will be that we'll see more more market share for "Apple".
And what I believe we'll find is that success begets success. When people buy a Mac to run Windows, and try out OSX, they might like it. Then who knows what'll happen... maybe they'll tell their friends, and their friends will tell their friends.
This year 8,000,000, maybe 15,000,000 next year, and then maybe 25,000,000 in 2008. Pretty soon it adds up to real market share...
Member since:
2005-10-12
.....that Apple hardware is just as good at running Windows as any other x86 system.....
Why on earth would it not be just as good? It is just another x86 system! Do people really think that the sticker on the front makes any difference to how fast it runs Vista? Will we see stories next about Dell, proclaiming that the new Dell is just as good at running Windows as any other x86 system?
Spare us!
Member since:
2005-07-15
There are so many people who crave OS X but do not buy a Mac because of that one app that requires Win32. Bootcamp and/or Parallels offers people to have OS X and still use that one critical app when necessary. And since humans are by nature corrupt, I imagine those "one critical app" people will more than likely pirate their copy of XP, justifying it with "I won't pay $349 for one program I use an hour a day".. From a morality standpoint it is still theft, but from a practicality standpoint I can understand where they're coming from. That argument aside, this means fewer copies of Windows being sold and an upswing in Mac/OS X sales/use. Who knows how it will pan out. For me it means I can use the one or two apps that are Win32 only and still not have to be stuck in the mire of Windows on a regular basis.
Member since:2006-01-04
"I do not think it means what you think it means."
And since humans are by nature corrupt, I imagine those "one critical app" people will more than likely pirate their copy of XP, justifying it with "I won't pay $349 for one program I use an hour a day"..
You may be telling us about yourself rather than describing humanity. Philosphy has many branches and applications. Science, business, religion, sociology, warfare, politics, etc. The presumption of inherent corruption of the species is only a religico-moral point of view even if it is a presumption commonly used in political (or other) arenas.
Business philosophy dictates that if you need a certain facility in order to be productive and make money then the cost of it will be recovered at some point during the lifetime of the business practice that requires it if you have a functional business plan. If you don't then there is no point in stealing the facility since you can't succeed without a plan that will work. If that is beyond your capacity to understand then it isn't a fault in the general population, eh?
On the other hand perhaps I am mistaken because businesses are not people even though they may be assigned that status for purposes of regulation. After all some businesses are corrupt. But I think that the business world wouldn't work as well as it does if all businesses were corrupt because they are composed of corrupt individuals.
YPMV
