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World gone mad
Dude.
Dude, seriously.
I am completely freaking out about this Mac Boot Camp thing. All new Macs will be able to run Windows XP? Madness! Insanity! What’s next? Yogurt in portable, squeeze-tube form?
Sure, you could run Windows on a Mac before, but it was through a clunky software program that was so slow you rarely thought about doing things like playing current games or running anything more intense than a Web browser or a Word file through it. Its very name, Virtual PC clued you in: This was fake Windows, faux Windows, Windows of grime behind heavy shutters.
Now Macs with Intel processors will be able to run Windows on a separate partition, natively. This is a bit like finding out your vacuum cleaner can also wash dishes. Sure, they’re close cousins, but still … WHAAAAA?
We’re not just talking about beige or black boxes versus white or silver ones. We’re talking about inflamed passions of PC users and Mac users. About giant corporate accounts. About borders blurred and unspeakables suddenly … er, spoken.
I knew that someday a new desktop PC purchase was in store, but I always figured I’d be replacing my Windows desktop with a higher-end Windows desktop and keeping my Mac laptop as the machine-on-the-side.
Now I think that next computer will be a fast iMac. We’ll create a beautiful partition together and have a Windows OS baby. If the Mac can run Windows with the stability and speed that it runs OS X, we’ll have a real marriage here, one committed to out of love and not just based on convenience and looks.
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By Omar G.
April 10, 2006 5:08 PM | Link to this
That may be true, but the AMD64 system won't be running Garage Band, Apple's Mail program, iPhoto, Safari, Dashboard, Spotlight, iChatAV, or iDVD HD.
And those are just programs that come bundled with Mac OS.
Once you get past 2 gigahertz, your bottlenecks aren't necessarily at the the processor anymore. It's no longer just about clock speed, especially for the 90 percent+ of users who aren't playing high-end games or doing processor-heavy design or database work.
By Cross Eyed Larry
April 9, 2006 2:57 AM | Link to this
buy your Mac with a heaping pile of Intel and a side of Microsoft.
a midlevel AMD64 will still smoke it.