The shares being up doesn't surprise me. My first thought is that that move by Apple will make it easier to move into the enterprise market. They were already making gains there with OS X, but now that businesses know they can still run Windows natively when they want, I think things are really going to open up. The only reason I bought a PC was because voice recognition has the lead there and you can't use Virtual PC to run Dragon Naturally Speaking.
Sooner or later, you're gonna want it. And the second — the second — that happens, you know I'll be there. I'll slip in, have myself a real good day.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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Spidra Webster - Apr 05, 2006 8:21:40 am PDT #7808 of 10003
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Gris - Apr 05, 2006 11:06:59 am PDT #7809 of 10003
Hey. New board.
I can tell you right now, I won't be testing that on my Macbook.
I'm torn as to whether it's a good thing or a bad thing. Yes, people might be more willing to switch if Macs can run Windows, but if that means we get a spate of people running exclusively Windows on the machines... that's bad. So I guess we'll see.
§ ita § - Apr 05, 2006 11:17:25 am PDT #7810 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
if that means we get a spate of people running exclusively Windows on the machines... that's bad
Why?
Stephanie - Apr 05, 2006 11:21:25 am PDT #7811 of 10003
Trust my rage
If you run Windows on your mac, does that mean your Mac is vulnerable to Windows viruses? Personally, I can't see why I'd want to put Windows on my Mac. Seems to defeat the purpose of having a Mac.
Jessica - Apr 05, 2006 11:22:13 am PDT #7812 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
If you run Windows on your mac, does that mean your Mac is vulnerable to Windows viruses?
According to what I read this morning, yes.
[eta: And I can definitely see the appeal of a dual-boot machine. So many programs are only available for Windows, it'd be nice to be able to run both.]
§ ita § - Apr 05, 2006 11:23:16 am PDT #7813 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Seems to defeat the purpose of having a Mac.
Certainly seems to defeat the purpose of paying a premium for the hardware.
Stephanie - Apr 05, 2006 11:23:20 am PDT #7814 of 10003
Trust my rage
I was just talking to my brother about this. He's excited because it means he can run Wondows games on his Mac.
thegrommit - Apr 05, 2006 12:35:21 pm PDT #7815 of 10003
Um.
Any suggestions for automated testing software that runs on a (intel) Mac? We need to test browser compatibility of a web application, and would like to automate as much of it as possible.
Jessica - Apr 05, 2006 2:15:22 pm PDT #7816 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Tivo continues to toy with our hearts:
However, it now seems that you can no longer place advance orders for this new TiVo 2-and-a-half unit, as Amazon's pre-order listing for them has now vanished.
That's because the Series 3 has been approved by Cable Labs, and could be making its way on to the market much quicker than we've given TiVo credit for.
Gudanov - Apr 06, 2006 5:14:14 am PDT #7817 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
That makes me think-- is there such a think as "virtual mac", allowing me to run mac only programs on a PC? I really like ical!
I believe there are legal reasons this cannot be done. Apple keeps pretty tight control over everything.