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Intel Macs give users more OS choice | |
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| Time: 08:07 EST/13:07 GMT | News Source: TechWorld | Posted By: Chris Hedlund | ||
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Analysts say it won't be long before a version of Windows that runs natively on Intel-based Macs is available The idea of running Windows on the Apple hardware just got a lot more appealing with the introduction of Macs built on Intel processors. But don't expect Apple to be too keen on the idea. "We haven't done anything to explicitly prevent it, but we haven't done anything to encourage it either," said Apple manager Wiley Hodges of running Windows on Macs at the recent MacWorld conference. At the expo, Apple introduced two new Intel-based machines, an iMac desktop and the MacBook notebook; the iMac is available now, with the MacBook scheduled to ship in February. | ||
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| #1 By 2960 (68.101.39.180) at 1/16/2006 3:35:40 PM |
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IF Apple doesn't do anything to specifically block it, I predict Vista will come out of the box with drivers for all current Apple Intel-Based machine hardware, and will install without fuss.
Apple will probably not fight it. Hey, anything that moves a box out the door. And MS gets to sell a copy of Windows/Office it might not have otherwise been able to. Even the user wins for a change (if you consider running Vista over MacOS X a Win). TL |
| #2 By 8273 (131.107.0.104) at 1/16/2006 3:57:37 PM |
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Mac & choice - two words I thought I would never see in the same sentence.
Oh, wait, I still have to pay for OSX if I want the hardware. Any other company decides that they just want to bundle Windows with their hardware, and that makes MS evil. Apple forces you to buy OSX, and they are providing a "choice". I'll admit that the Mac mini looks nice (not the iMac or McBook) and it would be nice to use that as a Win MCE setup, but not if I need to buy OSX with it. |
| #3 By 5912 (62.58.60.27) at 1/17/2006 6:30:11 AM |
| #2: Apple doesn't block installing Windows on their hardware but it doesn't promote it either. If you're buying a Mac then you should accept that it has a Mac OS on it. It's a different thing with pc's because Microsoft doesn't design or own the hardware. Because the architecture of the pc is 'open' there's no reason why every pc should come with Windows installed. There have been dozens of operating systems that where designed to run on that hardware and thousands of manufacturers of pc hardware and not 1 OS maker and 1 hardware maker. |
| #4 By 8273 (131.107.0.104) at 1/17/2006 12:42:24 PM |
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Yes, you are right. Apple should be able to do whatever and however they want, even if it is not good for the consumer - such as disallowing clones, dont sell hardware without bundled software, etc.
And what am I doing questioning the Great and Exalted Steve? Let me find a picture of him to bow down before it. |
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