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Paul Thurrott buys a MacBook... to run Windows Vista... PING!


MacBook runs Vista Ping!

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

2 posted on 06/16/2008 11:09:58 PM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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To: Swordmaker
At work we're buying MacMinis and using BootCamp to run WinXP or OS X. Works like a champ.

Personally I usually prefer VMware Fusion so I can run both concurrently, but there are some times when Windows really needs to talk to the hardware directly, and it does run marginally faster without the VM layer.

Apple is a hardware company. They make great hardware. They don't try to compete at the ultra-low end. They're smart, and they're making money hand over fist.

We will see a lot of this "Windows on Mac hardware" stuff.

3 posted on 06/16/2008 11:29:06 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: Swordmaker
Paul Thurrott buys a MacBook... to run Windows Vista... PING!

You would see plenty of Windows computers running Mac/OS on a dual boot. But Apple doesn't permit this
It would put the little snots at Apple on the bread lines

There are millions and zillions of computers out there that can run an Apple/OS just as well as an Apple computer. Only thing holding them back is 
a) It is against the law
b) Apple has the OS and motherboard BIOS rigged to make is very difficult to flawlessly run and update the Apple OS on standard computers

4 posted on 06/16/2008 11:42:51 PM PDT by dennisw (We have an idiocracy not a democracy)
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