[Star Traveler]

Now, some of y'all may not have known this...

This makes it absolutely dead-simple, like falling off a log. Want to run some programs from "Microsoft Windows" a little bit longer and have a Macintosh computer, too. Well, with this -- you run *both* side-by-side, and you can't tell you're running Windows at the same time that you're running the regular Macintosh Operating System (Mac OS X)... :-)

Unbelievable, I say... (it really is).

I think Macintosh is the only computer around that can run -- 100% -- of the software for Windows and Mac and at the very same time...

AND..., for you UNIX geeks you have UNIX underneath everything in addition to that... LOL... (so run UNIX, Mac OS X and Windows -- all at the same time...).

[Star Traveler]

Now, I know most of the Mac people know this already, but I thought I would put it up there for a large number of others who probably don’t know this... :-)

[tacticalogic]

I’ll get interested when I see the mythical open-source Exchange killer.

[Doohickey]

I think it’s really ironic that Snow Leopard is shipping with antivirus.

[Biggirl]

Mac, the kinder and gentlier way to do computers.:)

[martin_fierro]

Just ordered the Snow Leopard (or is it "Esnowwe Layoparrrd"?) family pack.

[pgyanke]

I love Parallels! I’m running it right now... absolute life-saver in my business.

[posterchild]

Switched to Mac OS X in 2003 from Solaris and linux.

What are the programs that people need such virtualization software for other than the games mentioned in the article? The only MS programs I run (Office) have a mac version.

I do have VirtualBox loaded on my mac to run a Palm Pre emulator (for dev work), but haven't done much with it yet.

[Dov in Houston]

From a previous Windows Guru

I went through the original Windows systems after being a DOS user and am now on a MAC. MacBook to be precise.

Simplicity and the ease of operating multi system tasks. The MAC was indeed more expensive on the original outlay yet again it slid in real easily.

[Revelation 911]

got a macbook pro this week - on it right now - hands down my best laptop ever

[Star Traveler]

Ummm.., we’ve got a number of “switchers” here on this thread that other Macintosh users may like to talk to... :-)

[sushiman]

I must buy a new desk top next month . Seriously thinking about making the switch . I should mention , I am in Japan and have a Japanese wife so whatever computer we buy will have to have a Japanese keyboard / etc...I can do most of what I want with Windows in Japanese as that is all I have ever used at home and in the faculty room at school . Worried about the learning curve that would be involved with a Japanese iMac .

[Publius6961]

What a croc.

I already use a system that runs all the software I want or need. And it doesn't have to be clever or cute or ovepriced.

It's called Windows, and if Microsoft doesn't back off the DRM-Vista BS I would try Linux way before Apple had a prayer getting my business.

[TheStickman]

Got my Macbook 2 years ago. Finally stopped using Microsoft for good a couple of months ago. Never been happier in all my years of using computer as a DAW. This Macbook ain’t the fastest or top of the line. It just flippin’ works!

[Mojave]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BnLbv6QYcA

[Swordmaker]

Parallels to make switching to the Mac easier, safe and painless—PING!

Thanks to Star Traveler for posting the article.

Mac with Windows in Parallel Ping!

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

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

[chris_bdba]

I run an earlier version of Parellels and it is so easy to go from the mac side to the Windows side. I can run both OS’s at once and transfer files by drag and drop from one to the other.

[altair]

AND..., for you UNIX geeks you have UNIX underneath everything in addition to that... LOL... (so run UNIX, Mac OS X and Windows -- all at the same time...).

Mac OS X is Unix inside and Unix is not an acronym. Please don't call us "geeks". I've run multiuser, multitasking systems at home since 1985 starting with System V boxes. Before my Macbook Pro, the x86 systems I have owned ran Linux.

I care that:

• /bin/zsh is standard. I've been a diehard zsh fan for almost 20 years
• You can run X11 apps alongside your Mac apps and (when Apple doesn't break it) it comes standard with the system.
• It plays the games worth playing - the number one gaming company in the US, Blizzard, supports Mac OS X and at least in the case of World of Warcraft, works better on OS X than Microsoft Windows.
• Emacs comes standard (I wish they distributed XEmacs, but you can't have everything).
• Open Spaces is really, really good and I've been hooked on virtual desktop systems since I tried olvwm in 1995.
• I like the NeXTStep style interface. I was a big fan of WindowMaker before I finally switched to KDE.
• Mrs. Altair loves her Mac.

I'm not going to upgrade to Snow Leopard for Microsoft Windows support. The Citrix client runs the only app I need to run for work.

I keep a fair distance away from Microsoft Windows. On the unfortunate occasions when I've tried to use it, I've always felt like either gouging my eyes out because of the eye-searing color contrast, or driving a screwdriver through my forehead because of the frustrating user interface, or both.

Sun had viable desktop graphics systems before there was ever a Microsoft Windows. They did great work in GUIs in the early to mid 80s. Unfortunately they have always been economically challenged when it came to price points and I suppose that's the main reason why they sold themselves to Oracle.

When Jobs was in exile he did the NeXT, a direct competitor to Sun on the desktop and with a similar architecture (Unix inside). NeXTStep, the NeXT user interface was later reborn as OS X.

There is a long history of GUIs on top of Unix (and its descendents) as an OS.

What kind of system will I buy my sons when they're old enough?

1. Mac OS X or Linux where they can get lots (or all) of the source code and learn programming by tinkering with the system.
2. Microsoft Windows where they can learn to be obedient Microsoft Windows office drones.

"Your homework assignment for tonight son, is how many places can you find Daddy's name in Changelogs."

No brainer, at least for me.