>> BootCamp will allow people to buy one computer and run >> OSX when they want to, and Windoze when they need to. >> This means a Mac can do everything, but a Windoze box >> can only do a few things.
> Since Mac OS now runs on Intel chips dual boot is > already available, so what's news? The fact that dual-booting these machines will be easy. As it is right now, setting up a machine to dual-boot mac/windows is a chore and most folks if they're not already extreme tech fanatics aren't going to bother. The idea here is to allow someone with minimal computer experience to set up a dual-boot system pretty quickly and without pulling their hair out. The accessibility of a given technology is always a barrier to its entry into the market. Case in point: look at XML. Nowadays it's all over the place, but that's only been very recently. But XML isn't really a new thing per se, it's a subset of SGML which has been around since the 60's, and even then it was based on IBM's GML. So it took from some time in the 50's until somewhere around 2000 (50 yrs) before the technology even started being talked about as something people would see in widespread use. In the last 5 years (1/10th of the time it's been around), it's become a dominant force in the technological landscape. 50 years later, suddenly overnight, it's FUCKING EVERYWHERE. It's used to configure software (J2EE server config like CF Server, framework configs like Fusebox 4), it's used for syndication of content (RSS/Atom), and webservices for interoperability. You practically can't go to the toilet without being exposed to XML. And why, after 50 yrs? Because they got the idea to simplify SGML from Tim Berners-Lee who simplified it to create HTML. That's the only reason. The same principal applies here. If you can make it easy to do something that people want to do, then people will do it. s. isaac dealey 434.293.6201 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:202867 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
