I'm a sam person me self.
On Apr 6, 2006, at 10:13 PM, Scott Howell wrote:
There ya go Joe, I from a professional point have no choice, but use
windows because there's no accessible solution for me on the Mac
which is sad, but true. Since I could use both oses for my job, why
not? It means I can use what I prefer and only switch over to windows
just for the things I can't do without, at least until there's a Mac-
only option. I think the whole point here is choice. SOme like Bud, I
hate Bud, but I don't have to drink Bud, I got loads other choices
and that is what keeps us all hapy in the end, choice.
Scott
On Apr 6, 2006, at 12:49 PM, Kafka's Daytime wrote:
My guess is that experienced Mac users on the list aren't
"screaming bloody murder" about the dual-boot option because
they're not interested in engaging in a Mac vs. Windows religious
war but rather, a balanced, informed debate. As a developer I
sometimes have to use Windows professionally (since 1998 or so) and
have found that, with some care, the security situation under
Windows is perfectly manageable.
Joe
On Apr 6, 2006, at 10:13 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think I disagree with your statement that this would only screw
up the Windows part/file system. Often there have been viruses
and worms that have been able to totaly fry your hard drive and or
damage the file system on the drive. I'm curious if the issue
would be that such a virus would just fry the Windows file
structure or if Windows would just be its entry point and from
there if it could fry the entire drive. I'm still convinced this
is a bad move. Don't bow to the Windows folks, stick to your guns
and market the OS as a better way of doing things. Windows is
really a terrible OS and I just don't see the point of this.
Further, I'm shocked that the die hard Mac users I know are on
this list aren't screaming blody murder. I remember when I first
got my Mac and suggested that Windows might have been easier or
that I could not do things on my Mac that I could on Windows.
You'd think I committed a crime against humanity by the reaction I
generated just a few months ago. And, now, well, seems like you
guys are fine with this latest move by Apple. Where are you Mac
purists?
From: Buddy Brannan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 2006/04/06 Thu AM 01:15:47 EDT
To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac
OS X by the
blind <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: game over
The good news is that you'd only screw up the Windows side of your
Mac. Not the Mac stuff at all :-)
On Apr 6, 2006, at 1:00 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
So, two questions as I think about this.
1. Is/will Apple end up selling both operating systems then. I
mean, they could market this Windows/OS thing and sell machines
with both.
2. Is/will this be something easy enough to do so that any person
could operate and switch between OS and Windows on the Mac? Or, is
this just a pitch for the real geeks out there?
I'm still concerned about all of the security issues with Windows
and the idea that I could put Windows on my Mac and screw it up.
Does anyone see this as a bad move by Apple? Have they given up on
trying to promote the superiority of the OS in favor of trying to
bridge the gap between the PC and Mac world. Instead of selling
machines that are better with a better OS, now they are doing that
while saying oh, you can put Windows on here because we know that
95% of the computer world does and we can't convince you to just
switch. I just don't know about this. Soon, will I just be able
to buy a Mac with Windows on it and never bother with the OS?
From: John Denning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 2006/04/05 Wed PM 05:28:25 PDT
To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac
OS X by the
blind <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: game over
I think you answered your own question. Most of us would 't
want to.
But being able to is cool. And the GEEK in many of us might
make us
do it just for that reason alone.
As you and others said, the selling point to VR. Wow how can
you go
wrong. OK, you want Windows, here it is. Now let me show you
the Mac
OS side of your new computer.
Then there is the virtualization software that is being
developed. No
dual boot, but have both running at the same time. Not just Mac
and
Windows, but Linux also. That is cool, and super geeky. I love it.
On Apr 5, 2006, at 8:16 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, as someone who switched from the PC and Windows to the
Mac I
am left wondering why I would want to even bother with this.
- JD -
John Denning
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And glad to be a Mac snob again!
Roswell, GA
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