And then there are the programs that are being developed that will run Windows apps without Windows. Not THAT'S Nirvana, except of course they're still Windows apps.
<http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/06/30/crossover/index.php> ::-) j. On Aug 3, 2006, at 5:15 PM, Profile <profile at aye.net> wrote: > Thanks Lee, this is too cool, I am so glad to know this!!! > > John R. > > > > On Aug 3, 2006, at 2:56 PM, Lee Larson wrote: > >> On Aug 3, 2006, at 9:52 AM, Beth Phillips wrote: >> >>> We are looking at possibly purchasing some Macbooks with Windows >>> pre-installed. In looking at these I'm seeing where the Boot >>> Camp Beta that would be installed with these Macs is "time- >>> limited software". So what exactly is the time-limit? Will it >>> work until the new Mac OS with the full blown version of Boot >>> Camp is released? I'd hate to go through all the trouble of >>> setting these up and then not being able to do anything with the >>> Windows side when the beta expires. >> >> I've used both Boot Camp and Parallels and a prefer Parallels >> for normal applications. It runs any x86 operating system--not >> just XP-- along side Mac OS X, so there's none of that rebooting >> to get into XP and it doesn't require a separate Windows >> partition. Moving data between Windows and Mac OS X is easy, so >> you don't have those questions about losing data. -- Jonathan Fletcher jfletch at newmediaconstco.com | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 25 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
