> From: Warren Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > If the Mac will be able to run win software well, will this be a > double-edged sword? > - will that encourage companies to only write software for Win, knowing > it will probably work on the new macs good enough?
That is a possibility. However, I reckon it is more likely that the fact that porting to the Mac will then be so much easier and cheaper, MORE software would be ported to the Mac rather than less - from both the Windows world and the x86 Linux world. I think most software vendors realise Mac users don't suffer Windows-like software (or crappy ports or poorly written software for that matter) nearly as easily as Windows users who are used to that stuff. Games might be a different case, but the steady move to console gaming away from PCs probably makes that moot anyway. -Mart
