To be honest, I was wholly unimpressed with the whole Intel Mac transition when it was first announced. Of course, it was a great technological feat for Apple to be able to compile OS X for both Intel and PPC. And sure, Intel chips are all good and fine, but I felt that it didn’t really make a big difference to the end user. Performance is somewhat of a non-issue for me - I really don’t think that some minor speed increases alone justify upgrading from a PPC Mac to an Intel one. And I don’t really buy all this “Four times faster! Really!” talk from the Apple marketing team either. In the end, Macs would still be confined to OS X, not really changing the playing field in any way.
But now, Boot Camp is really piquing my interest. An Intel Mac with Boot Camp can run both Windows and OS X off the same computer, allowing you to switch between the two at will. Sweet. While I prefer OS X for all my day-to-day computing, there are invariably some programs that are Windows-only or that have Windows versions that work better than their OS X counterparts. Having both operating systems on the same box is the perfect solution.
Actually, an even more perfect solution would be a triple boot between OS X, Windows and Ubuntu. If that’s possible with Boot Camp, I’ll definitely be looking out for the release of a 12″ MacBook Pro, as unsexy as the name of that product may be.
Perhaps Apple needs me and San working on their corporate branding.
You mean I could have had a Mac with Windows? That’s exactly what I wanted. Shits.
I still haven’t been able to get Firefox back on my Ubuntu system, and I can’t even launch the program installer, apparently. Maybe I should reinstall it.
I wouldn’t be surprised that one of the reasons why they moved to the Intel processors was to be able to run Windows on the hardware (I could be wrong), but as it is, it’s a pretty good move. A lot of games run only on Windows, so they’d be able to tap into the gamer market. That isn’t as much the case if they triple boot onto Linux, but hey, it could just be a matter of time.
Even so, I don’t think I have enough money to get a Mac next year, and my laptop is versatile enough… We’ll see.
I’m wanting to play with Vista, and I think I’m going to just wait for the iPioiwieiriMiaiciBioiokiPirioi. I know it’s going to be a damn good product, because I’ve been getting comments from people who see it in my MSN name.
What’s up!!Stewart!!!!
I’m sorry ..After come back to Japan, I didn’t say anythig to you.
Now I’m doing job hunting..
It is too tough…
How about your cow up??
Did you get it??
I hope you doing good and enjoy your life!
Take care!