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Skriven 2006-04-05 14:29:34 av Rich Gauszka (1:379/45)
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Ärende: Re: Berk! Windows on Mac
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From: "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com>

I'm sure, just as with OS2, the next patch release of Windows will somehow
*accidentally* not work with Boot Camp


"RobertB." <rb28@nyu.edu> wrote in message
news:rb28-565234.14240505042006@w3.nls.net...
> From this morning. By the way, Apple's stock just shot up.
>
>
>  http://www.news.com/
> Apple: Windows on a Mac is here
>
> By Candace Lombardi
> http://news.com.com/Apple+Windows+on+a+Mac+is+here/2100-1012_3-6057856.ht
> ml
>
> Story last modified Wed Apr 05 10:38:17 PDT 2006
>
>
> Apple Computer said on Wednesday that it has released a public beta
> version of Boot Camp, software that enables Microsoft Windows XP to run
> natively on Intel-based Macs.
> The software, which will be included in Mac OS X 10.5, called Leopard,
> is available for download on Apple's Web site. Apple will also preview
> Boot Camp in August at its Worldwide Developers Conference, the company
> said.
> "Apple has no desire or plan to sell or support Windows, but many
> customers have expressed their interest to run Windows on Apple's
> superior hardware, now that we use Intel processors," Philip Schiller,
> Apple's senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, said in a
> statement. "We think Boot Camp makes the Mac even more appealing to
> Windows users considering making the switch."
> Apple didn't specifically mention plans to support running Vista, the
> long-delayed update to the Windows operating system now expected early
> next year.
> Microsoft representatives were not immediately available for comment.
> Also unclear is what the Mac maker's move will mean for sales of
> Windows-based PCs. Market researcher IDC has already scaled back PC
> sales forecasts for the year, due in part to the Vista delay. And some
> analysts expect Apple sales to rise as a result of the holdup of the new
> operating system's release.
> With Boot Camp, Intel-based Mac users can choose between running Mac OS
> or Windows XP each time they boot their system.
> The move in this direction began last June, when Apple CEO Steve Jobs
> announced that Apple was shifting to Intel-based computers. Apple also
> said it had been developing Mac OS X with the intention that it would be
> able to run on Intel chips and IBM's PowerPC chips, which were
> previously the sole processors used in Macs.
> In January, Apple released the first Intel-based Macs with Intel's Duo
> dual-core chips. The new computers run two to three times faster than
> similar Macs with PowerPC chips, Apple said. Since then, speculation had
> grown about whether the company would enable Microsoft's ubiquitous
> operating system to run natively on its computers.
> In other news:
>   ?  Apple: Windows on a Mac is here
>   ?  Microsoft ramps up virtualization push
>   ?  An absolutely unstunning T-shirt
>   ?  News.com Extra: Beam can single out drunk drivers
>   ?  Video: Are you a marketing genius?
> While Apple has prohibited people from running Mac OS X on anything
> other than its own computers, it has never tried to prevent Mac owners
> from trying to run Windows on their machines. Still, the company has not
> been a large supporter of the idea. That's something Apple Senior
> Software Architect Cameron Esfahani made clear at the Intel Developer
> Forum in March.
> Customers, however, have been clamoring to see it happen. There have
> even been XP-on-Mac contests in recent weeks.
> "This solves a lot of potential holdups to Macintosh adoption. While a
> group of programmers already has demonstrated that this is entirely
> possible to do, that method for deployment is more of a clever hack that
> no sane end user would attempt," JupiterResearch analyst Michael
> Gartenberg wrote in a blog posting Wednesday.
> "Overall, (this is) a nice tactical move by Apple that will make their
> platforms and systems much more attractive," Gartenberg wrote.
> Mac fans might remember that this isn't the first time that Apple has
> supported Windows via a dual-boot option. In the mid 1990s, the company
> introduced--and soon discontinued--Macintosh models that supported a
> plug-in card, which included a separate x86 processor for running both
> DOS and Windows.
> Still, Apple won't provide any technical support for the Boot Camp beta,
> and the company was quick to point out the potential pitfalls of running
> Windows. "Windows running on a Mac is like Windows running on a PC. That
> means it'll be subject to the same attacks that plague the Windows
> world," the company warned on its Web site. "So be sure to keep it
> updated with the latest Microsoft Windows security fixes."
> The new software, coupled with the tremendous popularity that the iPod
> has brought to Apple, could bring more people over to the Apple side,
> some analysts said.
> Paul Jackson, an analyst at Forrester Research, predicts that home users
> previously daunted by a fear of incompatibly with their work PC and a
> strong desire to hold on to Windows-based programs may now make the jump
> to Macs.
> Apple's move is great for Microsoft, Jackson said, since it will mean
> extra sales of XP, but it's bad news for PC makers that previously
> didn't have to worry about competing for market share with Apple.
> "Apple machines are excellently manufactured, and the performance is far
> superior," Jackson told CNET News.com. "But companies like Dell and HP
> never really had to worry about competing with Apple in the hardware
> market. Now you can go in, look at those gorgeous Mac Minis and MacBook
> (Pros) and view them as a normal PC. You can run XP and never touch OS
> X, if you don't want to."
> And, according to Jackson, Macs seem to do XP well.
> "From what we know of the hackers' success last week at the XP-on-Mac
> contest, once you get XP to run on the Intel Mac, the performance is
> actually quite good. We will have to actually wait and see the results
> of more official benchmark testing, but so far, that's what it looks
> like."
> Jackson also noted that Apple's move is an indication of what industry
> insiders have argued all along.
> "By doing this, Apple has made a tacit acknowledgement of what many have
> already said, which basically is: If you're serious about home computing
> or small-enterprise computing, you need Windows. There's no way around
> it," Jackson said.
> And, according to Wall Street, this is good news for Apple stock.
> Company shares jumped several percentage points in early-morning
> trading, as analysts had mostly positive things to say about the big
> announcement.
> In other news:
>   ?  Apple: Windows on a Mac is here
>   ?  Microsoft ramps up virtualization push
>   ?  An absolutely unstunning T-shirt
>   ?  News.com Extra: Beam can single out drunk drivers
>   ?  Video: Are you a marketing genius?
> "In short, we believe this news, more than any news in recent memory,
> provides a critical boost to Apple's ability to gain share in the PC
> market," a JPMorgan Chase analyst report said.
> Deutche Bank issued a "buy" for Apple stock on a prediction of share
> gains.
>
> Goldman Sachs, however, was not as impressed.
> "Given the newness of Intel-based Macs, we would not expect any
> meaningful impact on Mac sales or earnings in the near or intermediate
> term," Goldman Sachs in its analyst report of Apple's move. "However,
> this is another step in Apple's efforts to expand its total addressable
> market to include a more mainstream audience."
> Goldman Sachs also noted that the situation could be a "slight negative
> for Microsoft" because it does not think that increased Windows sales
> would have much of an impact on Microsoft's overall percent of the
> market--but that a migration to Apple computers could.
>
>
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