Comments on: MacOSX on Intel PC http://aezell.wordpress.com/2006/03/21/macosx-on-intel-pc/ The Life of an Itinerant Goat Farmer Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:44:57 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Renaissance Man » Blog Archive » XP on Mac http://aezell.wordpress.com/2006/03/21/macosx-on-intel-pc/#comment-16 Renaissance Man » Blog Archive » XP on Mac Wed, 05 Apr 2006 21:29:58 +0000 http://aezell.wordpress.com/2006/03/21/macosx-on-intel-pc/#comment-16 [...] They just released a public beta of Boot Camp, which will be included by default in OS X Leopard. This 83mb application allows XP to run easily on those new Intel-based Macs. This is really a coup. Windows and Apple have done everything they can to discourage running OS X on Intel or AMD-based PCs (but some have still done it), yet here is Apple openly and freely promoting the dual-boot configuration. [...] [...] They just released a public beta of Boot Camp, which will be included by default in OS X Leopard. This 83mb application allows XP to run easily on those new Intel-based Macs. This is really a coup. Windows and Apple have done everything they can to discourage running OS X on Intel or AMD-based PCs (but some have still done it), yet here is Apple openly and freely promoting the dual-boot configuration. [...]

]]> By: Alex Ezell http://aezell.wordpress.com/2006/03/21/macosx-on-intel-pc/#comment-13 Alex Ezell Wed, 22 Mar 2006 22:01:39 +0000 http://aezell.wordpress.com/2006/03/21/macosx-on-intel-pc/#comment-13 You're right "azz." My bad. I changed the text to match. Thanks for the pointer! You and Mark both have interesting viewpoints on how this affects Linux. I tend to agree with azz since the OSX is really a kludge and Linux distros like Ubuntu are so advanced in hardware and software compatibility. You’re right “azz.” My bad. I changed the text to match. Thanks for the pointer!

You and Mark both have interesting viewpoints on how this affects Linux. I tend to agree with azz since the OSX is really a kludge and Linux distros like Ubuntu are so advanced in hardware and software compatibility.

]]> By: azz http://aezell.wordpress.com/2006/03/21/macosx-on-intel-pc/#comment-12 azz Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:16:32 +0000 http://aezell.wordpress.com/2006/03/21/macosx-on-intel-pc/#comment-12 Why does the text say it is an nvidia card, but the screenshots say it is an ati radeon? Also, if this does work, it won't hurt linux. Both Mac and Microsoft are are proprietary. If anything, people will try a pirated version of Mac OS before trying linux - which has proper support. They already payed for Windows, no one is going to want to pay for another OS. If anything it will increase awareness that there is more than one OS that you are allowed to use. Again, that is good for linux. Why does the text say it is an nvidia card, but the screenshots say it is an ati radeon?

Also, if this does work, it won’t hurt linux. Both Mac and Microsoft are are proprietary. If anything, people will try a pirated version of Mac OS before trying linux – which has proper support.

They already payed for Windows, no one is going to want to pay for another OS.

If anything it will increase awareness that there is more than one OS that you are allowed to use. Again, that is good for linux.

]]> By: Mark A. Scholl http://aezell.wordpress.com/2006/03/21/macosx-on-intel-pc/#comment-11 Mark A. Scholl Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:57:56 +0000 http://aezell.wordpress.com/2006/03/21/macosx-on-intel-pc/#comment-11 Microsoft just announced that Vista will be out in 2007, instead of this year, missing both the back-to-school laptop sales and holiday sales. Not that I thought Vista was going to be a good product, but when the slip dates become bigger news than the product, you have a problem. If the migration of the Mac OS to the Intel platform is as smooth as what you have pointed out, I can see a mass exodus from Windows, at least in the g33k realms. But sadly, the Mac OS on a PC doesn't/won't hurt Windows, it'll hurt Linux. Microsoft just announced that Vista will be out in 2007, instead of this year, missing both the back-to-school laptop sales and holiday sales. Not that I thought Vista was going to be a good product, but when the slip dates become bigger news than the product, you have a problem.

If the migration of the Mac OS to the Intel platform is as smooth as what you have pointed out, I can see a mass exodus from Windows, at least in the g33k realms.

But sadly, the Mac OS on a PC doesn’t/won’t hurt Windows, it’ll hurt Linux.

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