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Did Apple's Bootcamp make your paper's front page? - Grumpyguy - 04-06-2006
Cincy Enquirer and heard it on CBS radio news this morning.
Re: Did Apple's Bootcamp make your paper's front page? - Lew Zealand - 04-06-2006
Yup, both. - NYTimes & Pasadena Star-News
Re: Did Apple's Bootcamp make your paper's front page? - spearmint - 04-06-2006
San Jose Mediocre News, yup. Sorry it is a subscription you don't want.
Langberg: Macs running Windows won't shift balance
By Mike Langberg
Mercury News
* Apple's Mac can now run Windows
* More Apple news
I live in Cupertino, about two miles from Apple world headquarters, so I can testify first-hand that the Earth didn't move at 5:32 a.m. Wednesday.
That's when Apple Computer stunned its loyal followers by announcing the company's first-ever software for running Windows on Macintosh computers.
Boot Camp, as the software is known, will make Mac users happy and might even lure a few Windows users to hop the fence.
But, in its current form at least, Boot Camp won't fundamentally alter the balance of power between Apple and Windows PC makers.
Boot Camp is certainly an important symbolic move. Apple has long insisted Macs are so wonderful that users would have no reason to touch Windows.
That left only independent developers to create software for running Windows on earlier versions of the Mac.
Yet, like it or not, it's a Windows world. Apple's computers make up less than 5 percent of computers globally, while Microsoft's Windows controls more than 90 percent of the market.
There's lots of software available only for Windows, making it difficult for Windows users to switch and Mac believers to remain loyal.
Apple made a huge shift earlier this year in adapting its Macintosh operating system software to run on Intel processors, the same chips used in many Windows PCs. These new Intel-based Macs obviously were capable of running Windows, although Apple didn't offer a way to do so until unveiling Boot Camp.
There are hurdles to using Boot Camp, however, that will keep it from catching fire. Among them:
• You need to buy a full version of Windows XP, which costs about $200, rather than the less expensive upgrade version that's intended for putting Windows XP on an older Windows PC.
And you can't pull a Windows install disc out of the packaging that came with a PC you already own. The system recovery discs provided with a Windows PC are designed to work only with that machine, to prevent piracy.
• You need to download the Boot Camp software and step through an installation process that will be daunting to non-expert users. At one point, if you accidentally make the wrong selection, you can erase the Mac operating system from your computer.
• Boot Camp is what Apple calls a ``public beta,'' meaning it's pre-release software that may still contain bugs.
Apple is not providing phone or fee-based support for Boot Camp, and includes this stern warning on Boot Camp's frequently asked questions page: ``Do not use Boot Camp beta in a commercial operating environment or with important data.''
• Once installed, Boot Camp requires completely shutting down the computer to switch from the Mac operating system to Windows. This makes it impossible to work in both operating systems simultaneously -- you can't, for example, edit pictures in iPhoto on the Mac side and then paste the images into an Outlook e-mail on the Windows side.
All these issues will deter Windows users, who tend to follow the path of least resistance. Mac users, on the other hand, tend to be more technically sophisticated and appreciate the elegance of Apple products. That's why I expect current Mac users will enlist for Boot Camp, while Windows users will mostly decline.
The picture could change with the next Mac operating system upgrade, named ``Leopard,'' due late this year or early next year.
Leopard might make the process of installing Windows easier, and could include ``live'' switching between the two operating systems without restarting the computer. Or not -- Apple only says Boot Camp will be a feature in Leopard, without giving any details.
What would be really cool is if Apple offered computers with both operating systems pre-installed, despite a statement by the company Wednesday that ``Apple has no desire or plan to sell or support Windows.''
Maybe Apple could sell the regular Mac mini, as it does today, for $599, as well as a version with Windows for $699. That would be a computer I couldn't resist buying.
Re: Did Apple's Bootcamp make your paper's front page? - tronnei - 04-06-2006
St. Paul Pioneer Press: Yes
Minneapolis Star Tribune: Blurb on page one; article in business section.
Re: Did Apple's Bootcamp make your paper's front page? - sscutchen - 04-06-2006
Yup. Houston Chronicle
Re: Did Apple's Bootcamp make your paper's front page? - kahuna1342 - 04-06-2006
Made the front page of the business section in The Oregonian.
Re: Did Apple's Bootcamp make your paper's front page? - pRON aHOLIC - 04-06-2006
Yes, as a pointer to the business section.
Re: Did Apple's Bootcamp make your paper's front page? - StingMe - 04-06-2006
Made the business section, but the front page was reserved for more hard-hitting journalism...
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Re: Did Apple's Bootcamp make your paper's front page? - blooz - 04-07-2006
All things considered—last night
Re: Did Apple's Bootcamp make your paper's front page? - Seacrest - 04-07-2006
blooz Wrote:
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Are you gonna finish that sentence, or
I know. http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=2