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burn a CD with the necessary drivers for the system. Once those
are installed, it's just like running an XP box. You can even
update the drivers from the manufacturers website if needed.
Macworld did some tests (much more fair than the ones CNet
did) that showed the Mac to have decent performance numbers
and good framerates, about what would be expected given the
system specs.
Bootcamp essentially sets up a Windows XP system on a partition
of the Mac's System Disk. It's just like setting up a dual-boot
with Linux and Windows in terms of functionality.
burn a CD with the necessary drivers for the system. Once those
are installed, it's just like running an XP box. You can even
update the drivers from the manufacturers website if needed.
Macworld did some tests (much more fair than the ones CNet
did) that showed the Mac to have decent performance numbers
and good framerates, about what would be expected given the
system specs.
Bootcamp essentially sets up a Windows XP system on a partition
of the Mac's System Disk. It's just like setting up a dual-boot
with Linux and Windows in terms of functionality.
windows App in OS X WITHOUT even needing a copy Windows
XP. Boot Camp is just temporary until the next version of OS X
when this could happen. There will be no reason to use Boot
Camp soon because OS X will soon have the ability to run ANY
Windows App native in OSX.
This is just an additional way for Apple to make revenue. Have a
Home and a Professional version of OS X. The Home version is
the same OS X, but the Professional version will let you run your
Windows Apps native for an additional fee.
How would you install Windows software? For example, if a file
has a .exe extension it would allow a Mac owner to install it
using Windows compatible binaries etc... Probably covering a
large part of the software out today designed for Windows. If
this doesn't work with a particular program, then one could then
use Boot Camp. It just makes sense.
Could this be a reason for the Microsoft delay of Vista, as they
think about what they can do to "STOP" Apple without
"STOPPING" actual Windows Applications from working in the
next version of Windows or drastically changing the way
programmers write code for Vista? Of course this is just a
thought...
to run viruses and trojans. No thank You.
But What If Apple is including Including Boot Cam on Leopard
because of Leopard being able to run on (Only new) x86 System?
No licensing, only retail sales of OS X 10.5.
to run viruses and trojans. No thank You.
But What If Apple is including Including Boot Cam on Leopard
because of Leopard being able to run on (Only new) x86 System?
No licensing, only retail sales of OS X 10.5.
windows App in OS X WITHOUT even needing a copy Windows
XP. Boot Camp is just temporary until the next version of OS X
when this could happen. There will be no reason to use Boot
Camp soon because OS X will soon have the ability to run ANY
Windows App native in OSX.
This is just an additional way for Apple to make revenue. Have a
Home and a Professional version of OS X. The Home version is
the same OS X, but the Professional version will let you run your
Windows Apps native for an additional fee.
How would you install Windows software? For example, if a file
has a .exe extension it would allow a Mac owner to install it
using Windows compatible binaries etc... Probably covering a
large part of the software out today designed for Windows. If
this doesn't work with a particular program, then one could then
use Boot Camp. It just makes sense.
Could this be a reason for the Microsoft delay of Vista, as they
think about what they can do to "STOP" Apple without
"STOPPING" actual Windows Applications from working in the
next version of Windows or drastically changing the way
programmers write code for Vista? Of course this is just a
thought...
to run viruses and trojans. No thank You.
But What If Apple is including Including Boot Cam on Leopard
because of Leopard being able to run on (Only new) x86 System?
No licensing, only retail sales of OS X 10.5.
to run viruses and trojans. No thank You.
But What If Apple is including Including Boot Cam on Leopard
because of Leopard being able to run on (Only new) x86 System?
No licensing, only retail sales of OS X 10.5.
This is quite revolutionary for Mac fans.
But it is also a welcoming call to Windows fans.
Now everyone has the chance to enjoy the best of both worlds.
Let me see: Mac to edit music, pictures and videos. Windows to play games. Mac to play music and videos. Windows to work. Mac to organize music, pictures and videos. Windows to...
Duh... :-p
This is quite revolutionary for Mac fans.
But it is also a welcoming call to Windows fans.
Now everyone has the chance to enjoy the best of both worlds.
Let me see: Mac to edit music, pictures and videos. Windows to play games. Mac to play music and videos. Windows to work. Mac to organize music, pictures and videos. Windows to...
Duh... :-p
- Beta, performance should improve?
- by elayouty.1 April 17, 2006 1:46 PM PDT
- Since this is a Beta, is it expected that performance should improve as they reach a final version?
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