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Retailers picking up the idea of WinXP on Macs
A sales person quite happily switched from running Mac OS X to Windows XP on an iMac, and left the machine running Windows," she tells us. Apparently, the sales rep didn't suggest buying a copy of Windows XP with the desktop Mac and neither is PC World bundling the additional OS, but once Apple's dual-boot utility, Boot Camp, moves out of pre-release testing - it's expected to be finalised in time for Mac OS X 10.5 - the opportunity will be there...
Very interesting stuff, and it shows how fickle and quick to change the IT industry is.
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DragonMaster
on June 19, 2006 8:42 PM |
What's the point? |
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mirob
on June 19, 2006 10:18 PM |
Put good use to VT. |
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Julio
on June 20, 2006 1:07 AM |
Percentage-wise however this is limited to a very very small share of the market. I do believe it's great Macs are now running Windows, but don't be fooled because now Apple computers are no different than a similarly configured PC. So if you plan to run Mac OS X, then you can call it an advantage, but if you want to buy an Apple machine just to run Windows? Well, you can almost call that stupid. |
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Didou
on June 20, 2006 2:02 AM |
In many Mac stores here in Belgium, they almost automatically offer a Windows XP CD + licence when you buy an Intel based Mac now. Not for free of course, but quite cheaper then buying the OS by itself. |
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slake
on June 20, 2006 8:16 AM |
LOL! Glad to see mac hardware is now selling becuase it runs XP! LOL! I guess Microsoft has won. Now sit down. [url]http://www.idont.com[/url] |
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crossfire851
on June 20, 2006 11:35 PM |
What they should do is make Chassis and monitors , that resemble a mac computer with one hard to see veration. lol then you can call it your "mac" or "big mac". lol |
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DragonMaster
on June 21, 2006 10:14 AM |
It would just be a real "PowerMac". |
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