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 Apple introduces Boot Camp, Macs do windows, too

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TSjoehan
post Apr 5 2006, 09:10 PM, updated 20y ago

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u guys gotta check it out!

http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/

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post Apr 5 2006, 09:12 PM

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cry.gif cry.gif cry.gif cry.gif cry.gif

Apple betrayed me once again.... sad.gif sad.gif
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post Apr 5 2006, 09:18 PM

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erm... wads really goin on with apple?? merger with microsoft???
then becos OS Ms?
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post Apr 5 2006, 09:24 PM

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QUOTE(geejun2 @ Apr 5 2006, 09:18 PM)
erm... wads really goin on with apple?? merger with microsoft???
then becos OS Ms?
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i had wished i hadn't wished it two years ago.... sometimes wishes do come true, in an eerie way... sad.gif sad.gif

Apple is getting cheaper and cheaper by the day.... shakehead.gif shakehead.gif

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INFeRNO
post Apr 5 2006, 09:27 PM

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It's about damn time I say...
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post Apr 5 2006, 09:28 PM

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u mean u wish for tht befoer?!?!?!
OMG>...
erm..
cheaper by the day..??
DUN THINK SO... kekekek
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post Apr 5 2006, 09:38 PM

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OMG.. really cham lah.. but Apple will earn more i think.. so they do this is becos of people who use apple can use windows also..

Apple really betrayed all of Mac user and it will be come together with Leopard..
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post Apr 5 2006, 09:52 PM

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This is a good thing. It'll help more and more Windows users to make the switch over to a Mac.
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post Apr 5 2006, 09:57 PM

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money is the biggest deal...they wont care the tradition..as long they can make more money, sure they will integrate it..
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QUOTE(fly @ Apr 5 2006, 09:52 PM)
This is a good thing. It'll help more and more Windows users to make the switch over to a Mac.
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and this means it will make OSX more and more of a target for security concerns just like Windows now, no matter how invulnerable OSX appears to be...

PS: and if you guys think i'm being paranoia, go ahead and shoot, but make sure you shoot your ownself first.... tongue.gif tongue.gif

QUOTE(howiechoo @ Apr 5 2006, 09:57 PM)
money is the biggest deal...they wont care the tradition..as long they can make more money, sure they will integrate it..
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that's why I've said Apple is getting cheaper and cheaper.... sooner or later it will just be another Micro$oft.... sad.gif sad.gif
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post Apr 5 2006, 10:14 PM

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I think it is good news. More flexible and do not need to keep 2 PCs.
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post Apr 5 2006, 10:33 PM

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QUOTE(ASAP @ Apr 5 2006, 11:14 PM)
I think it is good news. More flexible and do not need to keep 2 PCs.
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Yeah you are rite!. Lucky me rclxms.gif , looks like i have more choices to play PC games from now on. Yahoo!!!!!
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QUOTE(Eithanius @ Apr 5 2006, 10:03 PM)
and this means it will make OSX more and more of a target for security concerns just like Windows now, no matter how invulnerable OSX appears to be...

PS: and if you guys think i'm being paranoia, go ahead and shoot, but make sure you shoot your ownself first....  tongue.gif  tongue.gif
that's why I've said Apple is getting cheaper and cheaper.... sooner or later it will just be another Micro$oft....  sad.gif  sad.gif
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OSX already is a target right now with or without Windows users and I still think that OSX is an inherently more secure that WinXP will ever hope to be because of it's FreeBSD lineage. All the supposed OSX vunerabilities so far have been pretty tame affairs.
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post Apr 6 2006, 12:19 AM

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with boot camp, there will be more and more switchers. maybe soon we will see a bunch of sleek imacs instead of boring old beige (or in dell's case, grey) PCs.

people are afraid to jump on the mac bandwagon because they are afraid of compatibily. now that windows can run natively, apple will definitely make more money!

although hardcore mac fans will not like this though.
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post Apr 6 2006, 02:54 AM

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Good move Apple! smile.gif
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yup.. this is a nice evolution.. more convenient for us.. can experience both side at lower cost
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post Apr 6 2006, 07:17 AM

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Here's a tiny bit of trivia for all you mac fanatics out there:

"The PC wars are over, Done" says Steve Jobs. "Microsoft won a long time ago." - quoted from Fortune magazine in 1996.

Sourced from this article = http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/05/ap...ndows_timeline/
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QUOTE(INFeRNO @ Apr 6 2006, 10:17 AM)
Here's a tiny bit of trivia for all you mac fanatics out there:

"The PC wars are over, Done" says Steve Jobs. "Microsoft won a long time ago." - quoted from Fortune magazine in 1996.

Sourced from this article = http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/05/ap...ndows_timeline/
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While we're at citing old meaningless quotes, here's a good one:

"The desktop computer industry is dead. Innovation has virtually ceased. Microsoft dominates with very little innovation. That's over. Apple lost. The desktop market has entered the dark ages, and it's going to be in the dark ages for the next 10 years, or certainly for the rest of this decade." - Wired magazine, February 1996.

And then OS X was released in the following decade (2001), SPOT ON!
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QUOTE(INFeRNO @ Apr 6 2006, 07:17 AM)
Here's a tiny bit of trivia for all you mac fanatics out there:

"The PC wars are over, Done" says Steve Jobs. "Microsoft won a long time ago." - quoted from Fortune magazine in 1996.

Sourced from this article = http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/05/ap...ndows_timeline/
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oh puhleazzz.....!!! yawn.gif yawn.gif everyone knows the OS war was over ever since Jobs made a comeback 9 nine years ago.... this is not about OS wars.... this is about the entity itself.... with this dual-boot thingy, more and more ppl are gonna switch, which puts Apple productions on Macs to hyperdrive..., imagine Apple producing el-cheapo macs with el-crappo qualities running on Int(el)-cheapo platform which brings down to an affordably el-sicko price tags just to capture a larger pie of the el-f***o PC market share.... sleep.gif sleep.gif

Call me a fanatic if you want, but i'd really have to say this. Mac is like a cult, like one's religion. Devouts get angry when their religion is desecrated, hardcore mac-fans get dishonoured (if you will) when their cult is oppressed, in this case - Apple's abandoning innovation in favour of dominion. whistling.gif
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post Apr 6 2006, 11:28 AM

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Dude you need to calm down, Apple making life easier for some people to install Windows on their Macs doesn't mean they're gonna produce cheap quality Macs in the future. They know what they're doing.

Anyway, I like how Apple lets you install Windows on its machines and openly mocks it at the same time. smile.gif

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EFI and BIOS

Macs use an ultra-modern industry standard technology called EFI to handle booting. Sadly, Windows XP, and even the upcoming Vista, are stuck in the 1980s with old-fashioned BIOS. But with Boot Camp, the Mac can operate smoothly in both centuries.

Word to the Wise

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. So be sure to keep it updated with the latest Microsoft Windows security fixes.
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