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Bunk Camp - Apple Gets It Wrong?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the see-it's-a-clever-twist-of-one-letter dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CNET.com.au has posted a commentary that attempts to cut away the hype surrounding Boot Camp. From the article: 'Boot Camp will do little to coax Windows XP users into switching to Mac OS X. For this to happen, Apple needs to either license out OS X to all users -- not just Mac owners -- or support a true Mac virtualisation application.'"

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  1. Tell'em what is is going to cost.......... by Anarchist+Ed · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    not to mention that i can buy 5 PC's for the price of a Mac.....that to me is the most important feature....the PRICE

  2. Re:A big reason Apple doesn't want to sell OS X by Tony+Hoyle · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Even if it needed VMWare that would help OSX software development a lot.

    Currently developing for OSX is a pain in the ass. I've got to ssh in, update the source tree on the mini, and run configure/make. Since the mini is about as fast as a 486 this is an overnight job.

    VMWare on a dual core athlon is *way* faster - if I could get OSX onto that I could build in an hour probably (the tree builds native on the build machine in 20 minutes), allowing for a proper build/test cycle.

  3. What if this were Microsoft? by mattgreen · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    If Microsoft did something like this then everyone would be crying about monopolies and piecing together rants about how evil capitalism is. Whether an action is good or bad shouldn't depend on who did it, but there's no reasoning with zealots. The fact is from a consumer standpoint Apple's business model is sub-par because we can't run OS X on our hardware. That's fine with me -- I'll continue using another OS.

  4. Nothing illegal about it, you fucking moron! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wow! What an ignorant fucking title. Stupid turd. Get your facts straight next time before you make yourself look like a complete fucknut. What a fucking retard!

  5. Missed the humor of this. by Jerk+City+Troll · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It is tragic that the moderators are so thick-skulled that they failed to notice the humor in swapping “Windows” with “Mac OS X” (and other similar references) in this troll. Rest assured that at least someone “got it.”

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