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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. Re:A big reason Apple doesn't want to sell OS X by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    An even more fundamental reason Apple won't sell OS X to PC users is that PC-type people, unfortunately, just wouldn't understand OS X. You see, the Mac, and in fact the entire Apple experience, is intuitive for a certain kind of person. Artists, fashion mavens, scientists, and other creative personalities can sit down with a MacBook Pro running the latest dot-update of Tiger and comprehend its sensitive, tasteful aesthetic. It's a rare instinct, this appreciation for beauty and truth; unimaginative, dogma-bound drones haven't a prayer.

    In summary, unattractive squares should stick to Linux and Windows.
    Macs are for different thinkers.

  2. Warning: FUD troll by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 4, Funny
    I'm no expert

    Expert?! You're barely multi-celled!

    Man, I miss Duckman.

  3. Re:FP? by drb_chimaera · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or of course he could in fact mean Battlefield 2, which is a) what he said, and b) not available on OSX, so would make sense as an example of a game he could play on a Mac running XP :)

  4. Re:So much for enhancements by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's a good point.

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  5. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 2, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  6. Illegal Bundling by Quinn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can I get a refund if I buy a Macbook and decide not to run OSX on it?

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  7. Re:No hardware lockin by frogstar_robot · · Score: 2, Funny

    If I have a boxed copy of OS X and a sales receipt for it then I'll cordially invite Steve Jobs to roll the EULA into a cigar shape, bend over, and gently insert.

  8. SchuetzenGrabenVernichtungsPanzerKraftWagen by onkelonkel · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I am from germany"

    You don't need to tell us. Your charming use of compund nouns (railwayridingsimulations) reveals your nationality most clearly. As a descendant of Germans, I think English would be more fun if we also adopted this form. e.g. My Computingmachinewhichservesfilesforthemostpartporn ographic just crashed again.

    Peace, Love, Eisbein and Sauerkraut.

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  9. Re:FP? by Xypheri · · Score: 2, Funny

    interesting fact... a $2 power cable counts as "OEM Hardware" ;)