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Run Windows Applications Natively in OS X?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the predictiontastic dept.

mcho writes "Unlike other speculators, who get no spam, Robert X. Cringely offers an intriguing reason behind Apple's recent strategy of Boot Camp. From the article: 'I believe that Apple will offer Windows Vista as an option for those big customers who demand it, but I also believe that Apple will offer in OS X 10.5 the ability to run native Windows XP applications with no copy of XP installed on the machine at all. This will be accomplished not by using compatibility middleware like Wine, but rather by Apple implementing the Windows API directly in OS X 10.5.'

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  1. Moderation by palad1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Damn, I whish I could mod this story +5, Funny

  2. Bonzai Buddy!!! Yea! by inertialmatrix · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can not wait to run Bonzai Buddy, not to mention all the _GREAT_ screen savers that are available for download (for free!) off the web!

    yea!

  3. Re:tap, tap, tap, .. there's no place like OS X... by Ford+Prefect · · Score: 5, Funny

    He expects Apples magical engineers to just whip out a feature complete copy of the Windows API in just a few months?

    Give me a load of All-Bran or other fibre-rich foodstuffs to work on, and I'm sure I could produce a feature-complete copy of Microsoft Windows in 24 hours or so. Even less, if laxatives are involved.

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  4. True by geekoid · · Score: 4, Funny

    WHat we need is a multi-billion dollar organization with knowledge of the Windows API and developers on staff...oh. wait.

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  5. Sleeping with Dvorak by everphilski · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sounds like Cringely has been sleeping with Dvorak too long. You know how when couples are with each other for a long time they begin to sound and act like each other...

  6. Re:YHBT! by Ohreally_factor · · Score: 5, Funny
    It is indeed an interesting time to be a Mac user.

    keep in mind he probably wrote this column in 15 minutes while high on cough medicine.

    Actually, he was only able to put down on paper the fantastic visions conjured by his drugged out mind for fifteen minutes before he was interrupted by a person from Porlock. When he was finally able to get back to writing his article, he found that the vivid images had left him, and he was left with only a few fragmentary notes.

    In Cupertino did Kubla Khan[1]
    A stately pleasure-dome decree[2] :
    Where Alph, the sacred river, ran[3]
    Through caverns measureless to man[4]
    Down to a sunless sea.[5]


    [1] Clearly a reference to Steve Jobs
    [2] Jobs announces expansion of Apple campus
    [3] River Alph = 1 Infinite Loop(?)
    [4]Undocumented Windows APIs
    [5]Apparently where WinFS is hiding

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  7. Re:As usual.... by MobyDisk · · Score: 3, Funny

    You just disagreed with yourself.

    1) Nobody could duplicate the Windows API.
    2) Wine duplicates the Windows API.

    ???

  8. Safe Browsing by buckhead_buddy · · Score: 4, Funny
    Recipe to avoid the "BRITNETSPEERZNAKED.JPG" viral threats:
    • Switch browsers from IE to Firefox
    • Switch Operating Systems from Windows to Mac
    • Switch Preferences from Women to Men
    That leaves you in one of the smallest possible target audiences for... well... just about anything :-)
    1. Re:Safe Browsing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Your third point is redundant (see second point).