The results might be interesting, especially if there are some non-Mac owners who browse here occasionally.
-rob.
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I've posted a poll concerning the new solutions that allow easy use of Windows XP on Intel-based Macs. I'm curious about what impact, if any, the ability to run Windows on Mac hardware has had on your buying plans for the Intel-powered machines.
The results might be interesting, especially if there are some non-Mac owners who browse here occasionally. -rob.
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New poll posted on Intel Macs and Windows XP
I bought an iMac 24 hours before the dual boot program appeared. I would never dual boot, but when Parallels appeared, I immediately downloaded that and installed Ubuntu Linux as a proof of principle (I don't own a Windows disk).
New poll posted on Intel Macs and Windows XP
The only reason that I would run Windose is because my Office uses WordPerfect as its primary wordprossessor. However, I too would much rather uses a Darwine solution. Alternatively, Openoffice.org does a descent job rendering WordPerfect docs. There is not yet a version of NeoOffice for the intel platform.
New poll posted on Intel Macs and Windows XP
Many law schools often require students to use a Windows machine for compatability with their test taking software. They explicitly forbid emulators such as Virtual PC.
New poll posted on Intel Macs and Windows XP
If your law school uses Examsoft (as does mine), rumor has it they are working on releasing a Mac version next year. Still, in lieu of a Mac version, it would have been nice to have something like Boot Camp the last 3 years.
New poll posted on Intel Macs and Windows XP
I just bought a new mac last year. It isn't a macintel. I buy macs because they are what I need. I've never needed windows, never see a time when I WOULD use windows either.
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Please keep posting new polls as a story so they can get the attention of us RSS readers. Thanks!
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Please STOP posting polls as a story so my RSS reader DOES NOT pick it up. Thanks.
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Good grief, are you serious? Hard to believe an occasional one "extra" headline in an RSS feed would bother anyone. Just ignore it, which is part of the point of using a feed reader in the first place!
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I only started *adding* them as stories because I was told, by many readers, that they only read Hints via RSS and hence missed the opportunity to vote in polls, which they wanted to have.
Loving life in Bizarro World
I haven't had a chance to comment here in a while. I started a new job about a month ago (I can't disclose where). I usually tell potential employers that I'm platform agnostic, but once in the door, let them know that I prefer Macs. This time, the CTO and the Sys Admin were both Mac users and offered me up a Mac. Oddly, some of the production people I would be working with insisted that I needed a PC because there was (of all things) audio software that they wanted me to use that was Windows only.
Oddly enough, there was an excellent piece of audio software that was Windows only that was very well suited for our production needs. As the OnMac contest was starting to show results, I delayed my purchase until the hack was released. I bought a new MacBook Pro 2GHz. Hacked it to run Windows that weekend, followed by doing it with Boot Camp the following weekend. The audio software I need to run works wonderfully well in BootCamp and in Parallels VM. I've had no problems whatsoever with it, as compared to the more expensive and brand new Windows Media Center PC I was using until I got the Mac. In fact, this MacBook Pro is the fastest and most problem-free Windows PC I've ever used. I think the problem-free aspect of it comes from it not being loaded with pc vendor crapware and a buttload of conflicting drivers. As a result of seeing how great the MacBook is, others in my office have switched and now this is pretty much the standard issue machine for the company. Well, I could write more praises for my MacBook, but I'm about to reboot so I can get me some Grand Theft Auto action...did I mention that games run incredibly well?
New poll posted on Intel Macs and Windows XP
I simply have no need to run Windows. Just about everything I use is OS X only software and since my switch in 2003, I haven't had the need to run Windows. Ever. I have never said, "Gosh I wish that I had a PC so that I can run 'that one app.'" I have found that, although there are many Windows-only software programs, OS X almost always has an alternative which will perform the same task as said windows-only program. To make a long story short, I won't touch Windows with a 10 foot pole. Not even for games. That's what consoles are for.
New poll posted on Intel Macs and Windows XP
As many here have pointed out, I use a mac because I like it. However, my recent decision to get a macbook was based almost entirely on its ability to run multiple OSs and in particular windows. It seemed worth it to put up with rosetta if I can gain a new level of compatibility with windows when I need it, particularly if it means not having to buy two machines.
New poll posted on Intel Macs and Windows XP
Seems to me that anyone who has purchased Virtual PC and used it will be a happier camper now with the arrival of Intel-based Macs. I don't know what percentage of the Mac user base actually uses VPC, but I suspect it isn't that large.
New poll posted on Intel Macs and Windows XP
I'm a graphic designer (unsurprisingly many Mac users are) and yet most fail to recognize that graphic designers, especially web/multimedia developers need a windows box as a testing machine, I wouldn't dare to deliver a website to a client without testing it on at least IE6 and Firefox for windows beforehand, and the same goes to CDs/DVDs. More specifically, I work for many real state developers and they have a fixation with AutoCAD and Corel, AutoCAD is running great on Parallels Workstation and Corel works better on windows than in Mac OS X, I have that POS, I rather use freehando and love to work on Illustrator, but what can I do and for format conversion is not that frustrating.
New poll posted on Intel Macs and Windows XP
There is a cool extension for FireFox that lets you see how your page will look in IE without opening IE. http://ieview.mozdev.org/
New poll posted on Intel Macs and Windows XP
There are some good reasons for having the ability to use Windows when you need it. Unfortunately Boot Camp is only a partial solution since you still need to fork out $199 for XP.
New poll posted on Intel Macs and Windows XP
I don't know if being able to run Windows will bring PC users to the Mac but it is great for those of us who love Macs but are stuck needing Windows.
New poll posted on Intel Macs and Windows XP
I just ordered a Power Mac Pro 15 in 18.because my pc notebook is very unreliable ( HP Pavilion dv 1000). I chose the new Mac because I use encrypted e-mail tools for work that only support MS XP. At the same time I need something that "just works." I asked several egg heads and Apple came up over and over again as the lightning fast bullet proof brand. I hope the Mac lives up to its reputation.
New poll posted on Intel Macs and Windows XP
Sorry, it s a Mac Book Pro 1.83 Ghz
New poll posted on Intel Macs and Windows XP
I just got my new Apple "MaXP". It works great. I have never used a Mac before and was impressed from the second I opened the box. It was very fast and easy to use. After setting it up I went to work and used Windows XP on my pc desktop. Man...that was a drag. I got it from Dell a few days before the Mac. It had all the pop up crap and add on software that dragged down the performance (AOL, Norton, Corell, and so on). Also, it gave error messages the first time I shut it down and continues to display several each session. The Mac is such a sharp contrast to all other Windows based computers I have used. My guess is that a lot of us who never thought if getting a Mac due to software issues will make the switch and convert to the Apple OS and just keep the XP as a Swiss Army Knife kinda thing when needed. In conclusion, all you XP users go out and get a MacBook Pro, order Windows XP off of e-bay, load your "must have"programs, and use the Mac for the other 90% of time you use the computer. Trust me...I used to get pissed when an Apple nut would start talking
New poll posted on Intel Macs and Windows XP
I bought a Mac in 1984 and a Windows machine in late 85 and have bought new high end Macs and WinTel machines about every other year since. I have used and purchased almost every kind of software imaginable for an unbelievable range of tasks over the years, but when all is said and done, I hate Windows and love Macs. I have used them head to head for years and sometimes Windows is absolutely necessary and sometime even better/easier/more productive, but I can accomplish more with a Mac. I have used Virtual PC extensively when I was carrying only one machine and needed Windows occasionally, but it was always so slow for anything major that it was fairly useless. I just got a MacBook Pro and loaded BootCamp and XP on it and....
New poll posted on Intel Macs and Windows XP
I am 27 and have grown up using Windows machines. In the past, the Macintosh was not practical because all of my software was purchased on my Windows machine and I didn't want to have to purchase the Mac equivilent or work on two different computers.
New poll posted on Intel Macs and Windows XP
I am writing this on a Mac w/ XP. I thought that I would share some tips:
New poll posted on Intel Macs and Windows XP
Between VirtualPC on on a PowerMac Dual 866 and an aging Dell laptop, I can do the work I need on Windows (handling after-hours tech support calls for an all-Windows office and testing web or print layouts in Windows apps) and spend most of my time in OS X.
New poll posted on Intel Macs and Windows XP
When I first heard, in 1998!, that Apple would be porting to Intel hardware I was excited. Being no platform bigot, I started with a MacPlus in '85 for the high school newspaper (9in screen, no hdd, etc; it had the best keyboard I've ever used, I've never found anything like the feel of that ancient keyboard).
Disable your Windows networking
I always loved Macs and have found PCs just bearable, but now that my top-of-the-line Dell choked on spyward undetected by two programs (I didn't use Explorer, barely went online with it after I got my PowerBook G4 two years ago, which is one of my favorite Macs ever, McAfee Virus scans never showed anything, and I used XP Firewall)...the only good thing was that I didn't have to buy another PC, and I had my photos and music on my PowerBook--and I bought the iMac 20-inch that I wanted sooner rather than later. Steve Jobs said at the Apple Shareholder's meeting two weeks ago that Microsoft people were running XP and Vista on MacPros. With Bootcamp I have Windows running on it faster and more elegantly than on the Dell with all the added options to buy for features I expect in a Mac, and am never letting it go online (I have all of the networking disabled)--Control Panel, Neworking, right-click > Disable). I won't need the Windows updates for security if I stay offline with it. I bought an Airport Extreme to replace my Linksys router and was able to get WPA 2 security effortlessly. When I have to transfer anything to Windows from the internet, I use the Mac side and move it to the Windows HD icon. I really did need to buy another copy of Windows XP because mine was SP1, and even though I was able to reboot after reinstalling and wiping out everything on the PC, I couldn't even download Service Pack 2 because of some program coming in and wiping out my networking drivers. The second time, my floppy disk driver went, too. I've read how I can create a single disk but that was after the fact (and I had wasted an entire weekend). I would never use anything related to Windows if I didn't have a few programs that I have to use for work purposes. I hate to have the shoddy software on my beautiful iMac but wouldn't have been able to have it right now if it didn't run Windows. |
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