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Intel Mac purchasing plans
Authored by: FlyBoy on Apr 15, '06 08:48:14AM

I had already purchased a MacBook Pro before either the XP Hack, BootCamp or Parallels was announced. I had anticipated being able to run Windows eventually at native or near-native speed. I installed BootCamp the first day, and find it useful for the few programs that I need to run, although it is very inconvenient to have to reboot. I am waiting on Parallels to get USB support, as one of the things I need to be able to do under Windows is update device firmware for things like my Blackberry and GPS that don't have OS X ways to do so. Once USB is supported and perhaps some sort of shared drive mechanism, I think a virtualization solution makes the most sense.



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Intel Mac purchasing plans
Authored by: sheppy on Apr 15, '06 08:59:54AM

Polls that ask about your plans for purchasing Intel Macs keep forgetting to include the "I already have one (or more)" option.

I already have both a MacBook Pro and an iMac Core Duo, along with two PowerPC Macs. So Boot Camp didn't affect my purchasing plans, but I am glad to have it as an option now!



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Intel Mac purchasing plans
Authored by: gxw on Apr 15, '06 10:09:21AM

Ditto.

My mom said wanted a computer. I said you can have my old Mac (imac g5 17"). I purchased a 20" iMac for my uses. Did not want to give her a windows pc as I support these for a living. I do not want to do PC support in my off hours too. I bought the intel imac before Bootcamp and parallels were announced. Being able to run windows was not a consideration when buying the intel imac. Now, thanks to Parallels, I may be able to get rid on one of my windows PCs here at home.



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Intel Mac purchasing plans
Authored by: robg on Apr 15, '06 06:35:17PM

I left it out on purpose; I was more interested in finding out about those who had not yet purchased! :)

-rob.



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