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New poll posted on Intel Macs and Windows XP
Authored by: murph on Apr 15, '06 09:26:03PM

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.

Regardless of the path, dual-boot or virtual, you take to Windows nirvana on Mac hardware, there was an interesting topic on Slashdot recently asking Windows users to chime in on what cool, interesting, killer Windows software they would recommend for a soon-to-be dual-boot camper. For all of the hype we've heard for years about how much more software is available for Windows than Mac, amazingly there were hardly any responses beyond the usual anti-virus/trojan/spyware/firewall utilities. And the few recommendations that didn't fall into the security category weren't exactly rising to the definition of "cool, interesting, killer."

Arguably, there are some games, and of course so-called "vertical market" corporate applications where usage (and users) are narrowly defined insofar as the appeal of Windows on Mac is concerned. But I think the majority of average Mac users really don't care. There may be an initial curiosity from some users over time as Intel-based Macs begin to significantly penetrate the market, but at least as of today running Windows just doesn't offer any significant benefit when the rubber meets the road, and in a dual-boot config, the all-too-familiar downsides of running Windows natively loom large.

But for now, let the tech press enjoy it's tempest in a teapot.



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