Re: VPC & Micro$oft

At 3:12 -0500 on 11/3/03, you (Laurent Daudelin), wrote: > OK people, that was a very interesting thread but I can't see anymore what > it brings to users of G-based laptops. > > Can we move on, please? You can always continue the discussion privately, if > you need to... Thanks Laurent. -- H

Old Mac software support (was: Re: VPC & Micro$oft>iBook Screen problems

From: Illovox Media <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Some bozo wrote me off this thread Then he said that because he was paying for his daughter's wedding, Steve Jobs should give him free software designed for his old machines. Ha ha, that brings me back to all the people who complained that the latest soft

Re: VPC & Micro$oft>iBook Screen problems

on 11/3/03 12:12 AM, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > OK people, that was a very interesting thread but I can't see anymore what > it brings to users of G-based laptops. > > Can we move on, please? You can always continue the discussion privately, if > you need to... > > Thanks! >

Re: VPC & Micro$oft

OK people, that was a very interesting thread but I can't see anymore what it brings to users of G-based laptops. Can we move on, please? You can always continue the discussion privately, if you need to... Thanks! -Laurent, G-Books list nanny. --

Re: VPC & Micro$oft

From: Nolen Scaife <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> And for the "Apple should lower their prices" argument. While Apple's prices are quite a bit more expensive than PCs, What most people are getting wrong here is that they are not comparing like for like. I can build three PCs with higher clock speed than I

Re: VPC & Micro$oft

From: "JOHN.E.ABRAHAM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Apple should have produced their own emulator or taken over the rights to REAL PC and developed it to integrate it with any further issues of the Mac's OS. I agree 100% While it is always difficult for an OS developer when to (and not to) tread into th

Re: VPC & Micro$oft

From: Dave Bonhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Please! Let's not let this discussion devolve into a religious crusade. Only the Deity of your preference knows where that would lead us to... And I don't expect it would involve much constructive discussion about G-Books. Ok, you're probably right. Once

Re: VPC & Micro$oft

Sorry, Steve, I misquoted that one. Nolen On Nov 2, 2003, at 4:12 PM, Nolen Scaife wrote: On Nov 2, 2003, at 3:26 PM, Steve wrote: With a multi-platform PC many times cheaper than a Mac, people will cross over with reluctance in order to keep their costs down (they think). One of the main

Re: VPC & Micro$oft

On Nov 2, 2003, at 3:26 PM, Steve wrote: With a multi-platform PC many times cheaper than a Mac, people will cross over with reluctance in order to keep their costs down (they think). One of the main things going for the Mac is its reliability, as IBM compatible PC's breakdown all to freque

Re: VPC & Micro$oft

On 2-Nov-03, at 12:58 PM, JOHN.E.ABRAHAM wrote: With the rumor that within a few years INTEL will have a cross platform CPU it may mean the potential end for Apple. Wish I had a penny for every time I've heard some suggest that such and such rumor may mean the end for Apple. With a multi-platfor

Re: VPC & Micro$oft

on 11/2/03 12:58 PM, JOHN.E.ABRAHAM at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello Listers, > > I have read with interest the listings regarding VPC & M$ and would > like to add another side to the issue. > > Apple should have produced their own emulator or taken over the > rights to REAL PC and developed

Re: VPC & Micro$oft

ge their PC's more frequently. Thus it makes sense for APPLE to either reduce the cost of their PC's or increase cross platform compatibility. John Abraham, Tavistock, England (Still a 6200 user + Wallstreet now). From: "Tekno Liber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: VPC &

Re: VPC & Micro$oft

<\lurk mode> On Sunday, Nov 2, 2003, at 14:11 Canada/Eastern, Tekno Liber wrote: Get over what ?! Fact is that Micro$oft aims to dominate the world of computing the same way Islam aims to rule the world. Please! Let's not let this discussion devolve into a religious crusade. Only the Deity of y

Re: VPC & Micro$oft

From: Jim Scolman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> .you guys are using Apple Powerbook laptop computers and you put a "$" in the word Microsoft.get over it. Get over what ?! Fact is that Micro$oft aims to dominate the world of computing the same way Islam aims to rule the world. Everything Mic

Re: VPC & Micro$oft

From: Andrew Kershaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mac-on-PC emulation: Is that really relevant here, anyway? I drew the parallel with companies that were working on very difficult products and promised, but have yet to deliver. Simple as that!! Laurence ___

Re: VPC & Micro$oft

On Saturday, November 1, 2003, at 08:37 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 11/1/03 1:47 PM, Tekno Liber at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Michelle Klein-Hass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> No worries though... just install Yellow Dog and have a native port of Linux running on your Mac. There are several reaso

Re: VPC & Micro$oft

Sun, 02 Nov 2003 13:08:42 +0100 > To: "G-Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: VPC & Micro$oft > >> From: Laurent Daudelin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Is BLPE "Bosch"? > > BLPE = Blue Label Power Emulator > > http://www

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If you had as much experience of small companies and products like this you would know not to trust statements like that! I have been in the Mac-on-PC emulation scene for a very long time, so long in fact that I have given up waiting. There were two companies that seriously promised PPC emulation w

Re: VPC & Micro$oft

From: Laurent Daudelin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Is BLPE "Bosch"? BLPE = Blue Label Power Emulator http://www.lismoresystems.com/ _ -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.

Re: VPC & Micro$oft

From: Andrew Kershaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> And farther down the page is printed: Buy Blue Label 1.8 now and get special discount for Mac OS X compatible version we are working on. If you had as much experience of small companies and products like this you would know not to trust statements like tha

Re: VPC & Micro$oft

From: Steve Fuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> They are gone from the LIST. That doesn't necessarily mean that you can't install them or that they won't work. The text in the dialog box clearly states that if your OS is not on the list, to choose the word OTHER. I very much doubt that Micro$oft will str

Re: VPC & Micro$oft

From: Steve Fuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If you are really that bothered that you can't run I386 based operating systems on your Mac, might I suggest investing in a cheap PC? Then you can run whatever you want on it. I own several PCs, but that isn't really the point. Laurence

Re: VPC & Micro$oft

on 11/1/03 1:47 PM, Tekno Liber at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> From: Michelle Klein-Hass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> No worries though... just install Yellow Dog and have a >> native port of Linux running on your Mac. > > There are several reasons for wanting to run an x86 version > of Linux, or ot

Re: VPC & Micro$oft

From: Michelle Klein-Hass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> No worries though... just install Yellow Dog and have a native port of Linux running on your Mac. There are several reasons for wanting to run an x86 version of Linux, or other x86 OSs, and this is now a thing of the past as nobody has the finances to

Re: VPC & Micro$oft

Ah, cheers!! However, this'll be the telling tale: "Mac OS system requirements: PowerPC, Mac OS 8.x - 9.x Important Note: Current version of Blue Label does not support Mac OS X and Classic environment." If it stays like that it'll be pretty pointless... Fingers crossed. And farther down the pag

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From: Scott Crick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Lisemore (BLPE) has disappeared off the face of the earth. It's stilla round. Their website has changed. Check out Ah, cheers!! However, this'll be the telling tale: "Mac OS system requirements: PowerPC, Mac OS 8.x - 9.x Impo

Re: VPC & Micro$oft

M$ has already removed Linux, *BSD, Netware, and Solaris from the list of supported guest OSes. http://www.msfn.org/comments.php?id=5516&catid=1 They are gone from the LIST. That doesn't necessarily mean that you can't install them or that they won't work. The text in the dialog box clearly stat

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This has already come to pass...the new VPC will not allow Linux to be installed on that. No worries though...just install Yellow Dog and have a native port of Linux running on your Mac. Bill Gates is made irrelevant once again. That is, unless you need to run Windows on your Mac. Everything that

Re: VPC & Micro$oft

On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 06:23:30PM +0100, Tekno Liber wrote: : : Seeing the question about VPC on a Pismo (not I don't have the answer) : made me think about the worrying future of PC compatibility on a Mac. : : And I mean PC, not Windoze. : : Connectix always strived to making VPC a PC emulator

Re: VPC & Micro$oft

On Saturday 01 November 2003 09:23 am, Tekno Liber wrote: > Seeing the question about VPC on a Pismo (not I don't have the answer) > made me think about the worrying future of PC compatibility on a Mac. > > And I mean PC, not Windoze. > > Connectix always strived to making VPC a PC emulator and not

Re: VPC & Micro$oft

On 11/1/03 11:23 AM, "Tekno Liber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lisemore (BLPE) has disappeared off > the face of the earth. It's stilla round. Their website has changed. Check out Sincerely, Scott -- "Oh great! Now Hamlet's acting strange! Well, nobody out-cra

VPC & Micro$oft

Seeing the question about VPC on a Pismo (not I don't have the answer) made me think about the worrying future of PC compatibility on a Mac. And I mean PC, not Windoze. Connectix always strived to making VPC a PC emulator and not a Windoze emulator, but how long will it be until Micro$oft integrat