hmm.. The games bit is very true. And as a gamer it is of constant annoyance that only some of the best games are released on the mac. This is made more annoying by noticing that the apple stores are carrying more ipods than software these days. The only reprieve to this is hearing the windows guys talking about how they keep having to reboot their machines or the mysterious slowness that they experience.
If Apple writes the drivers, then maybe this wouldn't be such an issue. Compared with the current choices, this is great. Virtual PC is as slow as a two legged dog on barbituates (and yet, greatly improved from previous versions) and prone to breaking whenever a new os comes out. Another way to sell more macs? Another way to sell more copies of windows? Another way to get people to try to switch? In general I think it's good, but I'm not sure if I want to swear at my Mac when I get a blue screen. Mike --- Rod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Christian Kotz wrote: > > I just can't wait to see Apple's next switch ads: > > > > " I use to use Windows then I found Mac OS X... > Now I find myself back > > in Windows... but with a prettier case" > > > > Is it considered backsliding?? > > > > Why is it XP specific though? Is it to do with the > formatting of the > > "elegant disk utility" > > > > Regards Christian > > XP SP2 has the latest drivers for today's hardware, > whereas the older > versions of Windows may not run. Plus, most modern > software is written > for XP, and the drivers for the graphics and sound > cards in the Intel > macs only have to be written for XP (there are > different drivers for > different versions of Windows). > > What this does provide is brilliant marketing for > Apple, both hardware > and software. Hardware wise, people can compare > directly the speed of a > Mac to a comparable PC. Software is a no brainer - > people can see how OS > X rocks over XP on the same hardware. > > And one other thing - games :-) There is a distinct > lack of Intel ready > games for the Mac, while there are tons of games for > the PC, where > probably 90% will never be ported to the Mac anyway. > > Seeya > > Rod! > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
