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To: Jeff Hayden who wrote (52243)	4/6/2006 5:07:15 AM
From: NAG1	Respond to of 213185

Jeff, I would agree that this is something that MSFT has to like since it shouldn't affect their revenues negatively in the short term but the danger for them is that users may decide after owning an Apple machine that they really can do without MSFT. Because of this, the short term benefit of this might be that MSFT won't view this as a big threat and do their thing to try to sabotage it. Neal

To: Jeff Hayden who wrote (52243)	4/6/2006 8:54:40 AM
From: Done, gone.	Respond to of 213185

A ton (most, I think) of the users who will want dual boot already have XP but don't yet have a MacIntel. >>A design house, for one, might save by buying one Mac, and running the two OSes and applications sets on it, versus buying two separate machines. Another scenario Wilcox called "executive lust" might see large businesses rolling out MacBook Pro notebooks to some executives, who would largely run Windows. Many large businesses have enterprise agreements in place with Microsoft, meaning they already have access to Windows XP. "I expect the big uptake here will be with business portables," Wilcox said.<< eweek.com That's exactly what I think. As I said yesterday, one friend of mine already went out got a top of the line MBP to run XP at work and OSX at home. Bottom line: the buzz on the street about this dual booting business is intense. Can't remember the last time more Windows users were talking Mac.