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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (163071)	4/7/2006 4:53:38 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793820

Who needs to run Windows on a more expensive Mac? The thing is, you can now run Windows on a Mac, but you can't run Mac on a Windows machine. They now have dual use, and MS doesn't. There seem to be a lot of people who prefer Mac if they can have both. TWT.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (163071)	4/7/2006 11:14:21 AM
From: Whitebeard	Respond to of 793820

is Windows simpler? I'm a PC guy surrounded all my life by Mac enthusiasts. No cracking problems with OSX, the design beats any PC maker out there, and it's intuitive. or at least my friends tell me it is. Add to that I'm beginning to think Steve Jobs is the one certifiable genius in the corporate sphere. This guy hasn't put a foot wrong since he put John Scully in as CEO of Apple. He used the music industry to create I-Tunes and feed product to his I-Pod. He's changed the entertainment business with those two little numbers, because he proved downloads are viable. Say good-bye to brick and mortar. And pumped his bottom line into the stratosphere. He also now controls Disney, through Pixar, which he bought from George Lucas. Notice the creation of a download platform for movies by the majors a few days ago? The one company excluded was Disney. The entertainment industry hates him, esp. the music biz, and they're out to ruin him, in an area he created single-handedly. Notice the desktop on the new I-Mac? There's a button right there for downloadable entertainment. That's the first in-your-face whisper of convergence. Where's Bill Gates? Still sitting on Vista and his box to plug the internet into your TV. When that happens the world changes, because of the number of PC users. I have nothing personal invested in this, but as an outside observer Jobs hasn't put a foot wrong yet. So I suspect he's betting on winning with this move, inevitable once he started using Intel chips in his machines. He's gotta make moves because of the powers allied against him. I figure this is one of them, but I'm only speculating. Point is this move is playing out against a much broader canvas than just the old PC versus Mac argument.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (163071)	4/7/2006 12:28:10 PM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793820

I think he's whistling past the graveyard I think so too. The authors seem to forget that emulation or binary compatibility does not translate into larger adoption. Look at IBM's OS2 (if you can still find it anywhere), or Linux (Windows app emulation through WINE). Why pay more for Apple hardware to run Windows? Just to get OSX? Not likely. I'd pay extra for an OSX that would run on standard PC hardware, but I wouldn't pay a dime for Apple hardware that locks you into what Apple chooses for you. Derek