Apple to support XP dual boot officially

I can see where apple are trying to go with this but unless I'm missing something I can see problems for them when it starts to swing the other way.

I love using my Macs and wouldn't want to ever have to go back to windows again but when PC's start to run OSX, why will people still pay apples over inflated hardware prices?
 
dazzajl said:
I can see where apple are trying to go with this but unless I'm missing something I can see problems for them when it starts to swing the other way.

I love using my Macs and wouldn't want to ever have to go back to windows again but when PC's start to run OSX, why will people still pay apples over inflated hardware prices?
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But when will PCs be able to run OSX? Not whilst they have a bios in them.

I wouldn't say Apple's prices are over inflated. You have to pay a little more for good design and superior quality. I love my imac (powerPC) but have to run some XP apps with my business. I'm contemplating getting an imac (intel) and to run it as just an XP machine.
 
2blue4u said:
But when will PCs be able to run OSX? Not whilst they have a bios in them.

I wouldn't say Apple's prices are over inflated. You have to pay a little more for good design and superior quality. I love my imac (powerPC) but have to run some XP apps with my business. I'm contemplating getting an imac (intel) and to run it as just an XP machine.
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Also Apple are renowned for their terrible customer support/care almost as much as their great style and high prices, also one thing alot of people dont realize is that the largest software developer on the Apple platform is actually Microsoft, they have even more people working on Apple software than anyone other than Apple.
 
I must admit I've never had any problems with apple support/customer services, and I support hundreds of Macs (along with thousands of PCs). The Macs are far less troublesome overall.
 
Warspite said:
Also Apple are renowned for their terrible customer support/care..
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I've only had to use customer support once and I was really impressed. I spoke with a Dutchman called Sean :confused- who made a diagnosis I couldn't really agree with. At his request, the computer was taken to a local store and fixed a couple days later. And Sean was 100% correct in his diagnosis.


Warspite said:
.... that the largest software developer on the Apple platform is actually Microsoft
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and the problem is???? Personally, I have no problem with MS and their products. Yes, I have a preference for OSX but I don't have any issues with their mainstream products. I used to be a great fan of WordPerfect until it jumped into bed with Corel and became so bloated and bug-ridden as to be virtually unusable. MS Word seems plain and simple compared to WordPerfect but maybe that's the way it should be.
 
I just popped out for a while this evening.

I seem to have returned with....



An Intel imac :D :D
 
a big 20" tool ;)

Typing on it now whilst the OS is updating. I bought a 1GB stick but they sold me the wrong one - despite me querying this no less than three times. Ho-Hum. Another trip back tomorrow - after I have to stay in for two deliveries.
 
We just had 2 new G5's delivered at work today. One is a Quad 2.5Ghz with 2.5 GB ram, the other is a Dual 2.0Ghz with 2.5GB Ram, both have the 20" Cinema screens. But at the end of the day they are still Macs and i honestly don't like them.

I have been in the print industry for 17years and used Macs and PCs and can honestly say PCs have been a lot more stable than the Macs.
 
2blue4u said:
I just popped out for a while this evening.

I seem to have returned with....



An Intel imac :D :D
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I didnt mean to drive anyone that far;)

All Im saying is that I have heard alot of horror stories of people having Apple equipment fail on them and that the response they get is at best expensive, at worst tends to be a form of denial.

Im sure not all cases are bad, but equally I doubt they are any better than most PC manufacturers.
 
markgray said:
....and can honestly say PCs have been a lot more stable than the Macs.
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:shock: You are kidding?!?! Hardly a day goes by without one of our xp clones having a brainfart and needing a reboot. The imacs are left on for days.





Here's the result of my evening's work :)

imac.jpg


Very straighforward. No probs at all. Not bad for beta software.
 
markgray said:
I have been in the print industry for 17years and used Macs and PCs and can honestly say PCs have been a lot more stable than the Macs.
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m8, you are wasting your time with this. mac cultists are notoriously rose tinted bespectacled when it comes to anything apple. Take a read of this: -
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30037

Although in fairness AMD/Intel/NVidia/ATi (Delete as applicable) fanboys of any religion get a little unhinged :)
 
m8, you are wasting your time with this. mac cultists are notoriously rose tinted bespectacled when it comes to anything apple
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Not always. I was forced into using macs for my camera software most unwillingly. I was not too happy having to spend the money on 2 machines when I already had some perfectly good PC's and you wont find me saying many nice things about apple as a company........

..... but I do stand by the fact that I have been really impresssed with how they work. I have also done the IT manger bit in a past life and have never worked with anything as relaible or stable as my G5 or powerbook.

They are better, end of story. They really should be for the price you have to pay though. ;)
 
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