I'm just in the process of finishing up my review of Boot Camp, which will be posted here later, and thought I would just up a few of the other reports, reviews and other items that have appeared over the last few days:
First off, David Chartier at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) thinks that Apple should offer Macs with OS X and Windows for businesses. He makes a strong point - if Apple provided their hardware running both OS X and Windows XP, they would have a very good offering into the enterprise, and would probably convert a good number of people over to OS X.
I'm just in the process of finishing up my review of Boot Camp, which will be posted here later, and thought I would just up a few of the other reports, reviews and other items that have appeared over the last few days:
First off, David Chartier at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) thinks that Apple should offer Macs with OS X and Windows for businesses. He makes a strong point - if Apple provided their hardware running both OS X and Windows XP, they would have a very good offering into the enterprise, and would probably convert a good number of people over to OS X.
In case you missed it, this month is Apple's 30th Anniversary.
Those Apple fans and watchers among us are expecting big things, for example a new video iPod.
But today Apple made a surprise, but comparatively subtle, announcement: Boot Camp.
The software is an 83MB download, available right now, that makes the process of adding a partition and installing Windows XP SP2 (Home or Professional) onto your Intel-based Mac (iMac, Mini or MacBook Pro). The software even incorporates the bulk of the drivers you will need to get the best out of your XP on Mac installation. There's more information available here.
OK, I know I promised a review of Boot Camp today but I haven't quite finished. Why?
Well, because I've been stuck trying Parallels, a new virtualization product for the Mac that has previously been available in Linux and Windows versions.
It's not the first virtualization software I've tried on the Mac - I've also tried Q and OpenOS X.
I'll admit I've had little success in any of them, even the new Parallels appears to have issues with my Windows XP CD, although I've had limited success running Gentoo Linux and even Belinix.
OK, I know I promised a review of Boot Camp today but I haven't quite finished. Why?
Well, because I've been stuck trying Parallels, a new virtualization product for the Mac that has previously been available in Linux and Windows versions.
It's not the first virtualization software I've tried on the Mac - I've also tried Q and OpenOS X.
I'll admit I've had little success in any of them, even the new Parallels appears to have issues with my Windows XP CD, although I've had limited success running Gentoo Linux and even Belinix.
I can't help but agree with some of the comments on that latter link.
It is only the Americans who would have seen this today, for the simple reason that the US is the only one to strangely put month before day in the date sequence. Most other Western countries (the UK included) put the day before the month, so we're waiting for next month, on the Star Wars themed 4th of May.
In case you missed it, this month is Apple's 30th Anniversary.
Those Apple fans and watchers among us are expecting big things, for example a new video iPod.
But today Apple made a surprise, but comparatively subtle, announcement: Boot Camp.
The software is an 83MB download, available right now, that makes the process of adding a partition and installing Windows XP SP2 (Home or Professional) onto your Intel-based Mac (iMac, Mini or MacBook Pro). The software even incorporates the bulk of the drivers you will need to get the best out of your XP on Mac installation. There's more information available here.
What we are seeing here is nothing short of a major revolution at Microsoft
Sadly the announcement is hardly news. In fact, I blogged about it (and my successes of having used Linux OS in Virtual Server for years) back in September 2005.
What we are seeing here is nothing short of a major revolution at Microsoft
Sadly the announcement is hardly news. In fact, I blogged about it (and my successes of having used Linux OS in Virtual Server for years) back in September 2005.
I can't help but agree with some of the comments on that latter link.
It is only the Americans who would have seen this today, for the simple reason that the US is the only one to strangely put month before day in the date sequence. Most other Western countries (the UK included) put the day before the month, so we're waiting for next month, on the Star Wars themed 4th of May.