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dave
02-20-2003
04:22 PM ET (US)
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....also any upgrade path will involve the latest (and greatest?) windows version.
no windows 95 running on os X.........
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Rob McNair-Huff  02-20-2003
09:38 AM ET (US)
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Anonymous and Mike both have great points here. I have never bothered purchasing Virtual PC due to its performance shortcomings and the fact that you can buy a cheap PC for just a little more money and you can get a lot better behavior out of it than you would under Virtual PC.
All this being said, I do think that Apple dropped the ball on this one. Simply by buying Virtual PC they could have safeguarded against MS trying to use it as leverage to stop the development of more apps to compete with MS products. Now Apple has moved from a temporary position of strength to one of weakness, yet again...
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Mike
02-20-2003
08:22 AM ET (US)
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Virtual PC on Mac OS X is so slow it is a worthless product. It is much better to have a PC and a Mac for only $200 more. The days of Virtual PC are over in my book. I am surprised MS even wants it.
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CurlyDave
02-20-2003
08:19 AM ET (US)
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I expect to see the death of VPC pretty soon.
There are M$ programs which they just don't want to see work at all on a Mac.
Example: MS Project. This is used by mid-level to top managers in virtually all companies. Essentially I either have to use it, or give up all chance for advancement.
Sure, there is a Mac alternative, FastTrack Schedule, but it does not seamlessly exchange files with Project. If the top 3-5% of the people in a company have to be able to swap electronic schedules this locks them into the Windoze world, and then they dictate this choice for everyone down the line.
Bottom line is than now I am going to have to lug 2 laptops arround with me.
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Anonymous
02-20-2003
02:07 AM ET (US)
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Apple blew it. Plain and simple. Should have bought Connectix long ago.
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Don
02-20-2003
12:10 AM ET (US)
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M$? Make something faster for the Mac? Make something better for the Mac?
Snowball>Hell>No Chance
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robert
02-19-2003
10:05 PM ET (US)
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I agree -- Lindows already "bought" [cough, stole in broad daylight] the Apple web site scheme so why shouldn't Apple buy them!?
I don't trust MSFT for one second. This is the end of Windows emulation on the Mac. <grin> I really don't trust them.
Is it more important for MSFT to enter the "server consolidation market" or to focus on a more robust (read: why does a server need all that crap on it?) server OS?
I know their server OS is robust but the number of vendors who require a dedicated machine is a bit ridiculous. And the reboots are still, even with XP more than *nix boxen.
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Ralph
02-19-2003
09:57 PM ET (US)
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Worst case scenario:
Microsoft does such a great job with Virtual PC for Mac that more and more crossplatform developers decide to develop only Windows versions that run seamlessly on Macs. Microsoft complains that not enough Mac users are buying Office so they decide to drop the OS X version. Mac users become used to Windows and decide to upgrade to PC hardware. Could Virtual PC become too good?
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Craig
02-19-2003
08:53 PM ET (US)
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When has Micro$oft ever bought a company and not stuffed it up.
Think Bungie. Halo was running 3 years ago on a G4.
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kev
02-19-2003
08:31 PM ET (US)
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Microsoft (or rather, Bill Gates') goal was to have windows on every machine... with emulator software that basically costs nothing to develop, little to maintain, and sells for the slightly MORE than the regular OS schlock they sell, they can achieve the goal and make money.
so why stop?
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dougB
02-19-2003
06:46 PM ET (US)
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Whenever someone buys a copy of VPC now, they are also paying for a Windows license. I would think that they would keep that potential revenue coming in, since there are people out there that will never buy a Windows machine otherwise.
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Mark
02-19-2003
05:42 PM ET (US)
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I think Apple's response should be to buy Lindows and complete their Win32 emulator to allow running Windows apps without the need to have any Microsoft software running at all. They couldn't do this before without seriously stepping on the toes of one of thier most important developers (Connectix).
This could turn out to be great news for Mac users.
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Neil
02-19-2003
04:48 PM ET (US)
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This is NOT good news.
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