Comments on: What’s next for the Intel Macs? http://nirlog.com/2006/03/22/whats-next-for-the-intel-macs/ Technology, Life and other stuff that come along... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:58:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: mitsakos http://nirlog.com/2006/03/22/whats-next-for-the-intel-macs/#comment-177 Sun, 26 Mar 2006 11:24:08 +0000 http://nirlog.com/2006/03/22/whats-next-for-the-intel-macs/#comment-177 The best thing would be if someone (hacker maybe?) could enable the vanderpool technology built in new intel chips in order to run the three different OSes simultaneusly... Difficult? ... maybe another 13000 dollars could make a difference! :) The best thing would be if someone (hacker maybe?) could enable the vanderpool technology built in new intel chips in order to run the three different OSes simultaneusly… Difficult?

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maybe another 13000 dollars could make a difference! :)

]]> by: Craig Buchek http://nirlog.com/2006/03/22/whats-next-for-the-intel-macs/#comment-164 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:17:21 +0000 http://nirlog.com/2006/03/22/whats-next-for-the-intel-macs/#comment-164 While dual-booting Windows on a Mac is a positive step, and nice to have, I wouldn't consider it to be an ideal situation. If I have to switch from one OS to the other, I don't want to have to wait to reboot each time. I want to be able to switch between the OSes instantly. To me, the ideal solution would be to have VMware running on the Mac OS X host OS. Then run Windows and Linux as guest OSes. (I doubt that Mac OS X would be able to run as a guest OS, at least on non-Apple heardware.) This way, I could have all 3 environments running AT THE SAME TIME. And all 3 would be running natively. VMware allows the guest OS to run in full-screen mode, and you can switch between them with a simple key-stroke. I'm hoping VMware releases a Mac version soon. When they do, I'll buy a decked-out MacBook Pro to run it on. The second-best solution would be a Mac OS X port of WINE and/or CrossOver Office. This would allow you to run Windows programs from within Mac OS X. It'd probably also give you cut&paste between the programs, which I don't think VMware can do. The major downside is that it doesn't provide 100% software compatibility like the other 2 solutions. To me, dual (or triple) boot is the 3rd-place solution. But it's a good first step, and definitely has its usefulness. But it doesn't quite give the true "best of both worlds". While dual-booting Windows on a Mac is a positive step, and nice to have, I wouldn’t consider it to be an ideal situation. If I have to switch from one OS to the other, I don’t want to have to wait to reboot each time. I want to be able to switch between the OSes instantly.

To me, the ideal solution would be to have VMware running on the Mac OS X host OS. Then run Windows and Linux as guest OSes. (I doubt that Mac OS X would be able to run as a guest OS, at least on non-Apple heardware.) This way, I could have all 3 environments running AT THE SAME TIME. And all 3 would be running natively. VMware allows the guest OS to run in full-screen mode, and you can switch between them with a simple key-stroke. I’m hoping VMware releases a Mac version soon. When they do, I’ll buy a decked-out MacBook Pro to run it on.

The second-best solution would be a Mac OS X port of WINE and/or CrossOver Office. This would allow you to run Windows programs from within Mac OS X. It’d probably also give you cut&paste between the programs, which I don’t think VMware can do. The major downside is that it doesn’t provide 100% software compatibility like the other 2 solutions.

To me, dual (or triple) boot is the 3rd-place solution. But it’s a good first step, and definitely has its usefulness. But it doesn’t quite give the true “best of both worlds”.

]]> by: WinXP and OSX dual boot in MacBook Pro: Nirlog.com http://nirlog.com/2006/03/22/whats-next-for-the-intel-macs/#comment-157 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 01:16:11 +0000 http://nirlog.com/2006/03/22/whats-next-for-the-intel-macs/#comment-157 [...] Update: You might be interested to check What’s next for Intel Macs? [...] […] Update: You might be interested to check What’s next for Intel Macs? […]

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