Some refreshing thinking about Boot Camp

Maybe I'm a little spoiled by using the best desktop management system possible, but today's big hoopla about Boot Camp seems a little misplaced. Sure, it's nice to be able to run Windows on your fancy Intel-based Mac, but how can Apple's official solution be nearly identical to the quick hack cobbled together by two amateur programmers? Maybe in the next version of OS X there will be WINE-style functionality, but for now Boot Camp scores a solid "eh" from me. Check out Khoi Vinh's much more elegant analysis. The photo for this post (an unreleased Apple Jonathan) came from Khoi's post.

Also, I would just die with laughter if tomorrow Microsoft did the exact same thing for Windows boxes. If Apple's stock rose $6 today on the news that it can load Windows, how far would it drop if any Windows box could run OS X?

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Posted by Mark Allen on Wednesday, April 5, 2006