Nickname: FutureUser

Review: Having already moved beyond both Windoze (& Virista) to OS/2 and eCS, this is good news to me. Yet another machine that will run the futuristic IBM-based OS's (along with the nifty Mac OS's) and give consumers some choice (finally). Of course, Mafiasoft still can threaten the retail channel, but at least this is another step towards a free market.

Date reviewed: Sep 25, 2006 2:42 PM

Nickname: jonD

Review: I've been using the betas of Parallels (up to 4 now) and have been pretty happy with the results. A few bugs still, but each beta improves significantly.

Date reviewed: Apr 19, 2006 1:53 PM

Nickname: AN

Review: was a win user: when will this heralded transformation take place? Macs used to comprise over 10% of PC sales back at their peak 15 or 20 years ago. Now, they're around 3%. It seems an awful lot like they've moved in the wrong direction. The funny thing about the author's amazing discovery of virtualization software is that VMWare and then Microsoft Virtual PC have been around for years, providing this feature for users who needed to run both Windows and Linux, as well as users who needed to run multiple instances of their OS of choice. Now that this well-travelled software category has made its way to the Mac, apparently it's a brilliant new innovation.

Date reviewed: Apr 11, 2006 11:33 PM

Nickname: was a win user

Review: To gbert: A war is not won until there's a surrender! Microsoft may have 90% of the market now, but so did Germany in 1941! But look what happened by 1945! We should wait till there's a surrender.

Date reviewed: Apr 11, 2006 8:15 AM

Nickname: placebo

Review: I'm sorry, some of the readers here must be confused. Mac OS X is the operating system for the professional who does not want to be bothered with trivial argument with his operating system. Mac OS X is professional, clean, uncluttered, and incredibly powerful. Productivity on a Mac is 10 times that of Windows simply because the way the user interface works isn't dumbed-down like it is on Windows. Take full screen applications, for example, the Windows standard--these are counter-productive and designed for novice users who can't grasp the concepts of window hierarchy and application focus. The Mac approach, on the other hand, is intended for people who don't want their time wasted by Microsoft's moronic UI conventions. The Mac interface not only looks nice, although this is a trivial detail, but also provides a level of professionalism that is not to be found in Windows XP.

Date reviewed: Apr 10, 2006 12:25 PM

Nickname: Rick PhD

Review: If anything is funny, it's the attitudes. To sir MD above, such a thoughtful, analytical and throughly unsupported response makes me wonder about sir's bedside manner and level of insight.

Date reviewed: Apr 9, 2006 9:55 PM

Nickname: Mark

Review: Mac OS X is the best of both worlds... the simple elegance of Macintosh & the power of UNIX (minus the annoyances of Windows). As a geek, I'll take OS X over Windows any day. Why? Because I want a computer that works. If I want to demonstrate my technical prowess, I can always pull up the terminal and run UNIX commands or edit scripts in vi. The only need to run Windows will be for the few programs for which there is no Mac equivalent (e.g., MS Access). Once people get a taste of the true power, stability, and ease-of-use the Mac offers, they're likely to find themselves spending more time in the Mac environment. After a while, Windows will become an annoyance and people will begin to port Windows-only programs to the Mac. Does this mean the end of Microsoft and Dell? No, Microsoft still has a few years left before they are out of the OS business; but, I wouldn't be surprised if Dell started shipping PCs with Mac OS X and Microsoft's main money-maker was Office for the Mac.

Date reviewed: Apr 9, 2006 7:59 PM

Nickname: Chris

Review: Of course Vista will boot on 32 bit machines. Microsoft intends Vista for general- use machines, and the majority of machines are 32 bit. The first poster, who said Vista wouldn't boot on 32 bit machines, is completely wrong.

Date reviewed: Apr 9, 2006 3:58 PM

Nickname: D-lite

Review: Great, but Vista will not EFI boot in its initial release if at all. Supposedly, Microsoft will wait until the server version is released. In addition, Vista will not boot on Intel Macs with 32 bit transistors. While XP is accessible via Bootcamp, those who own 32 bit Intel Macs could be "left behind" when and if an EFI Vista becomes available.

Date reviewed: Apr 9, 2006 1:10 PM

Nickname: macsmasher

Review: I can completely understand the author's misgivings about Windows and Explorer. Why would anyone want to use these products when they can use something as poorly-designed as the Mac operating system, and Firefox? I get a good laugh everytime I use a Mac. How they ever released such garbage (successfully) to the public is beyond me. Apple will always be to personal computing what Applebee's is to fine dining: the purview of the lame.

Date reviewed: Apr 9, 2006 12:24 PM