Comments on: Best of Both Worlds, PC on a Mac http://gigaom.com/2006/08/13/best-of-both-world-pc-on-a-mac/ Thu, 23 May 2013 10:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Parallels Maker Calls Itself Parallels — IPO Ahead? - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2006/08/13/best-of-both-world-pc-on-a-mac/#comment-122155 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:22:20 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/13/best-of-both-world-pc-on-a-mac/#comment-122155 [...] Best of both worlds, PC on a Mac Share/Send Sphere Previous Post [...]

]]> By: x86 Virtualization http://gigaom.com/2006/08/13/best-of-both-world-pc-on-a-mac/#comment-122154 Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:42:46 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/13/best-of-both-world-pc-on-a-mac/#comment-122154 The Missing Virtual Machine…

Question of the Day: What is the largest hardware market share without a virtual machine?
Answer: Apple OSX.

With a growing market share, and now using standardized intel hardware why isn’t there a Macintosh OS X 10.4 virtual machine?
This seems…

]]> By: preamble mess http://gigaom.com/2006/08/13/best-of-both-world-pc-on-a-mac/#comment-122153 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 06:49:06 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/13/best-of-both-world-pc-on-a-mac/#comment-122153 All sounds good and bad, but what about running more than just business stuff.
Like Games or 3D Programs or even Sound Design Programs that are excellent on PC. Programs that require a heavy load of processing and ram. How do these fair with Parallels?

Gamers and Creators would LOVE to know :)

]]> By: tim hoffman http://gigaom.com/2006/08/13/best-of-both-world-pc-on-a-mac/#comment-122152 Sat, 07 Oct 2006 00:18:20 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/13/best-of-both-world-pc-on-a-mac/#comment-122152 I teach at CMU in Pgh. We have a cluster of over 80 iMacs and ive used them to techand demonstrate with in class for 2 years now.

This month – for the first time – I used my faculty computer upgrade allowance to buy a new Mac (Pro dual Xeon tower) and a 30″ HD cinema monitor. For me the verdict is still out as to whether I can just get all my work done w/out an XP box. So far ive been able to finds apps for most of my critical stuff but I still like Outlook and Outlook express for the way they handle sync with my mobile toys. Id also like to find a DVD player as good as winDVD with all the scren and clip capture stuff. My guess is that its all out there but it ay not be as cheap or easy to find.

Time to join some MAc user groups and get the goodies.

]]> By: Martin http://gigaom.com/2006/08/13/best-of-both-world-pc-on-a-mac/#comment-122151 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 11:58:23 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/13/best-of-both-world-pc-on-a-mac/#comment-122151 Hi all,

I am a software developer, currently running SuSE with VMware for windows. I do like macs, and I am sure that mac do have both the better hardware and software than windows based dell pc’s.

That is one of the reasons I cannot understand that companies like Borland don’t port their Delphi 2006 developer suite to mac os-x ! I think a lot of delphi and C++ Builder developers would love to swap their windows for os-x.. (like a lot liked it borland made a move to Linux with Kylix..)

]]> By: Josh http://gigaom.com/2006/08/13/best-of-both-world-pc-on-a-mac/#comment-122150 Tue, 29 Aug 2006 14:49:58 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/13/best-of-both-world-pc-on-a-mac/#comment-122150 If I have to spend close to $200 to avoid buying a second machine (for XP) and to allow me to use a Mac in practically any given situation that’s fine with me.

I agree that XP is relatively stable… but I just don’t think it offers the same user experience. Everytime I switch out of full screen in Parallels and see my OS X desktop again I feel a sense of relief and wonder why Windows with all it’s market share is so far behind in it’s UI.

]]> By: Rod- http://gigaom.com/2006/08/13/best-of-both-world-pc-on-a-mac/#comment-122149 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 07:29:34 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/13/best-of-both-world-pc-on-a-mac/#comment-122149 I think its no secret anymore more end users are switching to macs more companies are switching to macs and more programmers are switching to macs. With the stability, presence and functionality what more can you want in an operating system.

Hi my name is Rod and im a MAC USER!

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2006/08/13/best-of-both-world-pc-on-a-mac/#comment-122148 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 22:07:04 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/13/best-of-both-world-pc-on-a-mac/#comment-122148 “So, basically you’re a marketshare whore?”

In a roundabout way, yes. What I really am is a guy who wants to run all my software without paying for two operating systems. The point of a computer is to run applications, not a specific operating system. If this were not the case, no one would even consider a nearly $200 solution like Parallels ($80 for Parallels + $100 for XP). If you are convinced that OS X is $180 better than XP, good for you, but I have better things to spend that money on.

]]> By: mightyman http://gigaom.com/2006/08/13/best-of-both-world-pc-on-a-mac/#comment-122147 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:05:54 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/13/best-of-both-world-pc-on-a-mac/#comment-122147 I am happy to announce my mac is on it’s way. I have been a windows user for a long time. With parallels, I’m more comfortable with the idea of switching to mac. It’s because of parallels that pushed me to make the jump. Thanks!

]]> By: Todd Lockhart http://gigaom.com/2006/08/13/best-of-both-world-pc-on-a-mac/#comment-122146 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:49:53 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/13/best-of-both-world-pc-on-a-mac/#comment-122146 Jesse said:

“P.S. I have no love of Microsoft. If they were gone tomorrow I would be happy. If OS X had 95% of the market share I would be advocating abandoning it’s closest, non-free, competitor.”

To which I reply:

Uh, what? So, basically you’re a marketshare whore? Whoever has the most marketshare is entitled to exist and everyone else should just pack it in and go away?

Talk about putting an end to innovation… who would Microsoft copy if Apple were to stop making OS X?

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