http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/ Engadget Comments for Parallels to turn it around, help Mac OS onto generic PC boxen http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/Jan 22nd 2007 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.uneasysilence.com/os-x-proven-hacked-and-running-on-an-ordinary-pc/

This is already done and put in a nice tutorial. There is even a way you can dual boot, but the above option is for putting in on a separate hard drive]]>Jan 22nd 2007 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/
Best. Comment. Ever.]]>Jan 22nd 2007 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/
Now that I have gotten that out of my system, I wonder what the performance increase would be like, and what will driver support be like, and would there be windows-based game support? If I could play my games on it without jumping through hoops, since I only use my PC for gaming and minor things anyway, the extra leftover horses from a watered down, bulimic operating system could be put towards frame rates and stuff.]]>Jan 22nd 2007 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/
Wait. "Polished" piece of shit? Only a Microsoft Executive could overcome the cognitive dissonance inherent in such a contradiction in terms. What? Was that comment too wry, too wordily clever for you?

I'll tell you one thing: I'd sure as hell rather a "polished piece of shit" than a "blazing (bag of shit) gamer PC" any day.]]>Jan 22nd 2007 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/
apple has enough problems with market share as it is.]]>Jan 22nd 2007 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/Take that Joseph!
/me slaps /me with a big trout.]]>Jan 22nd 2007 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/Jan 22nd 2007 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/Jan 22nd 2007 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/Jan 23rd 2007 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/
That being said, price is always an issue. If I can buy the bland box for half the price of the pretty one.... I guess it would depend on how much expendable cash I had around vs. how bad I wanted the pretty box.........]]>Jan 22nd 2007 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/Jan 23rd 2007 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/
I'd guess most were thinking "what an ignorant parrot", cleverly, wordily wry never crossed my mind.

It's a pet phrase, we get it, don't you worry.]]>Jan 22nd 2007 7:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/
My biggest complaint against Apple is it's customer service and the fanboy factor. If it looks like a PC and works like a PC, it is a damned PC, whether its glossy white or in my current case matte black. If you can't figure out how to use one OS, but another works for you, it may just be your understanding of how the OS works, or your lack of understanding how to take care of your stuff. Don't just trash the OS you don't use as being inferior, man up and say you can't run with it. You can't be criticized for that, in fact, you may bring more of a positive feedback than negative one. Don't just say "F**k M$ they are shit compared to Apple, Jobs is God! OSX is so easy to use and Windows suxx0rz! You never actually said why it sucks, other than you couldn't figure it out. But I am very capable at using and diagnosing both, to a source level. I prefer Windows for its layout and library of games, hardware, and mod-ability.

This comment has nothing to do with any of the above comments at the time of writing, EDawg was last. I just feel its necessary to try to squash the trash talking now.]]>Jan 22nd 2007 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/
I am no coder, source level person. This is why I prefer something good looking and easy to use, and why I switched to OSX and Apple.

l33t is lam0rz anyway....... bwahahaha]]>Jan 22nd 2007 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/
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It's still prettier though]]>Jan 22nd 2007 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/Jan 22nd 2007 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/
Apparently you don't understand how virtualization works. Most of the hardware is virtualized. That means native drivers are not required. Parallels et al sits in between the operating system and the hardware and interprets everything.

For example, if you look in an Parallel XP install in OS X, under Device Manager - Display Adapters, it says Parallels Adapter or something like that.

Native drivers will not be required as generic drivers will suffice for some things, and virtualized drivers will pick-up the slack (for stuff like video adapters).

If OS X is unstable running Virtually under Windows, it will be a function of Parallels, NOT a driver compatibility issue.]]>Jan 22nd 2007 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/
I've used Macs frequently enough, and own PCs. They all have problems at one time or another - a lot of time the user is at fault.

]]>Jan 23rd 2007 8:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/Still, I think jobs is an idiot for not opening the O.S. up to be used by companies such as Dell, DELL IS BIGGER THAN APPLE AND COULD EAT THEM FOR BREAKFAST, so I don't think this is such a long shot, and I'd like the competition that Microsoft would face, they would truly have to put out a good O.S. or risk all their users slowly turn over to apple... Apple, would face the same issues.]]>Jan 22nd 2007 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/
Apple giving its OS to Dell is probably one of the worst marketing/business ideas in terms of what is in the best interest of Apple.]]>Jan 23rd 2007 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/
Actually, Apple is bigger than Dell. Yes, Dell has 2x the gross revenues. But Apple has a substantially larger market cap and enterprise value and much much better profitability.]]>Feb 4th 2007 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/Mar 31st 2007 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/
Although unfortunate, Apple's design has become too much of a fad, and they would still sell computers to flocks of consumers who don't truly appreciate their quality and all the features and results of their good design (kind of like BMW). Those who truly appreciate it would still have a good alternative to generic hardware, too.

Plus, more PCs running the Mac OS around the world would ultimately mean more support and more compatibility for the entire Mac community.]]>Jan 22nd 2007 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/Jan 22nd 2007 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/
1. Make simple to use products
2. SELL THE HELL OUT OF THEM
3. Repeat from step #1

Whether you agree with this or not, Apple has been making these plans for years. Those that try and follow them in the market have seen some of this coming for some time. The rest is just up to you as a consumer.... if you like Apple stuff, buy it - if not, then don't.

Personally I DO like their stuff. As an IT specialist for over 10 years, I can tell you I have a lot less "critical problems" with Macs. When I do, they are usually solveable things that I can do without re-installing the OS. That is a HUGE thing in critical environments (and in non-critical environments it is a lot less of a pain).

TechMundial.com
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I mean seriously. What if Bill Gates ran Apple? Wouldn't everyone be pissed that he limits the customization of his machines, has extremely high prices for toys that are knock offs from overseas & doesn't allow his operating system on any other machine but his own?

Sounds like an a$$hole to me.

p.s. I run MAC at work (because I have to) and PC at home (because it beats the shit out of my MAC here at work)]]>Jan 22nd 2007 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/Jan 22nd 2007 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/
Been using different colored boxes with many different name badges for well over a decade professionally.

Have to say, i truly respect the out-of-the-box power and performance of the apple product, but it doesn't hold much value to me professionally with interactive development for both web and desktop delilvery.

a quick look at the numbers tells you that apple is not really a viable platform for business and the machines are mostly more than home users really need...

we are a split shop an our Windows machines run all the same software as the Apple machines... dollar for dollar, the Windows boxes cost slightly less for similar performance...if you beat the crap out of any machine, it requires re-formatting, install, etc. regardless of platform.

Obviously, apple has the temporary advantage for virus and malware issues, but that too is changing. In a perfect world [start flame throwers now] a unified OS would be great for content developers and viewers alike, but that will never happen...

next best thing, great virtualization software and licensing freedom to not have to necissarily choose.

just my .02 and hundreds of words:)]]>Jan 22nd 2007 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/
If someone really wanted windows, they would buy/make a computer with windows. If someone really wanted Mac OS, they would buy a mac computer.

Ranting aside, now PC fans can say "did you know PC's can run Mac OS?". On the negative, by bragging about that, you're essentially saying there are things you need on Mac OS that aren't found in Windows, which brings me to my next point:

What's with mac fans saying "You can run windows on a mac"? If mac is so great, you wouldn't ever need windows to run on it, so why brag about that feature?

PS: I'm not a Windows fan nor an Apple fan. I'd say I'm neutral but I'm with windows XP right now - but I'm not buying Vista. So yeah, I'm neutral.]]>Jan 22nd 2007 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/
That's not neutral, cause nobody is buying Vista; "Erika Jonietz writes for Technology Review, “Ironically, playing around with Vista for more than a month has done what years of experience and exhortations from Mac-loving friends could not: it has converted me into a Mac fan.” http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/17992/page1/]]>Jan 23rd 2007 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/
or if they were close to my thinking, which was either one of the following:
-"he must have learned those words today in school"
-"thesaurus.com"]]>Jan 22nd 2007 7:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/Jan 22nd 2007 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/
I'd guess most were thinking "what an ignorant parrot", cleverly, wordily wry never crossed my mind.

It's a pet phrase, we get it, don't you worry."

Really? I pegged the comment as salient and SPOT-ON, as I did most people I think (except the fanboys like you that Microsoft hires to troll forums).

Unless you're saying you have some kind of empirical data to backup the claim that everyone shares your opinion? No? I didn't think so...]]>Jan 22nd 2007 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/
I'd guess most were thinking "what an ignorant parrot", cleverly, wordily wry never crossed my mind.

It's a pet phrase, we get it, don't you worry."

Methinks this obnoxious person doesn't get the concept of "rhetoric". He probably doesn't get "irony" either, which must make him an American...]]>Jan 22nd 2007 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/Apple makes its money on its hardware: OS X and the iTunes Store are so that people will buy Apple hardware. Licensing Mac OS X to Dell so that Dell can take sales is completely against their business plan.]]>Jan 22nd 2007 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/PPC to IT: Which CD Drive is in your PPC product? We'll send out the right driver to you.
IT guy to user: "Mac crap"

6 months later, the PPC is STILL in the IT closet. Ya, I remember the beige Mac Clones and rejoiced when Jobs killed them off. PPC did an ok beige but it still did little to bolster Apple's reputation as a solid platform.
]]>Jan 23rd 2007 6:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/
I'd guess most were thinking "what an ignorant parrot", cleverly, wordily wry never crossed my mind.

It's a pet phrase, we get it, don't you worry."

Methinks this obnoxious person doesn't get the concept of "rhetoric". He probably doesn't get "irony" either, which must make him an American..."

Yeah, er... Anyone else thinking "Idiocracy" too WRT arteekay's comment? The art of subtlety is apparently lost on a great many people.]]>Jan 22nd 2007 8:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/
>> What's with mac fans saying "You can run windows
>> on a mac"? If mac is so great, you wouldn't
>> ever need windows to run on it, so why brag
>> about that feature?

Well, I love my mac but Office for it doesn't have OneNote which I also love. I can't run Guild Wars on my Mac either. While I wouldn't use parallels to run it, I'd definitely dual-boot Windows on my Mac for those few times I can't run some software. It's not a limitation of the platform, it's a limitation imposed (understandably, we're talking 5% of the computer market tops) by developers.

Sorry, but OS X > Windows for me. Built-in Unix, uninstall as simple as deleting a application directory (instead of files buried in system32, etc), it's just better and easier. It just works. XP on my current PC is great. Few complaints. But I've had my fair share of BoDs for no apparent reason on two different PCs I've owned and I just haven't had that on a mac. Like I said, it just works.

-p-]]>Jan 22nd 2007 8:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/It is almost as unlikely for virtual computers. But there is hope.
One is the virtual computer that is running on Windows or Linux host - here it is as unlikely as hardware box. However if the host is a Mac - we have a chance. Virtualization has a big momentum now and there is a pressure on Apple to stay competitive. Since they do not offer blade servers virtual server for Mac OS X would be a desired feature for IT shops that want to use Macs, yet do not want/need 10 hardware boxes.

If Parallels or VMWare release a product that allows to install Mac OS X using just OS X installation DVD they will be sued like no tomorrow and they know that so they won't, more than that if somehow folks can find a way to use standard OSX on some hacked Parallels - Apple will force them to "fix" it ASAP

I just wish Apple would have decent remote desktop that is comparable in performance to windows RDC, and allow multi-user login. Because remote use of Mac OS X is pathetic right now, VNC, ARD and Timbuktu are not even close to RDC.]]>Jan 22nd 2007 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/Besides Apple doesn't yet make a laptop to match my D820 Core2 Duo with the 15.4" WUXGA (1920x1200).

If Steve really wanted a lot of people to switch he would toss out a stripped down OSX that would run on any old x86 box for $50 or less and get people hooked. Heck they could even give it away since they've paid for it many times over thanks to the current Mac users. Then tell them that if they want the latest greatest Mountain Lion (or whatever cat name du-jour) then they will only be able to get the full Mac experience on a Mac machine.

(By the way, I already patented that process so I expect a check and some stock options Steve)]]>Jan 22nd 2007 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/
1) Apple makes their money from the hardware.
2) There is no driver support for any hardware that Apple is not using in their computers.

You won't get the greatest performance running OSX on a Windows box. How important are drivers? Well, you need them for your motherboard chipsets, CPU, video card, ethernet, printers, scanners etc. (sigh).

What you ARE going to see is Linux finally starting to become a solid alternative to Windows in a year or two. The Sony PS3 is going to help make this happen. I myself am not upgrading to Vista. I'm going to dual-boot with Linux but primarily use Windows, in a few years I'll still dual-boot but gradually switch to Linux, then finally drop Microsoft all together. One of the biggest hurdles is the issue of gaming, and for that it's simple: I'll probably end up buying a PS3 and eventually a PS4.

I'm not exactly off topic, I'm just trying to point out that the dream of OSX will actually be LINUX and the problem of gaming is solved by dropping PC games. Now that I'm forced to pay $300 for Vista and another $400 for a directX10 video card the decision to go with the Sony PS3 just got easier.]]>Jan 22nd 2007 8:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=AA66730]]>Jan 23rd 2007 1:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/Jan 22nd 2007 8:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/
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Wow. You mean.. all the shit that Windows users have to deal with... You mean Steve Jobs wanted things to 'just work'... with a closed architecture?

Go ahead. If you guys want to settle for a mediocre experience of having OS X on a Dell, by all means... OS X is truly the heart and soul of the Mac, but if it doesn't do what it's supposed to, then it's just replicating the clunkiness of Microsoft anyway.

Man, I remember when I was in grade 8 and people were saying stuff like this... But... it was reasonable for 13 year olds to be obsessed with Video Games... An adult? *cringe]]>Jan 22nd 2007 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/Jan 22nd 2007 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/parallels-to-turn-it-around-help-mac-os-onto-generic-pc-boxen/
As for all of the people who claim to hate the Apple fanboys: I once had several PCs, 1 running windows xp pro, knoppix, and fedora, a laptop running xp pro and fedora, and another laptop running just windows xp pro. One day, my laptop that just ran windows xp pro died (it was a compaq armada) and I started investigating what to buy. I'd always been a fan of UNIX builds because of the stability and performance, so I decided, I've never really experienced macs except at school, so why not go out a buy one, of course keeping at the front of my mind that I could take it back within 30 days. I went out and bought an iBook G4. I loved it, and I still love it. The one thing that I love about it is this, that you literally are incapable of doing with a computer running windows xp:

When I open my iBook G4, it wakes up instantly, right to where I was when I closed it previously. When it is sleeping, it takes hardly any power at all. Foremost, I haven't restarted my computer in (I have a widget) 72 days. And if I remember correctly, the last time I restarted it was to install a software update.

Don't be so quick to judge us Apple/UNIX/Linux type until you've actually tried it for yourself. I swear you'll love it - it's more addicting than crack. ]]>Jan 22nd 2007 10:38PM