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Found Footage: Imagine the Possibilities
This funny edit of the Intel Mac ad found via Digital Backcountry.Be sure to watch the whole thing...
It isn't a fair contest, and it won't be anytime soon
I'm getting kind of annoyed at seeing more and more posts like this since Apple's Intel announcement, claiming that "we can finally settle this Mac OS X / Windows performance war, once and for all." Apparently there's a whole legion of people out there that think just because you might be able to hack and slash Windows to run on an Intel Mac, or you can do some tinkering and get Mac OS X to run on a PC box or notebook, that suddenly we'll have a side-by-side, no holds barred final showdown to prove which is the bigger, badder and faster OS. (Don't mind, for now, the conversation about how much a match like this really matters.)Ladies, gents, boys and girls: the showdown isn't going to happen. At least not anytime soon, and certainly not when, like in this Lifehacker post, OS X is having fairly significant performance issues running on hardware it was never intended to - which brings me to the crux of my rant: until Apple sits down with Dell (haha) and spends days/weeks/months to optimize OS X to run on their (crappy) hardware, or Microsoft drops by the Apple campus to bang out a version of Windows to run on a Macintel, we won't nearly begin to have an even playground for these two OSs to duke it out. You might as well race identical cars, pouring sand in one of their gas tanks.I'm not saying I don't have faith in the many enterprising hackers who will inevitably hack out a way for this fence-hopping to (somewhat) work. What I am saying is that this isn't a simple black and white boxing match that's going to be over after round 1 - and who knows: it might never be. Just make sure you don't spend too much time arguing over the inevitable digg.com post claiming there's a clear winner. After all, this is just the internets.
VersionTracker and MacFixIt launch MacIntel resource sites
VersionTracker and MacFixIt have launched new MacIntel resource sites. The sites offer similar info, but are organized slightly differently. VersionTracker's Mac Resource Center has a growing list of MacIntel compatible software, along with MacIntel troubleshooting tips and news items. MacFixit's site looks like a rearranged version of similar posts, emphasizing Macintel troubleshooting. There's already some interesting information on both that's worth checking out. VersionTracker and MacFixIt are members of the TechTracker Network.
