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MS Windows to Run on New Apple Laptops
Buy a new Apple laptop with the Intel chip inside and you can run Windows if you need to do that. This is a huge change from the years of us versus them with Apple and Microsoft. For the die-hard Apple folks, I'm sure this is odd. I'm a Windows user who converted to an Apple Powerbook during the last six months. I love this little jewel and wouldn't trade it for a Windows laptop. However, there are occasions when I need to run Windows. One example is Quickbooks Online. I cannot use their service without IE running in Windows. I know I could run a Windows emulator on the Powerbook, but I'm just not ready to do that right now or to deal with the issues that come with that approach. Being able to have a dual-boot laptop works for me.
SEATTLE - Apple Computer Inc. won't thwart users from loading Microsoft's Windows operating system onto its new Intel-based Macintosh computers - but don't expect Apple to start offering a Mac running Windows.
Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, said in an interview Tuesday that the company won't sell or support Windows itself, but also hasn't done anything to preclude people from loading Windows onto the machines themselves.
Microsoft, Apple Sign 5-Year Software Pact - for the entire article.
If this is an indication of the kinds of changes we can expect in 2006, I'm excited.Tom
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