Posted by William Davis on 04/05/06 22:08

In article <LnWYf.2589$v9.2219@trndny01>, "doc" <doc@anywhere.com>
wrote:

> instead of trying to get ur mac to act like a windows machine, why not just
> get a pc? also, i don't know many people that want to do it the other way.
>
> drd :o)
>
> "William Davis" <davisbill@mac.com> wrote in message
> news:davisbill-1ED27D.13475805042006@news.west.cox.net...
> >
> > New Wintel Macs to do Windows
> > Interesting language in the press release today. Breath being held all
> > around the world.
> > http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2006/apr/05bootcamp.html


It doesn't surprise me that many people will see this just as you do.

I suspect that if you ever have a chance to actually experience the
difference between the two operating systems, you might actually realize
that some of the things that Macs have always done DIFFERENTLY are
actually done BETTER than they're done on the PC side. (certainly not
everything, but certainly SOME things.)

Examples would be the tight integration of items like the iPod and the
Mac OS, Wireless stuff like Bonjour, Widgets technology, etc, etc, etc.
Not that windows can't do much of the same stuff, but you'd discover
that the IMPLEMENTATION on the Mac side is generally tighter and often
common tasks are MUCH easier to accomplish precisely because one team of
hardware, software, and OS engineers have spent their time working
TOGETHER rather than in separate camps to develop the solutions.

The smart guy said that if the tool you have is a hammer, all problems
start to look like nails.

If you have experience essentially ONLY on a PC - (or ONLY on a Mac for
that matter) you tend to see solutions in terms of what you're familiar
with. And too many of us NEVER explore what the �other side might have
that we could benefit from.

Now, MAC people will have better access to ALL the available tools on
both platforms.

Unfortunately, PC people won't be able to say the same.

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