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It is not about a security blanket. I too need essential windows apps for my job. Now that Macs run Windows they become much more usefull. MDN needs to grow up. It is a multiple OS world we live and work in.

John,

MDN is spot on. Most people are terrified of change. This lets them take what they think they need (Windows) with them and then they can find out for themselves whether they really need Windows or not.

Tom Missile doesn't know the history of cruising. I do.

Mwahahaha ha ha ha ha ha !!!!

Fred, you are wrong, John is spot on.
Most people are not "terrified" of change.

As a leader of lemmings, MDN at the front of the line leading the faithful over the cliff.

I bet Steve is way back at HQ on top of the hill watching the slaughter.

When it's over, he announces too bad about the demise of Macintosh the Great, but that leaves us as the seller of high dollar Windows enclosures that look vaguely like our flagship product the iPod, now in 57 varieties of screen sizes, colors, and gimmicks.

I'm sorry. That's not fair. Steve would not do that especially right on the heals of producing slim new laptops that run cool, silent and problem free.

So he wants to keep using Windows because he has a lot of stuff on his desktop? huh?

stuff like documnets? documents that will open on a Mac?

Or stuff like applications? applications he won't need like Norton Anti-virus or applications he can't get on a Mac like Microsoft Project small business edition SP3 pro extreme?

Why is AAPL down $2.08 with a heavy sell off at the end of the day?

john, like many other clear-minded individuals (i.e. clear of biased Apple worship), sees it how it really is (for the masses).

good stuff.

Given the QC problems of Apple's recent hardware I'm not sure top quality should be used to describe it any longer.

don't forget Parallels - you get near-native performance in Windows XP, while booted up in Mac OS X. You can share folders too. It's like having Virtual PC, only running at near-native performance.

http://www.parallels.com/en/products/desktop/

"As a leader of lemmings, MDN at the front of the line leading the faithful over the cliff."

Let it go. The lemmings story is a myth invented by a Disney documentary. Apple also had it wrong in that horrible commercial of the same name.

http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/lemmings.htm

Dear John,
What besides M$ Office do you need M$ Windows for at your place of business? I am guessing nothing. Go get a Mac, install NeoOffice (for Word documents, Excel files and PowerPoint files) and use Mail and iCal to get your Exchange mail and Exchange events.

The best thing is your respiratory system will improve because you will be able to breathe easier during the course of the day.

Ew. I haven't heard the words "plug and play" in ages. Now I won't be able to sleep tonight remembering how that was the second biggest lie M$ sold to the people (first being that Windows was their original idea)

Now comes the real test. Will he be too stubborn to let OS X in, or will he actually use it enough to realize how good it is...

FO MS Troll

Stan Beer will nit pick the hell out of the MacBook, if he gets one.

His main complaint will be that this Windows app or that Windows app on the Windows side wasn't included with the Windows disc and wasn't added to the Boot Camp download the way Dell or HP adds DVD playback software and other half baked software goodies. Using the Mac side for these programs will not cross his mind.

Then he will bitch about the keyboard layout and the one button track pad. He will bitch about having to buy a mouse and Apple only makes a one button variant. Buying a MS 3 button mouse will not cross his mind.

He will bitch about excessive scratches. He will bitch about the reflective screen. He will bitch about the cost of Apple RAM, fan noise, excessive heat, you name it. There will be no end to his bitching.

When he finally gets around to using Mac OS X he will have spread so much FUD about the hardware that it won't matter whether he likes the OS it or not.

With friends like Stan Beer, Apple will not need enemies.

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Rasterbator:

I seriously doubt that John is referring to the Office suite. There are many custom made apps that businesses use that were developed for windows.

"Why is AAPL down $2.08 with a heavy sell off at the end of the day?"

Maybe because of recent news headlines like these:

CNET: "iTunes is a Scaredy-Pants"

"Windows Media Player 11, MTV's Urge Servie, and the iRiver Clix are a lethal 1-2-3 Punch"

Just a thought...

Better buy AppleCare.
If you don't you'll be sorry.

Awesome.

I know I'll be picking one up from Charlotte when I go up there in a couple of weeks. I can't wait.

paraphrasing: I'm not a fan of Mac OSX, mainly because I don't know the first thing about it. I like windows, because that's what I use.

Hey competition

"Why is AAPL down $2.08 with a heavy sell off at the end of the day?"

Maybe because of recent news headlines like these:

CNET: "iTunes is a Scaredy-Pants"

"Windows Media Player 11, MTV's Urge Servie, and the iRiver Clix are a lethal 1-2-3 Punch"




Wall Street techs - Tech stocks close lower as rebound peters our ahead of Dell update.

Aint life a bitch.

MW "short" as in what to do with your Dell shares.

Hmm, or maybe it was this this one:

PCMAG: "WMP 11 Beats iTunes"

"The new Windows Media Player shows that Microsoft can get the jump on Apple in ease of use and visual appeal."

MSFT +0.10 (0.44%)

Just coincidence, I'm sure.

with all these plug and play features built-in, and very reasonably priced

How can it be PLUG and play if it's built in? It just "plays".

Hmm... no core solo models. I wonder what surprises we'll see tomorrow...

competition:

No coincidence at all. APPL has been experiencing what are called "bear raids" for weeks. The bears -- even those working for a certain multi-zillionaire rival -- will eventually run out of cash and be stuck with a lot of paper once the stock starts picking up again when the iPod line is rejuvenated. By then, goofs like them -- and you -- will have been kicked to the curb. Keep on enjoying mediocrity!

..One by one they fall. Top three computers on Amazon are Macbooks. The black one is #3!! In the top 25 list, 13 are Macs! Apple has hit the home run with the Macbooks.

MW: left. Other Wintel makers are picking up what is left.

rasterbator: I am a translator. I used Translation Memory software and voice dictation software. There is no TM software for Mac and no voice dicatation software worth mentioning either. Windows drives me crazy sometimes, and I do prefer a Mac, but the ability to run Windows on a Mac is a godsend for me and I am sure many other people too. It has nothing to do with childish statements about security or otherwise. Windows has a massive developer base with products for most fields of work. Mac does not. Unfortunately.

Anyboby who thinks WMP shows more visual appeal than iTunes is a MORON wiht NO taste!

Top three computers on Amazon are Macbooks.

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Not that it's a bad thing that the top 3 are Macs, but looking at those numbers realistically...

1. Dell computers are not sold on Amazon.
2. Amazon is offering a $100 rebate.
3. Not many Pc users buy their computers on Amazon.

One more thing....

Apple computers have been ruling the Amazon top 10 list for more than a year now and Mac shipments from last quarter were still only around a million units..

Bottom line.. Amazon's top 10 list doesn't mean much

"Apple computers have been ruling the Amazon top 10 list for more than a year now and Mac shipments from last quarter were still only around a million units.."

And just think of all of the really tall, muscular women from South America who could use a MacBook.

Oh, DEAR! Apple's market cap has fallen below Dell's once again! When the competition is this tight you can't afford a 3%+ drop on a day when the guy who's behind registers a 1%+ gain. I wonder how much Dell spent of his own cash to make that happen!

Sun and Cisco also bucked the day's trend and ended on an up-note. The Dow, S&P;and NASDAQ all finished about 2/3% down on the day. Anyone who has been following Apple stock is well aware that its moves are far crazier than those of most stocks. It will go down instead of up as often as not on news - good OR bad.

So he's given up on writing the Mac security FUD now?

Actually John (and Fred and jer), in the context of the article, the reference to a "security blanket" is wholly appropriate (apart from the word security being used to reference Windows!) as this is basically what the guy is saying: I don't know mac but I know windows and can use what I feel comfortable with while testing the mac.
I think you are showing early signs of paranoia thinking that every reference to the security blanket refers to those like you who just need to use Windows for the odd crucial app. Maybe it's just narcissism.
I think the term security blanket applies to lots of windows users who are thinking of switching. I see it every day. "Oh I've been looking at switching for a while, but now I can install windows I'm going to give it a try".
The world doesn't revolve around you!

MW: needed, John needed to look at the context and stop taking things personally.

BootCamp is all part of Apple's grand plan:

http://gagravaarweblog.blogspot.com/2006/05/where-is-steve-jobs-going-with-this.html

Let's be honest here--the great thing about Boot Camp is that it allows Windows users to try a mac while remaining able to use all that great cracked and pirated bittorrented software they rely on so much, which I've had fun sampling the past two months.