On 3/27/2011 11:08 AM, Jim Saklad wrote:
>>> Since Macs can run Windows via Boot Camp or Parallels, it's ideal for the person who needs to be able to use both platforms. If you leave a Flash drive or an external drive formatted for PC's, your Mac can still read it.
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>> Running Boot Camp or Parallels isn't quite the same as actually running Windows, if the user is trying to do intense stuff like music production using soft-synths. Many people simply turn their intel mac into a dual-boot machine and decide which way to boot it depending on what they want to do.
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> Sorry, David, That is *precisely* what Boot Camp is/does. A dual-boot.
> Running Boot Camp is EXACTLY the same as actually running Windows.
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>> I think Apple might get a lot more converts if they would sell their OS to anybody with an intel-based computer and make it easy to set up as a dual-boot machine.
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> That would be one slight advantage to Apple of doing that. The disadvantages to Apple far, far outweigh it.
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What disadvantages? They'd sell more copies of the OS and make more money.
Regarding BootCamp, on music groups I belong to people have said that
some of their windows music applications don't work properly. That's
what I was going by.
It really makes no difference to me -- if there were a compelling
software reason for me to own a Mac, I'd buy one and use both Windows
and Mac machines as the particular software suited my needs.
I'm definitely a person who believes in using the right tool for the job.
--
David H. Bailey
dhbailey@davidbaileymusicstudio.com
