>> 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.
Sorry, David, That is *precisely* what Boot Camp is/does. A dual-boot.
Running Boot Camp is EXACTLY the same as actually running Windows.
> 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.
That would be one slight advantage to Apple of doing that. The disadvantages to Apple far, far outweigh it.
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