Comments on: Windows 7′s XP Mode Could Boost Linux and The Mac http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/comment/comment-it-infrastructure/windows-7s-xp-mode-could-boost-linux-and-the-mac-939 Enhancing business with technology - in association with eweek.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:33:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rrrrrrrrrrrrrreader http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/comment/comment-it-infrastructure/windows-7s-xp-mode-could-boost-linux-and-the-mac-939#comment-104 Rrrrrrrrrrrrrreader Thu, 21 May 2009 11:41:28 +0000 http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/comment/comment-it-infrastructure/windows-7s-xp-mode-could-boost-linux-and-the-mac-939#comment-104 ... using the Mac Classic environment in OS X on the PowerBook - a bit of a pain in terms of time to launch. Everyday users won't like it very much. Apple ditched Classic when they moved to Intel chips. The PowerPC to Intel solution provided by Apple is far better - Rosetta. Nothing to do or think about to make PowerPC programs compatible with new Intel Macs. I know it is different scenario - but point is the general user will want something invisible. I use VMware for running Windows, but I only use it when I have to. Not my favourite waste of time by any stretch of the imagination. … using the Mac Classic environment in OS X on the PowerBook – a bit of a pain in terms of time to launch. Everyday users won’t like it very much. Apple ditched Classic when they moved to Intel chips.

The PowerPC to Intel solution provided by Apple is far better – Rosetta. Nothing to do or think about to make PowerPC programs compatible with new Intel Macs. I know it is different scenario – but point is the general user will want something invisible.

I use VMware for running Windows, but I only use it when I have to. Not my favourite waste of time by any stretch of the imagination.

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