ya'll gotta relax

[chornbe]

OS/x won't run Windows apps. Windows won't run Mac apps.

Just lighten up and enjoy the evolution.

It's a good thing, this Intel thing. Honest.

[Scottfab]

thank you. we need more voices of reason.

[Qion]

Chornbe's right. It doesn't matter what chip our Macs are running on, it's still OSX. These new Macs are going to be amazingly fast. There STILL isn't going to be any Windows market share on our platform.

Change is good, ya'll.

[Reality]

If they are faster then that's better for everyone. I say good.

[Releaux]

I think this is going to be a great thing... if I can dual boot into OS X and Windows (as even Apple seems to think I'll be able to do at some point soon after the switch), that means I only have to upgrade/replace one computer moving forward. No more separate boxes for OS X and Windows/Linux! No more KVM switches! No more SMB hassles!

Add to this the fact that WINE will almost certainly appear on OS X, and I may not even need Windows at all for things like Quickbooks and other programs with either substandard Mac versions or no Mac version at all...

My only concern is that if Macs run Windows apps as well (or pretty darn close to) as Windows itself (either in dual-boot or emulation modes), developers might not see the need to develop Mac-native programs.

Still, I'm very positive about the long-term benefit of this change. I think it's going to help the Mac community in ways we haven't even realized yet.

[tumbleguts]

Agreed.

I can't understand why all of a sudden people are so worried about whether or not Windows will run on the up-coming Intel-Macs. I mean, come-on! We all know Windows is a buggy piece of crap. If ill-intentioned idiots want to want to run it on their new Intel-Macs - who cares! This shameful display of insecurity is not what being a member of the 'Mac class' is all about.

Take pride in the fact that Apple is securing the future so Macs have the fastest processors available for the their 'superior' machines. If you care about Apple being around and competing on any level in the next decade and beyond - seriously, this is the ONLY way to go. Out of this arrangement we will get faster and cooler processors for the Apple laptops. We will get faster processors for the desktop machines that can ALWAYS compete with the competition. And, we will most likely get access to other hardware (like graphics cards) without the relevant companies having to make specialised Mac versions. Combine that with OS X "... the most advanced operating system on the planet", and Apple is primed for a win, win situation.

To quote an earlier post;
"Keep in mind that Macintosh computers will always distingish itself from the crowd though the use of clever innovation, use of overall quality hardware components, amazing software, and the use of form and function - to create computers that not only work better but look better too."

This is a smart move by Apple.

[HomunQlus]

Originally Posted by chornbe

OS/x won't run Windows apps. Windows won't run Mac apps.

Just lighten up and enjoy the evolution.

It's a good thing, this Intel thing. Honest.

I think that since Mac OS X is a Unix system, and Windows is a Windows system, it is pretty obvious that apps from one system won't run natively on the other one (unless you have Wine, which allows you to run some Windows apps on OS X, but there's still no way to run OS X apps on Windows though).

[dixonbm]

I can't wait to play computer games on my dual boot Macintosh with windows on a second drive. That's the biggest thing I am excited about after hearing about Windows on my Mac.