I know it is really cool that someone figured it out. It"s really cool that the guy who did it picked up a nice $14k check.

But why?

In the name of all that is digitally sacred why?

Someone has figured out how to get the new Intel based Mac to run Windows XP.

Don't believe it either? Here's the video.

I understand how this is potentially a good thing for Apple and the MAC in the long run. I understand the competitive advantage of the fact that the XP End User Agreement allows for this happen and that the structure of the MAC OS license does not. (When you buy a full version of XP off the shelf you buy a license to install it wherever you want. The license for MAC OS off the shelf is an upgrade to what came on your system when you bought it. Apple would sue the pants of anyone who tried to sell a PC running the MAC OS) But there is that borderline religiosity that is part of being a MAC user that hates this to the point where I could find myself humming Don Mclean.
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Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 05:13 PM | No Comments | Add Comment