{"id":311,"date":"2006-04-05T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2006-04-05T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicheplayer.net\/wordpress\/?p=311"},"modified":"2006-04-05T09:16:12","modified_gmt":"2006-04-05T15:16:12","slug":"i-try-not-to-do-this-too-often","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheplayer.net\/avablog\/2006\/04\/05\/i-try-not-to-do-this-too-often\/","title":{"rendered":"I try not to do this too often"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img-shadow1\"><a rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.flickr.com\/41\/123757619_ab4b07e623.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Boot Camp logo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.flickr.com\/42\/123752946_6da800308e_o.gif\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>In deference to my in-laws, most of whom have a fairly low tolerance for technology (with one <a title=\"kbd\" href=\"http:\/\/lunatography.com\/\">notable exception<\/a>), I don&#8217;t make too many computer-related posts on this blog.  But Apple did something today that stands to change the way people buy and use personal computers, and that&#8217;s big news.<\/p>\n<p>Starting today, you can <em>officially <\/em>(as in, Apple sanctions and supports your activity) <a title=\"boot camp\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/macosx\/bootcamp\/\">run OS X and Microsoft Windows XP on your Intel-based Macintosh computer<\/a>.  This kind of functionality has existed on the Mac for a long time, but it&#8217;s come through virtualization (basically, in software rather than in hardware), which means the Windows applications would run slowly and weren&#8217;t always able to use the Mac&#8217;s video drivers and other interfaces.  No more.  Now that the guts of the Mac are the same as the guts of a Dell, Windows can run on an iMac just as it does on a Dimension desktop.<\/p>\n<p>In typical Apple fashion, their marketing copy is as snarky as ever:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Macs use an ultra-modern industry standard technology called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.intel.com\/technology\/efi\/\">EFI<\/a> to handle booting. Sadly, Windows XP, and even the upcoming Vista, are stuck in the 1980s with old-fashioned BIOS. But with Boot Camp, the Mac can operate smoothly in both centuries.<\/p>\n<p>Windows running on a Mac is like Windows running on a PC. That means it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be subject to the same attacks that plague the Windows world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As big as this news is now, it&#8217;s going to get even bigger when Apple announces its pro desktop models using the Intel processor.  Let the benchmarking begin&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>(<em>And now back to your regularly-scheduled programming<\/em>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In deference to my in-laws, most of whom have a fairly low tolerance for technology (with one notable exception), I don&#8217;t make too many computer-related posts on this blog. But Apple did something today that stands to change the way people buy and use personal computers, and that&#8217;s big news. 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