to your question: I definitely think bootcamp is too confusing for people. Unless your technical, you don't want to have to deal with multiple OS's. Even for me, I find it hard to want to have two OS's on my system.
With regards to the other points on Window's based Macs, I'm on your side for definite on this one. And to be honest, I think it should almost be the other way around - where Microsoft start going down the road of making stricter calls on the hardware that works with their OS. Most of the problems that come with XP or Vista were due to Microsoft's (admittedly amazing) willingness to try and support every possible piece of hardware and software. It's also been their achilles heel and causes most of the problems inherent in Windows these days..... A bit more control on their side would reduce the amount of potential problems they've to deal with. They could also take the major plunge (like Apple some years ago) and decide to cut all backwards compatibility. Think about it, you can still work with software that was developed for MS-DOS! A complete ground up development is a pretty good idea. Pains for consumers in the transition, but as Apple have proved with their own offering, it means you can develop a really really good OS!
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· 1 year ago
Damn you Gates!! I recently tried to load bootcamp with Windows on my iMac. As I hoped for the best, but planned for the worst something totally blindsided me. Windows doesn't automatically pick up bluetooth devices. Well it just so happens that my mouse AND keyboard are both bluetooth devices. Now what?!? Call Microsoft/India and let them know once again what a piece of shit product they have. Then call my neighbor to borrow his USB mouse.
Oh and thanks for the Mozy tip Jazzy, I think I sold at least 3 people on it today.
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With regards to the other points on Window's based Macs, I'm on your side for definite on this one. And to be honest, I think it should almost be the other way around - where Microsoft start going down the road of making stricter calls on the hardware that works with their OS. Most of the problems that come with XP or Vista were due to Microsoft's (admittedly amazing) willingness to try and support every possible piece of hardware and software. It's also been their achilles heel and causes most of the problems inherent in Windows these days.....
A bit more control on their side would reduce the amount of potential problems they've to deal with.
They could also take the major plunge (like Apple some years ago) and decide to cut all backwards compatibility. Think about it, you can still work with software that was developed for MS-DOS! A complete ground up development is a pretty good idea. Pains for consumers in the transition, but as Apple have proved with their own offering, it means you can develop a really really good OS!
Oh and thanks for the Mozy tip Jazzy, I think I sold at least 3 people on it today.