At 4:42 PM -0500 6/29/12, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
Craig Birkmaier wrote:Tell me this, though. I can buy a Dell PC and I can run Windows, Linux of about a zillion flavors, or hell, even DOS from different companies, NO PROBLEM. Can I do that with a Mac?Yes.Heh. About as easily as running Flash on an iPad, I guess.
There's an APP for that... http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photon-flash-player-browser/id430200224?mt=8The ability to run Windows, DOS and Linux on Intel Macs has been commonplace for years. I run Windows on my Macs every day - but I prefer to use OS-X, as it takes full advantage of the Mac platform, is VERY stable, and far less vulnerable to viruses and the rest of the attacks that plague Windows PCs.
Why would someone pay a little more for a Mac just to run another OS that you can install on cheap commodity PCs?
Even the four year old article you cited answers this question. This developer WANTS a machine that he can use to test across multiple OSes, and WANTs to run OS-X to take advantage of applications that add value to what he does.
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