OS X Leopard likely to have Windows support

Tuesday, Mar. 28 2006 | Author: J. Angelo Racoma

Gearlog reports that the upcoming edition of Mac OS X (10.5 or “Leopard”) will support virtualization and is likely to also support Windows.

This is significant because it means that Apple has now committed to Windows-based performance testing, and it will influence industry-standard testing methodologies going forward, possibly including Mac OS X testing. We speculate that Apple will now develop Windows drivers for Intel Macs like the iMac, Mac mini and MacBook Pro with Intel Core Duo processors. You will probably still need to buy your own copy of Windows XP (or Vista), but this is exciting stuff.

So in the near future, the best Windows machines would be Macs (like how the MacBookPro is the fastest XP machine)! These are exciting times for Apple fans!

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5 Responses for "OS X Leopard likely to have Windows support"

Griffith

March 29th, 2006 at 7:47 am
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No, this is an exciting time for Windows users! Because no longer will we be restricted to either Mac or Windows.

Now I can have a functional OS and a dysfunctional game console in the same box (everyone knows that that is what Windows does best, besides crashing that is).
jangelo

March 29th, 2006 at 12:33 pm
2

Well, I’m a Windows user, but I’m an Apple fan! Haven’t got my own Mac, though, but I used to use one at work. I’d love to have Mac OS on my PC.
AhmedF

March 29th, 2006 at 1:49 pm
3

I’m confused – what exactly is ’support for Windows’. How is this different from VirtualPC?
limulus

March 29th, 2006 at 6:43 pm
4

“Gearlog reports that the upcoming edition of Mac OS X (10.5 or “Leopard”) will support virtualization and is likely to also support Windows.”

They didn’t report anything of the sort. They speculated wildly and photoshopped an Apple logo into the BAPco member image. They didn’t supply a single shred of evidence for anything.
drugsbuy

April 3rd, 2006 at 2:01 pm
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Hi :D