In a year, everyone will have a Mac
Everyone.
Okay, I’ll qualify that a little. Everyone you know who actually cares about their computing experience will be using a Mac.
I spent a little time today installing Windows 2000 on Parallel’s Virtualisation workstation product (free 30 day trial). It’s only $50 so for some people who need Windows for the odd app, it’s an attractive option. Heaps more responsive than Virtual PC (which has always been sluggish) but after it was said and done I did think: So now what?
One of the guys is bringing in his Windows XP SP2 disk along with Half-Life 2 and some Middle Earth game for the guys to have a look at with BootCamp. It’s something we have to play with especially as we expect lots more people to buy Macs in the near future.
At the end of the day, the Mac hardware has just been a container for the software. We want to use nice interfaces. We want to use good software. We didn’t choose Windows for a reason.
And I’ll not miss it after the 30 days trial is over.