MacOSX to be added as a OS in Windows Version??

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EdwinRamos

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I just ran into a CNN article, in the article it relates that Parallels WorkStation for Windows will be running MacOSX in Spring 2007

Can this be true? How wonderful if it is to happen, I love MacOSX and to be able to finally use it in a Windows PC/Laptop would be the greatest thing in virtualization, it would also expose/introduce "MacOSX" to the world of PC Windows loving people, who don't know about MacOSX.

Here's a link to the CNN Article hXXp://money.cnn.com/2007/01/19/technology/fastforward_parallels.fortune/
 
So what would be wrong with boot camp'ing into Windows and then install OS X in Parallels for Windows? OS X would be running on Mac hardware, sastifying Apple's bean counters, Windows would be the host OS, and OS X the vm.
 
Deljohn

Read the article, its about the windows version running MacOSX

Here is a short part from the article in question -

VMware's CEO Diane Greene told me last week that her company's existing x86 desktop product is already being used by some to run Mac OS on computers from Dell (Charts), Hewlett-Packard (Charts) and others, though this is not intentional on VMware's part.

SWsoft's Beloussov says that this spring, Parallels will upgrade its software further, in a way that by coincidence will make it easier to run Mac OS on a non-Apple computer. He also insists that is not deliberate, but just a consequence of the nature of the technology, especially now that Intel (Charts) builds virtualization technology into its chips
 
Unfortunately this little blurb was also in the article:

Both companies' products specifically aimed at the Mac will remain self-consciously crippled in order to satisfy Apple's demands that users not be encouraged to put Mac OS on a non-Apple machine. But pressures seem to be building in a way that Apple and Jobs will increasingly have a hard time controlling.

I say to heck with Steve Jobs - He's an idiot for refusing to sell OS X on other platforms. He could easily go head to head with Microsoft. I mean "look at who's got the money Steve - doesn't that tell you anything?"

The more widespread OS X becomes the more 3rd party software will be written for it.
 
Apple from my understanding makes money selling hardware, they are infact a hardware oriented company, but, I had seen an article where Apple, once known as Apple Computers, has dropped Computers, and are now just known as Apple.

Maybe, Jobs is feeling the pressure from Stock Investor's on releasing MacOSX, I personally think what better way to release MacOSX to just run in a Virtual Environment such as Paralles, this will eliminate Apple for providing support to all who run MacOSX within Parallels, and place that burden on the Maker of Parallels to provide any support issues. As well as revealing the great MacOSX to the Windows users of the world, who most likely after using MacOSX will switch from Windows to MacOSX by purchasing a computer from Apple.

Here is another thread related to this http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?t=4445&highlight=install+macosx
 
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