Bunk Camp - Apple Gets It Wrong?

An anonymous reader writes "CNET.com.au has posted a commentary that attempts to cut away the hype surrounding Boot Camp. From the article: 'Boot Camp will do little to coax Windows XP users into switching to Mac OS X. For this to happen, Apple needs to either license out OS X to all users -- not just Mac owners -- or support a true Mac virtualisation application.'"

Re:A big reason Apple doesn't want to sell OS X

[Anonymous Coward]

An even more fundamental reason Apple won't sell OS X to PC users is that PC-type people, unfortunately, just wouldn't understand OS X. You see, the Mac, and in fact the entire Apple experience, is intuitive for a certain kind of person. Artists, fashion mavens, scientists, and other creative personalities [atspace.com] can sit down with a MacBook Pro running the latest dot-update of Tiger and comprehend its sensitive, tasteful aesthetic [atspace.com]. It's a rare instinct, this appreciation for beauty and truth [atspace.com]; unimaginative, dogma-bound drones haven't a prayer.

In summary, unattractive squares should stick to Linux [atspace.com] and Windows [atspace.com].
Macs are for different thinkers. [atspace.com]

Warning: FUD troll

[Quiet_Desperation]

I'm no expert

Expert?! You're barely multi-celled!

Man, I miss Duckman.

Re:FP?

[drb_chimaera]

Or of course he could in fact mean Battlefield 2, which is a) what he said, and b) not available on OSX, so would make sense as an example of a game he could play on a Mac running XP :)

Re:So much for enhancements

[bill_mcgonigle]

That's a good point.

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Illegal Bundling

[Quinn]

Can I get a refund if I buy a Macbook and decide not to run OSX on it?

Re:No hardware lockin

[frogstar_robot]

If I have a boxed copy of OS X and a sales receipt for it then I'll cordially invite Steve Jobs to roll the EULA into a cigar shape, bend over, and gently insert.

SchuetzenGrabenVernichtungsPanzerKraftWagen

[onkelonkel]

"I am from germany"

You don't need to tell us. Your charming use of compund nouns (railwayridingsimulations) reveals your nationality most clearly. As a descendant of Germans, I think English would be more fun if we also adopted this form. e.g. My Computingmachinewhichservesfilesforthemostpartporn ographic just crashed again.

Peace, Love, Eisbein and Sauerkraut.

Re:FP?

[Xypheri]

interesting fact... a $2 power cable counts as "OEM Hardware" ;)