BusinessWeek, Panther & Windows compatibility
posted by MacMinute, MacRumors, among others:
um, how much you wanna bet that they mistook the "works great on windows networks with other windows machines" (e.g. zip compression built-in, samba, et al.) to mean it can run windows?
'course, then again, has anyone actually TRIED to run an .exe on panther yet??? i think i will soil myself if someone says it works.
Quote:
BusinessWeek reports on Apple's success in switching some users. Curiously, it notes the following:
Next, Apple's newest version of OS X, called Panther -- which is scheduled to debut later this year -- will let corporations run Windows applications on their Macs. That's a major plus, considering that nearly all companies use Windows.
At the moment, this odd claim can only be written off as a mistake -- despite the fact that the article goes on to say that Greg Maynes of the Maynes Associates Architects claims "such compatibility is a major selling point".
BusinessWeek reports on Apple's success in switching some users. Curiously, it notes the following:
Next, Apple's newest version of OS X, called Panther -- which is scheduled to debut later this year -- will let corporations run Windows applications on their Macs. That's a major plus, considering that nearly all companies use Windows.
At the moment, this odd claim can only be written off as a mistake -- despite the fact that the article goes on to say that Greg Maynes of the Maynes Associates Architects claims "such compatibility is a major selling point".
um, how much you wanna bet that they mistook the "works great on windows networks with other windows machines" (e.g. zip compression built-in, samba, et al.) to mean it can run windows?
'course, then again, has anyone actually TRIED to run an .exe on panther yet??? i think i will soil myself if someone says it works.
Comments
Despite it's ubuiquity I don't find many PC apps that I consider exemplarary. I would rather Apple keep focusing on making the Macintosh experience the best and let 3rd parties focus on the Windows compatability.
We already have a thread about this.
Originally posted by CubeDude
http://forums.appleinsider.com/showt...threadid=28700
We already have a thread about this.
technically, it's not the same, as my thread is about businessweek's claims, not newsweek's, and says so in the thread title. plus, doesn't it strike anyone else as odd that TWO major publications have made the same "mistake"?
anyway, i know i'm being nitpicky.
It's most likely a misinformed writer or a writer who is confused about the terminology. Don't read too much into this.