[Ti] Virtual PC question

[kalirhe at umdnj.edu]

Quoting Chris Olson <chris.olson at astcomm.net>:

> On Dec 20, 2005, at 1:22 PM, Robert Ameeti wrote:
> 
> > What I was asking is how you know that they are going to drop the  
> > Mac version?
> 
> Because if you keep track of what goes on the Mac software  
> development community, which I happen to do, several things have  
> transpired:
> 
> 1.)  Apple has announced Mac OS X running on Intel processors.  An  
> environment which emulates x86 hardware is no longer needed on x86  
> hardware.
> 
> 2.)  Codeweavers has pledged support for Crossover Office on Mac OS X  
> on Intel processors.  This means Windows applications will run on Mac  
> OS X with no need for emulation environments or even a bootable  
> Windows environment.
> 
> 3.)  Microsoft sunsets support for software in which no market  
> potential exists.  An example is the sunsetting of support for IE:mac  
> on December 31, 2005.
> 
> Once Codeweavers supports Mac OS X they'll be selling a product that  
> costs much less than VPC, and no additional cost for a Windows  
> license required to run Windows software.  Microsoft will sell no  
> copies of VPC for Mac anymore.  It will disappear from their software  
> lineup, just like IE did (is).

Thanks!

That sounds pretty good to me :-)

Best,

Henry