On Sun, 19 Oct 2003, Michael Bigley wrote: > >All I'm saying here is that the future Mac OS' (s) should be created in > >such a way that they would be able to run ALL Windoze programs, thus > >giving US, the loyal Mac user community the same advantage that the PC > >users have. You want to tell us that it is an unreasonable wish, or that > >it can't be done? > > it is being done now with Virtual PC. And with the Mac BU developing > it now, I would say integration will be even tighter... that you > expect Windows apps to run on Mac OS without paying more is what is > unreasonable. That is a tremendous value add that many of us don't > need, so it would be unfair to spread the cost of such integration > across all users. > > I think you will see some sort of trial version or lite version of > Virtual PC bundled with new Macs soon... actually they already offer > something of sorts, with the new version of Office "Pro" including > VPC and Apple often offers discounts with purchase of a new system. > What you wish is almost here Henry... Amen to that! :-) Henry