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1. Comment - Company Offers Windows in Mac OS

   (Apr 6, 2006 - 3:54 PM)

   While there are a number of Virtual Machines for running Windows, etc. on OS X, they all run under emulation - and therefore run at a highly reduced speed. While they are useful if you need to run a Windows app occasionaly and aren't concerned about speed, they are not a particularly useful alternative to a native Windows boot.
   
   The story here is that Parallels has gotten Windows to run natively on the Intel processor, essentially poking a hole through the OS X operating system, allowing both OSs to run at full speed simultaneously. This means, at least theoretically, that you can have one machine running both OS X and Windows apps at the same time seamlessly.
   
   I'd say this is pretty cool if it works as well as they suggest.
   
   Probably not relevant for 3D games, since you probably don't want themachine doing anything else when you are running them, but potentially very useful for general business and computing needs.