Removed XP

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For those still hoping for VPC on MacTels:

IMO, it's in doubt. I think Microsoft is waiting to see what happens with dual-boot and (dar)WINE. This would save them $$ on development. Their "official" stance is still:

Q. What does the announcement about Intel-based Macs mean for Virtual PC for Mac?

A. Virtual PC for Mac Version 7 is still the best emulation solution for users who have PowerPC-based Macs, but it does not run on Intel-based Macs. We are working with Apple to determine the feasibility of developing Virtual PC for Mac for Intel-based Macs. Virtual PC for Mac is highly dependent on the operating system and hardware and will require additional development to run on Intel-based Macs.

 

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For those still hoping for VPC on MacTels:

IMO, it's in doubt. I think Microsoft is waiting to see what happens with dual-boot and (dar)WINE. This would save them $$ on development. Their "official" stance is still:

I am really hoping for a simple Windows in OS X.. at nearly full speed.

 

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And virtual is fine by me!

I am really hoping for a simple Windows in OS X.. at nearly full speed.

Same here. I'm a consultant and I have 3 primary contracts that I work. One of them is Windows stuff only, and it is approximately 16 hours a week. But those 16 hours can be ANY hours of the week. As such, I'm currently having to carry 2 notebooks around at all times. This is getting old. VPC on my 17" G4 Powerbook doesn't cut it when you're running M$ Visual Studio .Net. I had to buy a separate Intel/Windows notebook just for this contract.

Lots of people are arguing that you can play the high end games under a VMWare type configuration. Who cares?! I have a Windows box at home that I game on. I do all of my real work on my Mac though. (I primarily do *nix based development for a living, and OS X was the best thing that ever happened to me.)

In my opinion, dual-boot would be nice, but my 2 biggest priorities for Windows on a Mac are:

1) VPC/VMWare at a decent speed.

2) Wine type binary compatibility. I'd really like to be able to run TOAD on my my (near future) Macbook without firing up VMWare or VPC.