Monday, August 07, 2006

Apple, Leopard in the spotlight

The San Francisco Chronicle reports:
Leopard will likely incorporate an updated version of Boot Camp, making it easier to use. It may even make it possible to run both the Mac and Microsoft Windows operating systems at the same time, instead of having to reboot the computer, analysts said.

Such a move could help increase Mac sales even more because people would be more willing to switch to a Mac if it could run all the software applications they're used to.

"If they could run Windows at the same time, it'd be a big boon and cause a lot of users to switch," said Shaw Wu, an analyst with American Technology Research. "It would make them consider the Mac more seriously than before
This would make a lot of people happy.