Macintosh -- Will you buy one now or later?

[GomiGirl]

I wonder if viruses are actually developed to keep the anti-virus industry churning over??? (I am such a conspiracy theorist!!)

[GuyJean]

Japanese Bank Switches to Mac
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=14327

Aozora Bank is preparing for an IPO of shares, and has asked Apple to deploy 2,500 Macs across its main office, data centre, and 17 branches. The bank has instantly become Apple's biggest financial industry client in the world, Reuters reports.

"The question for us was how to simplify the environment and bring it forward 15 years in one jump," said Bill Chute, Aozora's chief technology officer and a former tech executive at Citibank, according to the report.

Apple has continued to attract new interest from firms that would never have touched the platform in the days of Mac OS 9, the report explains, and the move to support Windows on Macs seems set to attract more.

Brian Croll, a senior marketing director at Apple, told Reuters that the move to OS X attracted new customers that Apple has never seen before: "We're dealing with government agencies, science and technology firms, even trucking companies," he said.

GJ

[Mulboyne]

Japanese Bank Switches to Mac
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=14327
GJ

Is that related to Taro's thread Aozora Bank joins the pod people & mac-heads? Don't try and play the "busy at work" card.

[GuyJean]

Is that related to Taro's thread Aozora Bank joins the pod people & mac-heads? Don't try and play the "busy at work" card.

Doh! Once again, Taro reigns supreme.. Looks like I have to spend more time on FG to keep up.

Unfortunately, I'm all out of 'busy at work' cards.. I have a new deck; 'procrastinating at work'.. (If Kiwi, please refrain from reading 'deck' out loud)

GJ

[GuyJean]

Virtulaizing without Booting Windows
http://www.godsipod.com/xponmac/

Shows Windows XP booting in 10 seconds on a 2.0 GHz MacBook Pro using software from Parallels.

I think the beta if free.. http://www.parallels.com/

Virtualization: Running Any OS Within OS X
http://www.applematters.com/index.php/section/comments/virtualization-running-any-os-within-os-x/

What is Virtualization?
There are many different meanings of the term virtual machine, but for our purpose, it is a piece of software that allows a user to run multiple guest operating systems within the main host operating system. That is, you may run instances of Windows XP, Red Hat Linux and FreeBSD that would, to the user, appear to be individual applications inside your host Mac OS X. For a slightly more technical overview, here is a recent article on virtualization.

There have been multiple solutions for achieving this on many platforms for years now. Only recently, however, has it become more feasible, more seamless and, most importantly, gained support among operating system developers. Microsoft, many Linux distributions and, as rumored, Apple are taking notice and are rolling out more solutions to co-exist.

GJ

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[Mike Oxlong]

[Mulboyne]

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[Mulboyne]

I just saw this documentary and it's worth a look even if you aren't particularly a fan of Apple.

[FG Lurker]

It seems as though OS X 10.5 will be the final release that will work on PPC chips. I'd hate to be someone (cough, Charles) who spent $$$ on a high-end G5 not-so-long ago!

[alicia454]

[FG Lurker]

Surprised that no one has posted this already but Apple released new Mac Minis, new iMacs, and new Mac Pros.

Some nice upgrades across the board. It looks like Apple has worked a deal with Intel to get the new Xeon "Nehalem" processors before other companies.

They've also added a few options to the MacBook Pro line.

Without Jobs around the unveiling has been a lot more subdued than usual.

[Greji]

Surprised that no one has posted this already but Apple released new Mac Minis, new iMacs, and new Mac Pros.

Just before I started my new job, my boss ask me what kind of computer I used. I told him I preferred a Mac as I was most familiar with it. I really didn't think too much about it, until on my first day when reporting for work, I found a brand new 24" IMac sitting on my new desk!

What a nice surprise and a great toy, I may even try to use it for work some day.

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Mr. Balmer? Would you sign my laptop?