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Help, Guides, and News on making the Switch To Apple Macintosh Computers
MacBook Pro the Fastest Notebook for Windows XP
Apple's new Intel based Macs have recently been hacked to allow native installations of both Mac OS X and Windows XP. Following this development, a post at Gearlog outlines recent benchmarks demonstrating that Apple's MacBook Pro runs Photoshop faster than Windows based notebooks.
The article states:
"The MacBook Pro is the fastest Core Duo laptop we've tested running the Photoshop scripts. It's faster than other laptops originally designed for Windows. "This bodes very well for the performance of an Intel-accelerated OS X Photoshop, when that finally appears."
It goes on to say:
"In other words, Apple makes fast Windows PCs."
You can view the article at gearlog.com In a prior post titled "Apple Intel and Increased Market Share" I gave the following views:
- The choice is now compelling for consumers, they can own a Mac capable of running both OS X and/or Windows.It's only a matter of time before owners develop a method to dual boot both operating systems on the new Macs.
- The new Macs will usher in a new wave of Switchers.
- I predict that Apple will gain significant market share on a percentage basis in 2006 whereas Microsoft will see a slight decline
My stance is that consumers will increasingly give Macs consideration when they make thier next computer purchase. Consumers can have a system that runs OS X and Windows.
Featured Articles
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- OS Wars - 81% of Windows market share loss went to Mac OS X
- Switchers ready to pounce on Macs
- Prediction of 1.64 Million Macs for Q4 2006 Misses By Only 30,000
- Why Are Macs Becoming More Popular?
- Key Mac OS X Security Features
- User Account Types in Mac OS X
- Apple's End-To-End Model Leads to Innovation and User Experience
- The Steve Jobs CNBC Interview and Apple's Revitalized Switch Campaign
- Key Isolation Features in Mac OS X
- Macs - Boot Camp - Market Share - Switchers
- Macs are Faster - Benchmarking - Virtualization Technology - Increased Market Share
From the Guides
What is Lion?
What is Disk Utility?
What is Boot Camp Assistant?
What is Snow Leopard?
What is Airport Utility?
What is Activity Monitor?
Quickly navigate to the Utilities folder
What are Utilities?
Forward delete on a Mac keyboard
Show or Hide Sidebar items via Preferences
Determine which updates have been installed by Software Update
Disable automatic updates in Software Update
Manually run Software Update on Mac OS X Leopard
Different ways to launch a Mac OS X Application
Expose for Apple keyboards that have volume controls on F9, F10, and F11
What is MobileMe Gallery?
What is iWeb?
What is iMovie?
What is iPhoto?
Updated Guides
- What is Lion?
- What is Mac OS X?
- MacBook Pro
- MacBook Air
- MacBook
- Choose Your Mac
- The Mac Models
- What are Utilities?
- What is Disk Utility?
- What is Boot Camp Assistant?
- What is Snow Leopard?
- What is Airport Utility?
- What is Activity Monitor?
- Quickly navigate to the Utilities folder
- Expose for Apple keyboards that have volume controls on F9, F10, and F11
- Forward delete on a Mac keyboard
- Show or Hide Sidebar items via Preferences
- Customize the Sidebar - Hide and Show
- Finder and Sidebar - an Ideal Combination
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