Windows on an iMac?

I use Mac for everything but quick books would be much easier in PC form. Thats the only reason I'd like to use virtual pc with the new macs...
any suggestions??

Win what on a Mac? If Win issues can be circumvented to make it work on a Mac, who is going to eliminate the issues inherent with Win too? MS has not stablized one Window with its security holes and bugs since the company started - other than bringing out a new flavor!

The original question would be funny if it wasn't a laugh.
An aside:
A way out for MS is to buy out Apple and junk Windows or make a Windows an Apple like OS. Fortune cookie anyone?

VMWare please, running a PC emulation. Then I can install whatever PC OS I want with out screwing my Mac.

I think the answer to all this is APPLE DOESN'T CARE! They are a hardware company first and foremost. They make a cool OS and software to go with it so they care sell computers, monitors, iPods, etc. I really doubt they would care if a few or even a lot of people decide to run Windows on any of their machines.

Apple have taken out a patent for a process "whereby users would be able to load one of three operating systems as their primary OS and then load a secondary operating system as their secondary OS."

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27559

That could mean capability for OS X, Windows, and Linux all on one machine. But then again, it might not mean much - I daresay Apple has plenty of patents.

The real question I have is what is the plural of Mac book Pro ???
Mac Book Pros ?
Mac Pro Books ??
Pro Mac Books ??
I've got one Mac book pro and another one ??

JayDee

I'm not sure why everyone here is having such a hard time understanding why somone would want to run Windows on a Mac. I imagine it's the same reason that Mac users buy Virtual PC and Linux users oftern dual-boot.

I can tell you a very good reason why you would want XP on an iMac.

Apple make beautiful hardware, but there are people out there who have only ever use windows and only feel comfortable using it. My mother for example, she tried a Mac and just could not understand the way things worked. She does like the way they look though, so it would be an ideal solution for her home computer. She is nearly 70 and i am not about to try and re teach her, i am proud enought that she is still running her own company and uses, Skype, msn messenger and outlook.

I would love to be able to have a Windows virtual machine run natively on the same machine as my OS X apps. I develop websites under Windows servers for a living and I would much rather do my development on the OS X side. But, it's a pain maintaining a development server on a separate PC just for that purpose. If I could combine the two, awesome.

I think some bozo will get some flavor of Windows to boot on the new machines, and I'd be surprised if MS didn't jump at the chance to sell more Windows, myself. But, the way to do it, IMHO, is via some virtual mechanism.

I wouldn't, though, ever want to turn my Mac into a Wintel box, ever. OS X first and foremost. Windows, native and virtual, only when needed (which is a fairly often for me). Because of that, these new machines have the capability to greatly increase my productivity. And 5 lbs is much less than lugging two laptops around.

Bravo, Apple ... again!
FL

Simply put, why would you want to!!!