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Call to take the No Windows Booting Pledge
This may appeal only to the 13% of you who told us you think the idea of
dual-booting your Mac is pure blasphemy. If you want to make a statement, answer this call from
Apple Matters to take the No Windows Booting Pledge. AM rails against the idea of booting Windows on our Macs and begs
Mac users to take a pledge of allegiance to the Mac platform. If you're on board, get up from your desk, put your hand
over your heart, and repeat:I won’t even think about trying to dual-boot my Mac, now and forever. Amen.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
mike Lorenz said 2:11PM on 4-07-2006
Try hacking a cellphone on a mac. Near Impossible. & tell me why a software developer would write software for a mac tha tdoes this... no incentive. For these reasons I will dual boot my macbook. & then boot into the toilet for every time I have to look at xp. eh... It's a tradeoff.
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nezromatron said 2:16PM on 4-07-2006
Let it go.. You've beaten the horse quite mercilessly as it is.
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Blake said 2:19PM on 4-07-2006
i wont do it. i have a iMac G5 ;)
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kevin said 2:28PM on 4-07-2006
im with you!!! lets be mac butties!!!! whos with me???
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Travis said 2:29PM on 4-07-2006
I will NOT taint my new MacBook Pro with Windows... Ever!! Even in emulation! You have my word TUAW!
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Deedas said 2:29PM on 4-07-2006
I'll never boot into Windows, Heck I'll never even do virtualization. All I'm even open for is DarWine. 0% M$ for me.
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Joshua said 2:33PM on 4-07-2006
Enough about Boot Camp already! Let's talk *other* features in Leopard! Dual Boot or not, Mac OS X is still the king and Apple won't let Boot Camp (a *feature* in Mac OS X) deflate market-share.
Boot Camp DOES makes the Mac more attractive to purchase by adding another Apple-only feature;
Boot Camp DOES NOT make XP (or Vista) more attractive to use.
What I am looking for is an emulation or virtual machine environment that allows me to use Windows apps in OS X.
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harrisjamieh said 2:34PM on 4-07-2006
Pathetic. Some people need to grow up.
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Paul said 2:41PM on 4-07-2006
Pledge Taken.
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BobMac said 2:49PM on 4-07-2006
I can't take the pledge. It's not that I want to have Windows on my MacBook Pro; it's that I HAVE to. My wife's a realtor, and the only software available for her is Windows only. Would you rather we have a Dell or that we have Windows on one of our three Macs?
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Leo of BORG said 2:53PM on 4-07-2006
I'm sorry but it must be a slow news day at TUAW. Please stop posting this tripe.
If you want a *real* perspective on this read Gruber:
http://daringfireball.net/2006/04/windows_the_new_classic
...is TUAW a Mac tabloid or a news site? Think!
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Brendan said 3:15PM on 4-07-2006
This pledge thing is a load of bollocks !!!
I love apple and I use apple, but this immature retarded behaviour is what drives windows user away from this superior OS!
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Justin said 3:28PM on 4-07-2006
I pledged to stop using windows back in 96 when I downloaded my image of slackware linux and havnt looked back. I currently use a powermac g5 quad and love it. But even if I had a inetel machine I have no reason to boot windows not now not ever
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Guillermo said 3:37PM on 4-07-2006
Jeez, some people take their brand loyalty far too seriously.
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christine said 3:44PM on 4-07-2006
i'm pledging.
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Geekboy said 3:57PM on 4-07-2006
No booting Windows Pledge... Nonsense at it's best! As a cross-platform user Boot Camp is a good thing. I own 3 macs and a Custom built gaming Rig. I just picked up my Mini and have Boot Camp running XP Pro on it, and feel this makes my "switch (again)" much easier.
We forget ppl have software that is not available for Mac, and or too expensive to buy for the Mac and could benefit from this. For me right now it's Photoshop, and if this works, I'll be a happy camper until I can depart with the cost of buying a Mac version (or Universal version).
Say what you will, but this is a much BETTER option then running Virtual PC!
Now back to the nonsense.
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Lorenz said 4:09PM on 4-07-2006
Seriously, when windows users look at mac users, this is why they (try
to) flame us. Windows does some things that os x cannot (I'm looking
at an unlocked verizon Razr v3c with alltell software as proof), but
until it can, I will boot into windows, &/or use a windows box (out
of necessity). You are suggesting that I act like a child, kick the
dirt, & pout in the corner, rather than use something that is at my
disposal...wah, I'm too good for windows...
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Storv said 4:54PM on 4-07-2006
Get. A. Grip.
Bloody fanboy nonsense.
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Lorenz said 4:57PM on 4-07-2006
Point. And. Case. #18
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Dar the Monk said 4:59PM on 4-07-2006
You know what, i take a lot of things seriously: my faith, family, and being honorable. My underlining view is that to cause problems is not a benefit to a good life, so why allow something that would taint a good thing? I still say, if you want to use windows, then use it on a seperate machine, one that is made for windows to crash. I take the pledge.
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