Call to take the No Windows Booting Pledge

I don't see what the big deal is. This will most likely directly lead to the purchase of my first mac. I've always wanted to get a mac, just from the curiosity standpoint, but I KNOW windows and don't want to be pigeon-holed into an OS that I'm not sure I'd even like. With Boot Camp, I can dual-boot and have a chance to really delve into OSX without worrying about leaving windows behind completely. Hell this could eventually lead to a completely non-windows existence, if I like OSX enough. I think this is a huge coup for Apple.

Pledge? What are we, ten years old? should I cut my hand, spit in it and shake?
Everyone has a unique situation and if you can't accept that someone might actually benefit from Boot Camp, why can't you just not use it instead of making juvenile pacts and rallying the troops to go to battle against choice?

morons

Embrace Hybrid !!

Bottom Line is that there honestly are some things a Mac can't do. Some apps such as Auto CAD just are not (yet) on OS X. If Boot Camp opens the world of Mac's to a whole new audience why should die hard Apple fans care? It is a stupendous move by Apple to do this, brave and frankly honest. Apple have a poor market share. They have a small base to work off to grow that market share and this move gives them huge scope for growth.

Do I care that I am running windows on my Mac? Nope not one bit because I can do some things I haven't been able to do before. Ok so most of it is gaming but I will be dammed if I am going to buy an xbox to satisfy my gaming needs when I have a more than capable machine sat infront of me. Needs must as they say so loose the attitude people and embrace the future and what it means!!

I think it's a really bad move to let macs boot windows while PC's dont (officially) boot os x. Plus, a reducement in os x's value.

They shouldn't use "Boot Camp" as the final release name... they should call it "Hybrid".

or "Abomination", doubt they'll go with the latter, but Hybrid's a cool name.

Is Apple Matters going to carry around a Windows laptop for me so I can run my employer's Windows-only custom time and expense-reporting application which I need to use in order to get paid?

No, I don't think so. Ergo, I want to run it on my Mac.

Just give me virtulization so I can plan my windows games from within OS X... I hate using windows, but have to for the following:
1. Games
2. MS Visio
3. MS Projects

2 & 3 are tools that I use at work, and hence opensource apps that do similar stuff but don't save the files back in Visio or Project format are useless.

Apple... please give me virtulization... please.

I might consider dual booting one, should I ever get one, but it would not be into Windoze. Linux is the most likely candidate since that's what I use on all the non-Apple hardware I use now anyway.

That said, dual booting is a PITA anyway. Much better to add the second machine & a KVM if you really need to use both for some reason (such as testing websites on both systems).

Look people...

Weeks ago, when I said running XP on a Mac was "abomination" I was being facetious. It's "OK" if you want to run Windows XP on your new Mac.

You don't need to worry about what I think, I won't judge you. I am merely an observer.