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Originally Posted by dviant
Never gonna happen. Can't see Apple facilitating the use of Windows apps in OS X. Especially if an Intel mac could run it anywhere near "native speed". Great way to kill off development.
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Jobs has said that Windows will be able to run on Mactel computers. And if it does, that alone is a reason for Apple to make the best out of it, and not make it needlessly difficult. And if they don't facilitate it, someone else will, but not as well.
Of course I'm aware that the risc of it killing off development is an argument against it - but it's also an argument against going Intel at all and Apple *is* going Intel, with Jobs saying that OSX is what defines the Mac, not it's hardware. He's saying that people buy Macs mainly because of their operating system.
If that is true, and Apple appears to be pretty sure it is, Windows may be killing Mac OS everywhere, *but not on Mac computers*.
That said, the option to have a well-integrated Windows on your Mac would definitely be a *feature* that could win over these people:
- hesitating windows users,
- (cross-platform) developers
- Mac users with older systems who need Windows sometimes (gaming/microsoft exchange integration)