Hi Scott, Thanks for the information. I didn't know Apple had dropped XP support in Boot Camp, but I can't honestly say I am surprised either. XP is really really old, and a lot of people are going to be dropping support here and there. Everyone accept VMWare who stay in business by offering a virtual machine for just about everything. :D
However, about the capitalist model you are right. It doesn't really matter if it is Microsoft or Apple they are both the same from a commercial developer standard. Its merely a case of pick your poison. That is why there is a third solution, Linux, which is driven by the user community rather than some all powerful money hungry corporation. If the user is willing to take up an open source operating system, customize it to is/her preference, he or she will do well. Otherwise they will just have to pick one of the commercial developers who's only objective is more money, money, money. Cheers! On 9/11/13, Scott Chesworth <[email protected]> wrote: > Just a small detail to throw into the mix. Apple already stopped > supporting XP via Boot Camp back in 2011. At the time I saw a few > relatively easy workarounds to get XP working again, but they were all > reliant on Apple still quietly providing a set of XP drivers on retail > disks of Lion. Tbh, I highly doubt that'll still be happening now, > what with Mountain Lion running everything in 64-bit by default. Even > if it is still the case, I'll eat my hat if it can still be done by > the time most of the XP hanger-onners actually attempt to make the > switch. > > Of course, XP can still be installed and run via VmWare Fusion now, > and that'll be the same for years to come seeing as maximum > compatibility is one of the things that keeps VmWare in business. > Fusion will work a treat for the officy tasks that are still kinda > clunky or simply not doable with VoiceOver, and will probably also > keep some people content in terms of gaming, but you'll definitely > feel the difference when running any newer ttitles that tax the system > more through Fusion. > > For what it's worth, the accessibility, length of support and rampant > capitalism on display doesn't seem any better or worse if you put your > fate in Apples hands. If you're fundamentally against the way the > technology industry is being run, then it's just a slightly different > flavour of doom, and you likely won't be any happier with Apple as > your evil overlords. > > Oh happy day... > > Scott > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
