Parallels vs. Boot Camp

[Charlton Wilbur]

On Oct 1, 2006, at 1:34 PM, Shaun Wexler wrote:

> On Sep 30, 2006, at 7:10 AM, Charlton Wilbur wrote:
>
>> The difference between $39 and $79 is not a lot, compared to the  
>> license fee for a legitimate copy of Windows -- neither Boot Camp  
>> nor Parallels comes with a Windows license.
>
> Why people would pay ANY amount of money for Windows is simply  
> beyond my comprehension.  What a turd.

Because they need it to do something they can't otherwise do, and  
they aren't so ethically challenged as to use an illegitimate copy.   
Such things as testing software under Windows and testing websites in  
MSIE both require Windows.

I don't like Windows myself, but it's hard to ignore that targeting  
your website at MSIE as well as Safari and Firefox makes your  
potential audience from 5 to 10 times larger.  If spending $400 on a  
Windows XP Pro license and taking the time to test your website in  
MSIE means you do more than $400 more business, I don't understand  
why you *wouldn't* spend that money.

Charlton


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Charlton Wilbur
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