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1. Comment - Final Cut for Mac Goes Universal

   (Mar 31, 2006 - 11:25 AM)

   I knew that Microsoft said they were removing EFI from Vista (all editions - except I could'a swore they said the 64-bit or some version of Vista would indeed use EFI booting.

2. Comment - Final Cut for Mac Goes Universal

   (Mar 30, 2006 - 11:08 PM)

   Eh... not quite. Just because Windows computers run on Intel processors (besides AMD chips), and Macs are starting to run on Intel processors... that does not mean the average consumer can run Apple/(Macintosh) applications on a Windows PC. To run Apple's OS X operating system on non-Apple hardware is against their terms of service (and illegal).
   
   Now, on the flipside, people have gotten Windows XP to boot on the new Intel Macs (with a lot of tweaking and patch work). Since OS X and Windows XP use different ways to boot up, it gets very difficult. Now, when Windows Vista ships in January 2007, the 64-bit version of Vista will have the same boot method as the Intel Macs - so you can essentially dual boot between Windows Vista and OS X on your Intel Mac.

3. Comment - Final Cut for Mac Goes Universal

   (Mar 30, 2006 - 7:36 PM)

   Actually, its the other way around.
   
   Apple has been using IBM's Power PC (G3, G4, and G5) processors for a long time. In June 2005, they announced that they will start using Intel chips in all of their computers.
   
   Since all applications on the Mac OS X operating system run on a PowerPC processors (the only one they ever used... they just worked). Now, with the switch to Intel, they have to use a special system called Rosetta which runs PowerPC-based applications run on the Intel Macs - has to "emulate" them in real-time... so its slower.
   
   Now, Apple (amoung all of the other developers of Mac software only have to make one version of their application - called a Universal Binary, which will use the right "code" needed to run on the correct processor. This way, applications will run at full speed and full efficiency right when you download and/or buy them.
   
   Hope that clears up the confusion.