Through this ars technica article, we learn that Leopard might have a potential for running Windows applications. The article has what I think are appropriate qualifiers and disclaimers, but still legitimately raises the question of whether there is some underlying code support for Leopard to run Windows applications.
Okay, so what? Apple already has BootCamp, so you can run Windows in a separate partition on your Mac. And, of course, there is virtualization software such as VMware Fusion (which I use) or Parallels, which let you run your Mac and Windows software simultaneously.
To me, the “so what” is that it looks like Leopard might have the potential to run the Windows apps natively. Frankly, I would not like that at all. Since almost all Windows apps these days require the support of the Windows registry, running the apps natively suggests that Leopard would have to support the Windows registry. Yucko. The registry is the one thing I dislike the most about Windows. I liked the old days when applications used separate ini files instead of cluttering up a common registry. If you wanted to delete the apps, doing so was easy and the apps’ settings weren’t left cluttering up a common system registry.
If Leopard makes all of this a part of its framework, then I think the performance of Macs would suffer. In my mind, Apple would make better use of its time and resources to address the existing complaints about Leopard.
But, again, perhaps this is all too much speculation at this point. Nonetheless I am keeping my fingers crossed that it is a rumor that won’t come true.
Now to the second topic: the “rumors” of a 3G iPhone. I don’t know that this should even be classified as a rumor at this point, since AT&T’s CEO has apparently said that a 3G iPhone will be available in 2008.
Marc Orchant has a great article on this, and it brings out the thing that disturbs me the most about this “rumor.” Specifically, it reads to me that the telecos are so big and so powerful that they could care less how they treat their business partners, and of course, we all have our own stories of how they have treated us customers. Their ad slogans should read: Are you our partner or our customer? Well, bend over baby!
I could go on and on and complaining about this, but it will do no good. It does aggravate me, though, to see a CEO that apparently thinks more highly of his power than of his commitment to partners. To be fair about this, though, I must add that each teleco probably has thousands of employees and many senior managers who only want to do their best and who really want to provide value and integrity in their relationships with customers and partners.
As for the 3G iPhone, is it going to be worth the wait? I don’t know. I do know that most people seem to be very happy with the existing iPhone, although I have heard a few complaints about the battery life of the existing models. 3G support would require even more hefty power, but hopefully His Steveness has a bag of tricks to make things better in this regard.
Okay, enough of Keener’s thoughts on this. What are your thoughts?
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