What Boot Camp Means….Another Dvorak Miss

I was reading an analysis by John Dvorak and was fairly impressed with what he had to say until he ventured into speculation about what Boot Camp meant. It could mean, he said, that more Mac users are going to switch to Windows than people thought.

What is it about Windows users that makes them think anyone’s dying to switch to Windows?

I’m in the camp with those who believe that Boot Camp opens the door to the Mac world for those Windows users who have been reluctant to leave because they had a favorite or necessary piece of software that ran on Windows only. I’m not seeing anything in any forums that make me think the opposite is true; and from my own perspective, I can say that I don’t really care when Vista is released. I have no plans right now to upgrade to Vista at all, though admittedly a new Intel iMac will probably be strong enough to run it if needed, and work requirements could drive me there, though that is unlikely. I do however intend to look strongly at Leopard.

Frankly, I’m pointing out to my Windows running friends who have hinted they might like to try OS X that they can run Windows now, too, to take away any fear they might have of getting boxed in. Worse come to worse, even if they hate OS X, as long as they like the iMac, they still have a nice machine for their money.