Tend the agree with the sentiments here. I think the one wild card that could impact this one way or the other is how big BYOPC ends up being (and how quickly). As I have talked to companies looking at client-side virtualization to help manage BYOPC, they are saying Mac support is a must as they think that given the option end-users will opt for it at a rate much higher that Apple's current overall market share suggests. (I have heard as high as 30% projected.) I can see the reason for this. Some people would likely prefer to use a Mac, but don't have the option at work today and simply don't see the need for an expensive second computer at home. Other still may like the idea of buying a Mac, but aren't willing to bite off the price premium.
Prlctl list --all Code, Mac OS X Shell, Mac OSX, Parallels, UNIX, UNIX Shell Scripts, Windows This presents a problem when using Parallels: because it runs a virtual machine, it can't normally perform the low-level calls needed by APIs like DirectX to the GPU.
In a BYOPC scenario with a corporate subsidy, both of these barriers go away. The big question is: how many large enterprise customers who want to use client-side virtualization to manage their BYOPC programs would it take for Apple to give up end-to-end control of the PC stack? It has obviously served them well from a user-experience standpoint. Add My Comment.
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