Even on Intel chips, Macs will not be able to run Windows XP because Intel Macs don’t use BIOS like Windows XP does. Macs use what’s known as Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI), developed by Intel, which is not supported on Windows XP. However, Microsoft’s Vista will natively support EFI. Currently Microsoft supports EFI only on 64-bit Windows XP as well as Itanium versions. For those of us running 32-bit Windows XP, we are out of luck. Of course, unless someone comes up with a way to tweak Windows XP to support EFI.
At the Macworld Expo in San Francisco when the Apple executives confirmed that Windows Vista will run on their Intel-based iMac desktops and the MacBook Pro computers, it came as a shocker to most observers in the technology industry. Apple has always resisted allowing any version of Windows operating system running on their platform. They want to stay away from Windows as much as possible. I use both Windows and Macs on a regular basis. I can’t wait to install Vista on a Mac.
With Windows Media Components for QuickTime, by Flip4Mac, you can play Windows Media files (.wma and .wmv) directly in QuickTime Player and view Windows Media content on the Internet using a Web browser.
System requirements include the following:
1. Mac OS X version 10.3.9 or later
2. QuickTime version 6.5 or later
Before you install Windows Media Components for QuickTime, make sure that your Mac OS X user account has read and write access. If your login account does not allow you to administer the computer you will be asked for an administrator name and password during the installation.
BBEdit is pne of the leading professional HTML and text editor for the Macintosh. It was created in response to the needs of Web authors and software developers. This award-winning product provides an abundance of features for editing, searching, and manipulation of text. BBEdit transforms text with high performance.
An intelligent interface provides easy access to BBEdit’s best of class features including grep pattern matching, search and replace across multiple files, function navigation and syntax coloring for numerous source code languages, FTP and SFTP open and save, AppleScript, Perl and Mac OS X Unix scripting support, glossary support, and a complete set of HTML tools.
Apple Computer has issued “highly critical” security updates to address more than a dozen vulnerabilities in its Mac OS X operating system.
Apple released on Tuesday security patches for Mac OS X 10.4.3, otherwise known as Tiger, as well as Mac OS X 10.3.9, dubbed Panther, according to the company’s advisory.
Thirteen security flaws were found in areas related to the Apache 2 Web server, curl technology and the Safari browser. The vulnerabilities ranged from potentially letting an attacker launch a denial-of-service attack to taking control of a person’s system remotely.
Here’s some information posted on Macworld’s Web site about the test results on an iMac G5 that you might be interested in. Speedmark 4 is Macworld Lab’s standard test tool for benchmarking new and upgraded systems running Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger). It uses real-world applications and everyday tasks. It is a general-purpose suite that includes tasks that everyone, from a high-end user to a new user, performs every day.
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