WWDC Rumors: Virtualization and Other Hints at WWDC?
Extreme Tech reports that VMware will be making an announcement on August 7th at WWDC. While specifics haven't yet been announced, its expected that VMware will be demoing their version of a Windows virtualization product for the Intel Macs. It has been known that VMware has been working on a Mac OS X version of their software. Previous comments revealed that VMware was running on Mac OS X in their labs as early as June.
Parallels received a lot of attention for releasing their virtualization solution in April. Virtualization allows users to run Windows under Mac OS X without having to reboot. There has been speculation that Apple may enter this market with the feature built into the next version of Mac OS X (Leopard), but no definite information is yet available.
Meanwhile, a purported interview with an Apple employee is making the rounds, discussing what to expect at WWDC. In general, while the information is believable, there is no significant revelations beyond what circulating rumors have been predicting.
Parallels received a lot of attention for releasing their virtualization solution in April. Virtualization allows users to run Windows under Mac OS X without having to reboot. There has been speculation that Apple may enter this market with the feature built into the next version of Mac OS X (Leopard), but no definite information is yet available.
Meanwhile, a purported interview with an Apple employee is making the rounds, discussing what to expect at WWDC. In general, while the information is believable, there is no significant revelations beyond what circulating rumors have been predicting.
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72 months ago
Does VMWare support multiple boot? Like you can have Linux, Windows and OS X on your Mac?
That would make it relevant for evryone to switch...
Also, how much does Paralells cost? :D
That would make it relevant for evryone to switch...
Also, how much does Paralells cost? :D
72 months ago
I gotta say, I wanted to believe the DVD Newsroom link... but the end... god these people are horrible at faking stuff.
"The cellphone went dead and I kept getting a busy signal!"
BS.
FAKE!
It's like they're not even trying this year. I mean, come on... a few horribly photoshopped screen caps, a phone made out of a piece of paper, and some horribly written interviews. Why not go out of your house, find an elevator, and take pictures? You know, rumors that require some amount of legwork!
"The cellphone went dead and I kept getting a busy signal!"
BS.
FAKE!
It's like they're not even trying this year. I mean, come on... a few horribly photoshopped screen caps, a phone made out of a piece of paper, and some horribly written interviews. Why not go out of your house, find an elevator, and take pictures? You know, rumors that require some amount of legwork!
72 months ago
It would be nice if they had something like what they have in that new version of linux.... it's like the screens on a huge cube and different OSes can be on different sides..
72 months ago
Apple should make it so that Windows virtualized apps run 1/2 slower than native OSX apps so developers are encouraged to write OSX apps instead. :cool: Allowing Windows apps to run full speed in OSX means developers will be less likely to develop for Mac, which in the long run spells bad trouble for Apple.
72 months ago
Apple should make it so that Windows virtualized apps run 1/2 slower than native OSX apps so developers are encouraged to write OSX apps instead. :cool: Allowing Windows apps to run full speed in OSX means developers will be less likely to develop for Mac, which in the long run spells bad trouble for Apple.
NO! that would be terrible for gamers!
72 months ago
Here's the right link to the Apple interview, the one above looks broken -- half way down the page:
http://www.dvdnewsroom.com
pretty much on the mark.
http://www.dvdnewsroom.com
pretty much on the mark.
72 months ago
Does VMWare support multiple boot? Like you can have Linux, Windows and OS X on your Mac?
VMWare's current consumer products allow the creation of virtual machines. Basically it's the same concept as Connectix/Microsoft's Virtual PC if you've used that app. You can run most any x86 operating system inside a VMWare virtual machine (Linux, Windows, BSD, x86 Solaris...); and you can run those virtual machines on Linux and Windows and soon... Intel Macs.
Of course, the next generation of VMware is supposedly going to take advantage of processor-based virtualization, a la Parallels. It's supposed to have significant performance advantages over their current system (I must say that VMWare on Linux has always run quite well - good enough even to run a lot of [not-too-graphics-intensive] games).
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