what I think would be great is to forget about dual booting and instead hibernate each OS and wake up the one you want at the given time.. there can be hotkeys to do so, handled in firmware.. much like selecting consoles in Unix.. it would take approx. 30s to switch between OS's and they would all run native, having absolute control over the computer.. all the applications would stay opened exactly as they were left from the last switch..
I'm a Windows user, I have no troubles with them and all, but I very much like OS X and Apple as a whole because of the style, unmatched industrial and UI design etc. no doubt OS X is much more advanced system.. it may not be the fastest one but who cares about a couple of % anyway.. I especially appreciate it's a Unix in nature and even open-source.. I'm running it over a week and I'm discovering the internals - it seems pretty well thought-out and regular to me, I definitely like it..
there's nothing wrong with Windows since the days of 2000 (NT 5.0) and later XP (NT 5.1), but from the UI standpoint it's showing it's age.. XP default style is really horrible, I'm using classic looks of course, it's decent at least and I'm used to it after all these years.. today's graphics chips are so powerful 'thanks' to the gamers, but their power is not utilised at all under Windows and ordinary applications.. that's what I love on OS X - fully accellerated GUI..
I'm not running Apple machine yet even though I'd really want to.. there unfortunately are no OS X alternatives of software I use on Windows.. I simply need Windows for work, not that I prefer it over MacOS.. I refuse to run non-native OS X apps under OS X either, because it completely ruins the style.. someone noted the OpenOffice - I can only second that.. now talk about Matlab - yuck! I'm not a fan of running foreign applications under different OS like for ex. Wine does or X11 under OS X, if I have to run Windows program, I want to run it under Windows in fullscreen, preriod..
developpers are primarily interested in major platform, which is Windows at the time being.. in order to increase the quantity as well as quality of OS X software, Apple absolutely need to increase it's market share, otherwise we're not moving anywhere.. so what to do to realise this? what makes people buy Mac and on the other hand, what prevents people to do so? I guess we can find many answers to the first question, but what about the latter? is it the price? I'm not that sure.. or is it because they can't make the switch because of lack of alternatives? or do they simply not care at all and are using whatever they've been thought and are used to at present? we are (hopefully) sensible beings and we like beautiful things around us, which should serve as a great motivating force for users to become intrested in Apple and later find out it's not just a great looking boxes, but also great software.. I guess, first of all remove the barriers holding potential switchers back - that is let them run their old Windows applications somehow.. that should result in Apple gaining significant market share and in turn make developing OS X native applications worthwhile for the big companies, which again would attract more people and we have a closed circle! I tell you, people will hate to run ugly Windows apps under MacOS, they will urge OS X native versions..
thats about it, thanks for reading
