Will Apple Stores sell Windows XP/Vista?

[IJ Reilly]

any more questions?

Right. And, from the day the Intel Macs were announced, Apple was telling us that they would not provide a method for running Windows on a Mac.

http://www.macnn.com/articles/05/06/08/schiller.on.os.x.on.pcs/

Any more answers?

 

[aquajet]

And I'm still waiting for my 3 ghz PowerMac G5.

 

[Abulia]

Right. And, from the day the Intel Macs were announced, Apple was telling us that they would not provide a method for running Windows on a Mac.

http://www.macnn.com/articles/05/06/08/schiller.on.os.x.on.pcs/

Any more answers?

You should read your own quotes:

"We will not allow running Mac OS X on anything other than an Apple Mac"

That has nothing to do with running Windows on a Mac. In fact, since day one, Apple has repeatedly said the would not stand in the way of running Windows on Intel Mac hardware.

Any more questions?

 

[IJ Reilly]

You should read your own quotes:That has nothing to do with running Windows on a Mac. In fact, since day one, Apple has repeatedly said the would not stand in the way of running Windows on Intel Mac hardware.

You should read the entire article:

As for Mac users running Windows on Intel Macs, Schiller said Apple won't intentionally stop users from doing this. However, Apple will not provide any support, let alone a method, for running Windows.

Any more questions?

No thanks, I'm done.

 

[macpastor]

Now that we have Bootcamp is around, will we begin to see Windows XP/Vista on the shelves of our Apple Store?

Wow, that's just freaky I know that Apple Stores sell third-party software but that's just...

They sell Virtual PC so what keeps them from one day selling Windows? Although you can get it cheaper most other places like ebay or other 3rd party sellers.

 

[Abulia]

Point taken (reading the fine print).

I'm just going to state that the article in question is "obviously" a fake.

 

[weldon]

I think they might sell the retail versions. It will help their salespeople to close deals with customers that still want/need to run a Windows app or two. I don't think they will sell the OEM version bundled (never pre-installed) because I think the licensing will require that Apple provide Windows support to those customers.

 

[flyfish29]

They'll probably keep it behind the counter or something to avoid embarrasment.

They will probably not only keep it behind the counter, but will also place those wood covers over the boxes on the display racks like they do for porn mags at convience stores!

I do think they might sell it. They sell Office, VPC, etc don't they? It does seem werid though to think about it. Kind of like saying McDonalds will sell Wendy's burgers- weirder things have happened.

 

[grockk]

I said they would not sell it, and will probably never sell it.

Ok, Microsoft is understood to be the maker of Windows, so a person does not have to directed to the Apple Store to get Windows. It has to be understood that Windows is everywhere, it does not need to be sold by the Apple Store.

but why not let apple have a cut of the sale?

 

[princealfie]

Indeed, I don't see too much conflict selling Windows in the Apple store seeing that Bill Gates has some stock in Apple!

 

[IJ Reilly]

Indeed, I don't see too much conflict selling Windows in the Apple store seeing that Bill Gates has some stock in Apple!

He does???

 

[princealfie]

Yep, Bill Gates actually has some real stock in Apple. Apparently a few of the Apple Store guys confirmed it.

 

[IJ Reilly]

Yep, Bill Gates actually has some real stock in Apple. Apparently a few of the Apple Store guys confirmed it.

Well for sure they'd know.