June 26, 2010 15:25
outbound_sailor Wrote:Fusion and Parallels have both come a long way and the hardware just keeps getting better and better. Though, I am disappointed that Apple chose to put another Core 2 Duo in the new Mac Mini instead of the new i5 processor which is much more efficient and faster. I have had Windows XP and Bootcamp with Parallels which has worked out fairly well when I need it. As a software developer, I sometimes have to work on Windows stuff, but now I rarely boot into XP anymore, I just use Parallels.
Well, to be fair to Apple, the Mac Mini is more of a way to transition former Windows users to the Mac and not lose the investment in displays etc. So to not put an i5 or an i7 into the Mini makes sense. The Core Duo 2 is still a pretty hot processor and for almost all tasks is way beyond adequate.
What I would like to see is a software-only pactor-compatible modem that would eliminate the need for the Pactor completely. Hardware now is fast enough to decode the signal internally, but since Pactor-III is covered by patents I suspect we'll never see such a beast, nor will pactor ever be completely mac-compatible. Heavy Sigh.