Re: OT: The whole Apple can Run Windows thing...

cjcampbell wrote:


J. Clarke wrote:
nospam wrote:


you can use either ntfs or fat32 for windows on the mac.

mac os x can only read ntfs because it is proprietary, but it can read
and write to fat32 volumes. therefore, if the user wants to copy files
between the os x and windows partitions while booted in os x, they
might choose fat32 so they can just drag files between the two
partitions. if they make the partition ntfs, they will not be able to
easily do this - they would need an external fat32 drive, for instance.

Of course the genii at Apple aren't bright enough to write a Windows
device driver that supports their _own_ proprietary format.

The genii at Microsoft don't write OS X device drivers that support
NTFS, either. Your point was, what -- you just hate Macs because you
hate them?

Why would they want to do that? Apple wants people to dual-boot Windows and
OS/X. Microsoft just plain doesn't give a damn about Apple's little four
percent market share. If Apple wants people to do this it's up to them to
make it useful.

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