Dual boot Macs will help Linux: 10 reasons
Linux afficionado Con Zymaris believes that the onset of dual boot Apple Macintoshes, running both Mac OSX and Windows, will be a boon for the cause of Linux and open source software. Zymaris, the CEO of Cybersource, an open source consultancy which has been in operation since 1991, says dual boot Macs will have minimal impact on the Macintosh space but may well convince many Mac users to jump ship to Linux.
Dual booting Windows on a Mac will essentially attract the same portion of technologists who presently play around with multiple OSes under the Mac or x86 systems, i.e, only a few percent of the market.
Serious or normal users don't like the idea of rebooting their PCs to gain access to another OS. Serious users would use a virtual machine, of which there are plenty available nowdays, even free ones. Alternatively, they would have a second spare machine. At $350 a PC these days, along with a $40 KVM switch, they can have both their PCs running through to their single keyboard, video and mouse. Without mess and hassle or performance problems.
Normal users don't see a need, unless the dual-booted OS (i.e Windows) has something to offer that their normal OS (i.e OSX) doesn't by way of specific software.
As for the potential increase in the Mac market, and how it might effect Linux, bring it on I say.
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Dumbest thing I've EVER read.