【Vista之家译】MAC不能安装Windows Vista的5个非技术理由

业界流传着很多猜测：MAC有可能提供装Windows或者Linux。不过我并不认同这种观点，我认为苹果不会如此愚蠢，在他们自己的机器上提供“候选”操作系统。

ZDNet的作者艾德里安写道:苹果公司要想更加占有市场，就要提供安装Windows和Linux的接口。这是很老套的一个方案，理论上会影响到Windows系统的用户。可是这对Apple来说是个非常糟糕的方案。

1、有人说OS X是最好的操作系统。我们都想找一个更安全更可靠更容易使用的操作系统。很多Linux用户感觉他们已经找到了这么一款系统。我不会去否认他们的感受，因为每个人都有选择的权利，萝卜白菜的问题。但是在苹果和Windows在市场的占有率上可以看出，Windows更具有优势。每个人都有个选择，每个产品都会努力的去适应市场。

2、Windows操作系统非常使用，反过来讲，为什么用苹果电脑硬件的人必须使用同一个操作系统呢，他们可以仅花300美金得到一个同样的戴尔。虽然苹果机器上也带蓝牙带红外，但是是在没有必要去为其他的设置买单，用户可以买到更便宜的。

3、从用户的观点出发，苹果电脑如果支持Windows，但是用户也要解决与Windows的兼容问题。

4、如果开放了安装系统的接口。苹果将成为另外一个索尼、惠普。将毫无特色可言。目前，苹果电脑的普及，正是由于他独特的个性。如果加入了大众群体，与其他企业争夺这块市场蛋糕的时候，苹果有能力保证自己的市场份额吗？

也许用户更容易买惠普电脑，因为他们家里的打印机是惠普的，当然，也有可能买索尼电视，因为我们已经信赖了这个品牌。

人们为什么买ipod，iphone，因为他们信赖Apple这个品牌，因为这款产品是很具有特色的。

5、苹果电脑的时代已经来临，他们不支持Windows，因为一旦支持，就像打开了潘多拉魔盒一般。为什么有些人想要MAC支持Windows，因为这些用户在用MAC的时候会使用Windows操作系统，苹果公司不会傻到将这块市场白白送人的。

Vista之家（www.vista123.com）提供英文原文如下：

5 reasons why Macs will never come loaded with Windows Vista
Why there is so much speculation amongst critics and writers outside the Apple realm about the possibility of Apple loading their machines with either Windows or Linux escapes me; however, I want to put the critics to bed with a few reasons why Apple would never be so foolish as to advocate the use of alternate operating systems on its machines.

ZDNet writer Adrian Kingsley-Hughes recently wrote an article which proposed the best way for Apple to increase its success was to offer machines loaded with Windows and even Linux in exchange for Apple’s own OS. This is the same old, repetitive, mind-dulling logic that infects the Windows using world; here is your answer to why that might be the worst solution for Apple’s succes:

1. OS X is, if not the best, one of the best OS’s on the planet today. That isn’t fanboy speak; its simply fact. I challenge you to find a safer, more reliable, more system-light operating system on the market that is user-friendly and enjoyable. Many Linux users feel their individual iterations are great; I won’t negate those feelings, because everyone is entitled to choice. However, to imply that any version of Windows is at all worth Apple’s time and well being to market in addition to its own OS is simply laughable. That would be like saying, “Sure, we here at the Hilton provide the best lodging available, but we’re seriously considering offering lack-luster, low-quality, smoke-filled rooms…you know, everyone deserves a choice, and we’re trying to market to everyone.”

2. Windows is available, if not pushed, by every other computer manufacturer today; why on earth would people turn to Apple hardware to use the same OS they can get on a $300 Dell? Though Apple machines do include high-end options like Blutooth, built in iSight, Firewire, etc., the “look” itself really doesn’t justify spending a moderate amount of money for something you can get cheaper…you pay for the OS in addition to Apple support, looks, and options.

3. Apple could never support Windows from a customer support perspective; imagine telling those friendly Apple reps they need to start training to fix Windows problems on a Mac…you’d have a lot of recent Apple employees flooding the market. It would be foolish to endorse an OS that is faulty in many ways, and really would tarnish the shiny reputation of both Apple and OS X that Steve Jobs has worked so hard to establish.

4. By providing Windows loaded on Macs, Apple would just become another Sony, HP, or Gateway, but with a flashier face and another option (OS X). Right now, Apple’s popularity is based on their uniqueness in both image and product. Why join the ranks of countless computer manufacturers who are all vying for a small piece of the industry pie when Apple has the ability and is currently baking its own pie, all for itself? In his article, Kingsley-Hughes quotes CNET writer Tom Krazit, who doesn’t think that people necessarily identify with the “image” of Apple because of iPods:

“Are you more likely to buy an HP PC because you own (and like) your HP printer? Are you more likely to buy a Sony television because you’ve spent thousands of quality hours with your PlayStation 2? Maybe, maybe not.”

What Krazit and Kingsley-Hughes mistakenly assume is that Apple is simply another mass electronic manufacturer that produces items similar to the rest of the technology world. The truth of the matter is that Apple is one of a kind, and to directly answer their inference: YES! People will and do buy Apple machines because they love their iPods; however, more accurately people buy Apple products in general because they really love the products, regardless of how they were introduced to Apple.

By defacing the unique image Apple now holds and selling Windows with Macs, Apple really would become another Sony or HP in short order; how is that success?

5. Apple has already arrived at the best possible solution for switchers that need what MacDailyNews calls the “insecurity blanket” of Windows in addition to OS X: Bootcamps. They don’t officially support Windows, because obviously that opens up a whole new Pandora’s Box of issues they would have to support…and frankly who wants that hellish existence? Everyone knows Macs CAN run Windows, and those that want to own Macs and run Windows are doing so happily (although I would gander most users eventually switch completely to OS X once they realize they can perform the exact same tasks in a safer, more user-friendly interface). What does Apple stand to gain from putting that poison on their machines before it reaches consumers’ hands?

That, Mr. Kingsley-Hughes, is your answer to why you can never expect to see the infection that is Windows pre-loaded on any Mac. And as a side note, I would appreciate if you could spread this article to all of your Windows-loving cohorts so they can stop suggesting it. The inference comes across as presumptuous that having Windows on a Mac could only benefit Apple, and let’s be honest…pre-loading Windows on Macs would only be slightly less ridiculous in concept than pre-loading AOL. That won’t be happening either.

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