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Old 09-21-2011, 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by sjh View Post
I understand Mac uses some BSD code and can boot Windows. Someone earlier stated that it ran native windows in the Mac OS without virtualization. That was the only statement I could not grasp.
I think the poster was confused on semantics. Often emulation and virtualization are confused even though they are very different. On a Mac, like most machines, one can emulate or virtualize. And like on most machines, one can boot into a multitude of operating systems. At its core a Mac is like any other Windows box. But beyond the core foundations of the hardware is where the Mac becomes onto its own.
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