Yesterday Macworld posted a new roundtable feature focusing on Apple's release of the Boot Camp dual booting solution and its effects on the future of Mac software. Editorial Director Jason Snell, Senior Editor Rob Griffiths, and Senior Editor Peter Cohen discussed the situation, including the impact on Mac game companies.

CF : Let’s switch to games for a moment. Take a game that exists on both platforms—say, World of Warcraft. Is running it on a Mac fundamentally different from running it on a PC?

PC : Anecdotally, I’ve heard from several people since Boot Camp was introduced that have said, “A Mac wasn’t even on my radar, but now I’m definitely getting one.”

JS : I’m excited about playing PC games on my Mac. But only certain ones, the kind that consume your entire interface anyway, so you don’t know what OS you’re on, and you certainly aren’t running any other apps simultaneously. (World of Warcraft fits those criteria.) But I want to affirm what Peter just said: For a lot of PC-oriented people, the Mac just became a relevant option because it’s got that Windows safety net behind it.

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