X-Win32 First PC X Server to Support Apple's Mac Boot Camp.SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- StarNet Communications, a leading publisher of Windows-to-UNIX/Linux connectivity software, announced that X-Win32 has become the first PC X server to support Apple Computer's "Boot Camp Software from Apple that enables an Intel x86-based Macintosh to host the Windows XP operating system. Boot Camp is used to divide the hard disk into Windows and Mac partitions, to install the necessary drivers and to create a dual boot environment. " program. Boot Camp allows Macintosh users to install the Microsoft's Windows XP The previous client version of Windows. XP was a major upgrade to the client version of Windows 2000 with numerous changes to the user interface. XP improved support for gaming, digital photography, instant messaging, wireless networking and sharing connections to the Internet. operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. as well as Windows-based applications on a separate partition on a new generation of Macintosh computers built around Intel dual core microprocessors. X-Win32 easily installs and runs flawlessly on iMac and other Intel-based Macintosh computers. X-Win32 enables users to connect to powerful engineering, database and networking applications running on remote Unix and Linux servers. StarNet also confirms other industry reports that Windows applications run faster on Intel-based Macintosh computers than on traditional Windows hardware. Tests of several OpenGL-based X Windows See X Window. applications, running on a remote Red Hat Linux Red Hat Linux, assembled by Red Hat, was a popular, "middle-aged" Linux distribution (not as old as Slackware but older than Ubuntu) upon its discontinuation in 2004.[1] Red Hat Linux 1.0 was released on November 3, 1994. server show frame rate improvements of up to 4 times on a 2GHz dual-core Pentium iMac compared to a Windows PC An x86-based computer that runs some version of Windows. See x86 and Windows. running under control of a 2GHz Pentium processor. Boot Camp is a publicly distributed beta version of a new feature developed for "Leopard," the next version of Apple's Mac OS X. "The Boot Camp program is ideal for engineers and other power users seeking more performance and greater reliability," said Paul Swart swart adj. Archaic Swarthy. [Middle English swarte, from Old English sweart.] Adj. 1. , StarNet's Vice President of Sales & Marketing. "They can now move to the Apple platform without fear of losing their ability to connect to EDA (1) (Electronic Design Automation) Using the computer to design, lay out, verify and simulate the performance of electronic circuits on a chip or printed circuit board. , CAD and other applications that are either Windows based or run on remote Linux or Unix host systems." Apple's latest Tiger version of Mac OS X also includes an X11 X Windows utility. But it lacks a session configuration tool that would give users the ability to set up sessions to a remote host. "The Mac's X Windows utility was designed primarily to run X11-based applications locally on the Mac, not for displaying remote X desktops or running powerful engineering applications from a remote mainframe. X-Win32 adds the ability to enjoy all of the benefits of a best-of-breed PC X server on a Macintosh computer," Swart explained. About StarNet Communications StarNet Communications Corp was founded in 1989 and is based in Sunnyvale, Calif. StarNet develops and markets X Windows solutions for the Windows platform for corporate, educational and government organizations. StarNet's family of X-Win32 PC X server products offers cost-effective, best-of-breed X terminal emulation solutions. For more information, visit http://www.starnet.com |
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