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The best of both worlds? Windows on Mac?

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It's now a reality !

More and more people are buying and loving Macs. To make this choice simply irresistible, Apple will include technology in the next major release of Mac OS X, Leopard, that lets you install and run the Windows XP operating system on your Mac. Called Boot Camp (for now), you can download a public beta today.

As elegant as it gets Boot Camp lets you install Windows XP without moving your Mac data, though you will need to bring your own copy to the table, as Apple Computer does not sell or support Microsoft Windows.(1) Boot Camp will burn a CD of all the required drivers for Windows so you don't have to scrounge around the Internet looking for them.

Optional alt. At startup, hold down the option key (alt) to choose between Mac OS X and Windows. Run XP natively Once you’ve completed Boot Camp, simply hold down the option key at startup to choose between Mac OS X and Windows. (That’s the “alt” key for you longtime Windows users.) After starting up, your Mac runs Windows completely natively. Simply restart to come back to Mac.

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:banghead:

Well who didn't see that coming.

Now they just have to have Linus Torvalds killed and they own EVERYTHING.

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I will have to try this. I've used Virtual PC and it sucked.

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Cath wrote: I will have to try this. I've used Virtual PC and it sucked.

tried Vmware? Does it run on Mac?

I tried it on a linux host emulating win95, it worked but was ugly....it was all so I could sit in the "driver's briefing" before online Grands Prix without rebooting to windows too soon LOL/

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it sucks...it sucks...it SUCKS!

:nono:

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Steve Campbell wrote:

Cath wrote: I will have to try this. I've used Virtual PC and it sucked.

tried Vmware? Does it run on Mac?

I tried it on a linux host emulating win95, it worked but was ugly....it was all so I could sit in the "driver's briefing" before online Grands Prix without rebooting to windows too soon LOL/

No I haven't and I dont think it does. Years and years ago I did use a machine that had a version of MKLinux on it.

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Does this mean more viruses for Macs?

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As Alan Partidge would say...

the worth of boast worlds

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