Chris Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 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 getsBoot 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.Run XP nativelyOnce 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.More | HereBETA! Software and it's for the Mac.Macs use an ultra-modern industry standard technology called EFI to handle booting. Sadly, Windows XP, and even the upcoming Vista, are stuck in the 1980s with old-fashioned BIOS. But with Boot Camp, the Mac can operate smoothly in both centuries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadyassa Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 In quote of the day.... If apples EFI is as good as it says, how come 1980`s windows hasn`t copied it ? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 I would like to try the MAC O/S on my PC rather than XP on a MAC.You never know, I might be converted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r4may Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 I was never very impressed with MAC's But EFI seems the way to go for future systems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 piccys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Ipods sold me some way towards appleIve already got a vista expandy tool dock bar thingy ..and vistanew icons anyways .. mondo appley ... and I like..... big time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Thanks Chris. I will forward this to a friend of ours who has an Apple notebook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benb Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 I want a MacBook so badly. I have a Windows laptop right now, which is good in it's own sense, and I have heard about OSX86, but I think that OSX is meant to be run on Apple hardware. Also, OSX86 is illegal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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