Boot Camp trains Intel-based Macs to run Windows XP

By tph on April 5, 2006 8:02 PM | | Comments (0)

I wouldn't have predicted it, but Apple Computer has released a public beta trial of a dual-boot system tentatively named Boot Camp that can launch Windows XP or Mac OS X on the new Intel-based Macintoshes. It includes Mac-specific drivers for Windows. Of course, you still have to provide your own copy of Windows XP SP2, because Apple isn't going to sell you that.

This means Apple is listening to its customers, especially those "power users" who until now were experimenting with ways to make Windows run on Intel Macs themselves. I don't know if we'll ever see Apple providing technical support for those who want to run Windows on Apple computers, but at least it's interested in providing the capability.

[Via several sources more or less simultaneously, including Blurbomat and Pages in the Ether.]

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