Boot Camp – boot to XP and OS X on a Mac

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Boot Camp – boot to XP and OS X on a Mac

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Wow, the Mac tinkerer and hacker community are at it again, here’s a beta of an easy way to dual boot Intel Macs to XP and Mac OS X, oh wait, this one is from Apple – “Boot Camp – public beta software that enables Intel-based Macs to run Windows XP. Available as a download beginning today, Boot Camp allows users with a Microsoft Windows XP installation disc to install Windows XP on an Intel-based Mac, and once installation is complete, users can restart their computer to run either Mac OS X or Windows XP. Boot Camp will be a feature in “Leopard,” Apple’s next major release of Mac OS X, that will be previewed at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference in August.”Link.

Ok, so it’s now easy to run Mac and Windows on the same machine – I wish Dell and and the PC folks include a CD or download that includes all the drivers, apps and installs to dual boot Linux. Usually live CDs work OK, just sayin…

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