Today, Apple released a free trial version of BootCamp, which will allow Windows XP to be installed on Intel based Macs. BootCamp creates all the necessary drivers for installing Windows, as well as a drive partitioning utility to reallocate drive space for a partition for Windows.
Apple makes it very clear that they do not sell or support Microsoft Windows, and that installing Windows will make you Mac "... subject to the same attacks that plague the Windows world. So be sure to keep it updated with the latest Microsoft Windows security fixes."
So now all you corporate types who want a Mac can go to your boss and justify the purchase by saying "hey, it runs Windows too" (although, for me the point in owning a Mac is never needing to boot into Windows).
BootCamp will also be a part of the next release of OS X 10.5 - Leopard, and I'm curious to see what effect this will have on Microsoft's VirtualPC for the Mac.
I agree. Having a dual boot on a Mac is a huge benefit to gamers. As far as laptop gaming goes, the MBP has compared well to Alienware's gamer laptops in terms of benchmarks.
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