![]() Ironically, if Apple had moved more quickly, it might itself have walked away with the bounty.Įither way, anyone who wants to try the code will still need a Windows XP installation disc. Indeed, the Apple release appears to provide the graphics drivers missing from the system that won a $13,000 prize to get XP on a Mac. ![]() But it's still more user-friendly than the third-party solution posted on the web last month. It also provides a bootloader to allow users to choose which OS they boot their Intel-based Macs into.Īpple is offering Boot Camp as a public beta, so it remains a 'proceed with caution' utility. Boot Camp creates a CD with all the Mac-specific XP-compatible hardware drivers then dynamically repartitions the host Mac's hard drive to make room for the XP installation without the need to re-install the native operating system. ![]() The Boot Camp software requires Mac OS X 10.4.6, released yesterday and which has already been hailed by supporters of Windows-on-Mac initiatives as an update that improves the ability to dual-boot their systems. The company also confirmed the next major Mac OS X release, Leopard, will integrate the twin-OS technology. It has posted a tool called Boot Camp that allows iMac, MacBook Pro and Mac Mini owners to run the Microsoft OS more easily. Apple has formally given its thumbs-up to attempts to install and run Windows XP on Intel-based Macs.
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