...got beaned by the Apple, yeah yeah yeah yeah...*
I was wondering how long it would take before this happened.
Apple Computer Corp. released software today that will allow users of its new Mac computers to run the Windows XP operating system and programs that were previously available for use only on Windows computers.
Called Boot Camp, Apple's new software is available for download at the company's Web site and is scheduled for inclusion in the next update of the Mac operating system. The software allows owners of new Apple computers, ones with Intel processors inside, to run Microsoft's operating system natively.
After selling off some of the dusty remnants of my life on eBay, I cached enough money to buy a MacBook Pro, because I saw the handwriting on the wall. For the cost of an original-install of XP service pack 2, I can install Windoze on my MBP. Why i'd want to, is another story. Certainly not security, or ease of use.
The reason the new Intel-based Macs are going to be good? The inter-operability that will make the new Macs attractive again to businesses, and the new apps being written (or rewritten) in Universal Binary to take advantage of the new machines capability. Other than having an original 1985 model Mac on my shelf, I've never been much of an "early adopter" of most whiz-bang technology (heck, I still don't use a GPS in an airplane, dead-reckoning and pilotage work just fine for me on a nice VFR day). But I'm pretty happy with this new addition to my collection of toys er...tools.
And it is fast...blazing, even at 1.83ghz. Apple reborn...knew it would happen, thank iPod.
