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Apple Boot Camp software for XP installation | Comments (2)

Posted in Snippets on 6th April 2006, 8:32 am by Stuart

I’m a little late picking up on this one but if your haven’t already heard, Apple have released some beta software called Boot Camp to smooth the way to run Windows XP on your Intel Based Mac. The process is a lot less hairy than the previous hacks and not only that Apple have collected all the drivers you need to get everything running. Nothing short of brilliant. Photos showing the process are available here (Thanks for the link Tim).

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1. On April 6th, 2006 at 11:24 am Tim said:

Unfortunately, due to financial constraints, I’ve not yet managed to get myself a Mac – this is mainly because I’d like a mobile Mac that is powerful enough to do what I want it to do. In short, I want a MacBook Pro.

This latest development on “Planet Mac” has piqued my interest even more; and it also means I can run Photoshop in Windows instead of having to wait for the next version to be released before it runs on the Intel Macs…

Good job Apple, I say. They’re definitely going to be selling a lot more Macs now…

2. On April 11th, 2006 at 5:10 pm Stuart Colville said:

Yep, I’d really like to get my hands on a MacBook Pro sometime later this year if at all possible.







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