Switching to Mac just got easier with Boot Camp.

What is Boot Camp?

Boot Camp is an Apple solution that allows you to install Windows XP on an Intel based Mac without having to alter your existing Mac configuration in any way.

Boot Camp uses a graphical interface to:
- Burn the Macintosh Drivers CD.
- Creates a Windows Partition.
- Restarts your computer from the Widows CD
- The rest of the Install is Windows as you already know it.

Boot Camp includes a very detailed and straight forward Installation PDF Manual.

Once Windows is installed you can switch between Mac OS X and Windows XP by simply restarting your Mac and by holding down the (Options) key. This will take you to a startup screen that gives the option of Windows XP or Mac OS X, just click on the operating system icon you want to boot into. You can also set a default Operation system preference so your Mac will automatically boot into Windows or Mac OS X.

Now Unlike the OnMac.net project which has been to date the best solution for getting Windows on your Intel Mac, Boot Camp includes all the Drivers that you need to support the Intel Mac such as:
- Graphics Cards.
- Networking.
- Audio.
- Airport Wireless.
- Bluetooth.
- Even the eject key and brightness on Apple keyboards, built-in displays.

What does this all mean?

Well firstly, even though Apple still states that they will not support Windows on a Mac, they have definitely facilitated a simple and easy way to get Windows on your Intel Based Mac. Boot Camp is Bata as of right now but will be integrated right into the next version of Apple OS X - Leopard. Not bad for being unsupported...

Now in the real world this means if you are a PC user and have been thinking about "Switching to Mac" but have not been able to because of a need to run some Windows based Software, you are now in luck!

Windows on a Mac using Boot Camp is just like using Windows on a regular PC with the exception of the fact that you can at anytime reboot into Mac OS X and enjoy everything that using an Apple computer has to offer.

I can arguably say that you will find yourself spending less and less time on the Windows side of your Mac.

The choice is up to you, buy a PC and have the limitations of PC only software or buy a Mac and run any program you want to, PC or Mac...

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