Apple Introduces Boot Camp, Enables Intel-based Macs to Run Windows XP
by Volker Weber
CUPERTINO, California—April 5, 2006—Apple® today introduced Boot Camp, public beta software that enables Intel-based Macs to run Windows XP. Available as a download beginning today, Boot Camp allows users with a Microsoft Windows XP installation disc to install Windows XP on an Intel-based Mac®, and once installation is complete, users can restart their computer to run either Mac OS® X or Windows XP. Boot Camp will be a feature in “Leopard,” Apple’s next major release of Mac OS X, that will be previewed at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference in August.
I see some Domino developers in the Apple Online Store. :-)
And the stock market reacts:
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Mmm. Why not release OS/x to run on my Dell.....
:)
---* Bill
Why would Apple want to have the support nightmare that Microsoft enjoys? Dump the chavbook and get some decent hardware. Who knows, maybe you will be throwing Windows out the door as well.
Nice
“Chavbook”. Chortle.
Oh this is so cool. Now, just got to work out who to convince at my employer that I really need a Macbook!
ROTFL - Never heard a German use the word "chav" before...classic!
I'm glad to see to this option hit the market, although dualbooting isn't the perfect solution for everything either. Being a Linux/Windows dualbooter who owns a Mac Powerbook my experiences tell me
a) reboots are a hassle.
b) it's annoying you can't write to Windows NTFS partition or from Windows to your other OS - unless you create an extra FAT32 partition.
What works best for me so far is to leave a memory stick plugged in to transfer files between two OS. rsync in OSX and Linux is perfect for the job - too bad Windows doesn't have it. Either way, with this startegy your important data is mirrored on two systems plus once you leave the house/office you carry it in your pocket.
Is a chavbook in any way similar to a stinkpad?
Just asking.
No, StinkPads are IBM/Lenovo. Chavbooks are DELL.
so will apple promote this as "better windows than windows"? I remember that line being used once before. :-)
Installation on an iMac was easy: it just worked. But what I really want is vmware.
Philipp, e.g. VMWare is able to boot a partition inside a virtual machine which solves the reboot problem for Windows/Linux PCs. Possibly it's just a matter of time until something similar is available for MacOS X / BootCamp. I also see some Domino Developers in the online store of the first company to sell this tool ;-)
And you could use Microsoft's free Synctoy for synching your memory stick to Windows.
Possibly it's just a matter of time until Apple will implement something like "fast user switching" for whole OSes. I must admit that I want this more than I want vmware.
Well, I think I subscribe more or less to the vmware idea. Having to reboot into Windows just for that single application which is still not ported to OS X is rather annoying. According to macnews, though, there seems to be something announced by a third party supplier allowing other Intel-based OSes to run virtually in a sandbox environment or so (not that we want to give Windows more than sandbox-like resources under OS X anyhow, right? ;). I think that is what I like - quick switching into Windows Apps, just like the X implementation for X-based apps under OS X (gimp, anyone?).
Or, ultimately, apart from the Windows application interfaces needed to run Windows-based applications I don't need anything else of Windows on my Mac, so limit it to that.
@Kai - "apart from the Windows application interfaces needed to run Windows-based applications I don't need anything else of Windows on my Mac, so limit it to that".
You mean Darwine, I think.
Remember chaps, the Intel Mac has only been out for 3 months or so, and we already have seen the hacker (in the positive sense) community working headlong to get XP on the Mactels, and now Apple planning functionality in the next release (Leopard -probably out before Vista as things stand). This is the current state of the technology, but I have no doubt that it will continue to progress, particularly as Apple's marketshare begins to rise (as it surely will).
VMWare will get interested, as will the OpenSource community (building on Xen etc.) and Apple will continue to move in that direction - I would not be surprised at all if Windows apps are running "seamlessly" under OSX by the end of 2006...
Just my 2c, Stuart
MacIntel will be my new Thinkpad now! Thank You all!
So if the Apple and OS X have been the best for all these years why is it that everyone (including Apple) is trying to run the commercially dominant, insecure Windows OS?
Could it be because it's better? I know I couldn't live without MS Paint and Sound Recorder myself.
Because then we can continue to deceive the users, Ben. Good grief - we've pushed Microsoft stuff for years because we can artificially inflate budgets everywhere, right? Everyone has to have AV software, more and more security. Developing with Microsoft toolsets means write once for the desktop, write again for the web, so you get twice the money out of business.
What this really means is that we can continue to push mediocre crap out to business users, then reboot, and go home, and use a decent OS with decent applications "for the rest of life" .
I think it's wonderful. My G4 will be going away this year, replaced by by a Mactel.
@Olav,
I think you will see a VMWare/Intel product shortly :-)
Bruce
Announced today:
http://www.parallels.com/en/products/workstation/mac/
"Experience the First Virtualization Solution for Intel-powered Macs!
It’s here! Parallels is proud to launch the Beta program the first virtualization solution specifically designed to work with Intel-powered Apple computers! Parallels Workstation 2.1 Beta for Mac OS X is NOT simply a "dual-boot" solution; rather, it empowers users the ability to use Windows, Linux and any other operating system at the same time as Mac OS X, enabling users to enjoy the comfort of their Mac OS X desktop while still being able to use critical applications from other OSes."
Free beta, though the full version will be $50...
