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.
“Apple has no desire or plan to sell or support Windows, but many customers have expressed their interest to run Windows on Apple’s superior hardware now that we use Intel processors,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “We think Boot Camp makes the Mac even more appealing to Windows users considering making the switch.”
Boot Camp simplifies Windows installation on an Intel-based Mac by providing a simple graphical step-by-step assistant application to dynamically create a second partition on the hard drive for Windows, to burn a CD with all the necessary Windows drivers, and to install Windows from a Windows XP installation CD. After installation is complete, users can choose to run either Mac OS X or Windows when they restart their computer.
This is great. Now if they just introduce a tablet notebook, I am ready to sink in 2+ grand to get an Apple and do all my video editing using Apple software (rather than the painfully slow Win Movie Maker).
"Next time in Paki"? Unfortunately, I am fairly disinclined to use pirated software. In any case, I have a couple of other video editing software, but none beats the convenience and simplicity of Windows' native solution, plus its more a hardware limitation, I think. I use an AMD Athelon 3200+ 2.2GHz with 1GB of RAM.
This is not the first time Apple is offering such a solution. Back in the 90s they offered two different solutions to run Windows on Macs. One was a pure software emulation while the other solution required you to install an expansion card with its own processor (Intel) and memory.
Hmm... I don't think it will make much difference. Video editing is highly processor intensive, and as Apple is switiching to Intels, the increase in speed that you are expecting from an Apple won't be there.
I tend to agree with you about MS MM2. No other software comes close to its simplicity of operation from basic-to-intermediate levels.
hmm yes... read this yesterday. i have to say this is the only way you will see a Mac in my house :)
nice way bring the Pc fans into a new world.
but my question is why buy a Mac when a PC is doing the same thing ehhh !?
besides its still not upgradeble like a PC. i wanna change the graphics card every 10 months ...i wanna add more RAM if i feel like it. will the MAC let me do that ? no.