Apple Boot Camp

Newest Review: ... need to do is either install something like VMWare Fusion, or use Apple's free Boot Camp (you have to own your own copy of ... more

... Windows though). What Boot Camp allows you to do is partition off a section of your Mac's hard drive, install Windows or Vista, then install the Mac based drivers and voila, job done! When you start up your Mac you can choose to either boot into Mac OS X or Windows. If you choose Windows it runs natively, so no slowdown, just full speed ahead. The beauty of this set-up is that you can enjoy the stability of the Mac operating system. Then if you really need to use Windows XP or Vista, a quick reboot and you are there. ...more

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Apple Boot Camp: Run Windows XP or Vista on your Mac (340 words)
by - written on 02/10/08 (Very useful, 236 readings)
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For many years the argument made by many IT departments against the Apple Mac was that it ran a different operating system and could not be incorporated into their networks. Or, the lame excuse that you couldn't get a particular application for the Mac, like Microsoft Office (even though you could). Well, when Apple changed the processors used in their Macs to Intel, this changed the way that Macs could be used. The most major change that is seeing a rise in Mac sales is the fact that they can now runs Windows XP or Vista. Macs could do this before, but they would have to emulate the Windows platform, so ran very slow. Nowadays all you need to do is either ... Read the complete review

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