Boot Camp, a beta of a feature which will also be bundled in the next major update to Mac OS X, rolled out Wednesday.

Apple explained the shift by saying that users wanted to put Windows XP on the newest Intel processor-based Macintosh desktops and portables.

"We have no desire or plan to sell or support Windows, but many customers have expressed their interest to run Windows on Apple's hardware now that we use Intel," said Philip Schiller, a senior vice president of marketing for Apple, in a statement. "We think Boot Camp makes the Mac even more appealing to Windows users considering making the switch."

Boot Camp is a set of instructions and an assistant application that walks users through partitioning the hard drive (so Windows can be installed), burning a CD with the necessary boot drivers, and installing Windows XP SP2. (Separate Windows XP installation CD and license required.) The download is a hefty 83MB.

If this sounds familiar, it should; it's the same process that was published more than two weeks ago by a Texas man who launched a dual-boot development project by raising more than $14,000 in prize money. The prize was awarded in mid-March by Colin Nederkoorn, from Houston to two California programmers

By: DocMemory
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