Hell Freezes Over (again): Apple Boot Camp

Apple are facilitating booting XP on a Mac via Boot Camp.

Unfortunately dual booting sucks. I’ve tried this many a time with various smells of Windows and Linux and found that I inevitably ended up spending most of my time in one of the OS’es - rebooting to complete a task is too much hassle in all but the most critical use cases. Over time, the OS that is run the least tends to get neglected, kind of like to a summer house garden.

Virtualization on the other hand. If they get OS X and Windows running side by side, now that would be something else. The Core Duo CPU in my new Mac Mini includes support for VT, I wonder if the rest of the hardware is compatible. Maybe in a year or so, with the release of Leopard, OS X will support this. I’d better start saving for a massive memory upgrade in the meantime…

[Update: A great quote from the associated /. discussion]

This will change the face of Apple computers.

Yeah, it’s the virtual ugly stick!

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006 mac

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