HOLY CRAP!
“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.”
I need to collect my thoughts on this one. More on it later…. once again, HOLY CRAP!
Posted by Matt | 5 comments
Chris
Just wait until 10.5 comes out later this year and, if the rumors are true, you’ll be able to run Windows *inside* of OS X.
Come to the Dark Side Matt >:)
Matt
a) If I can game on it this will be huge. They need to ditch those god-aweful ati cards first though. If I can’t pull 50fps in a newly released shooter, it’s no good to me. I can check my email, browse the web, etc, on just about anything, but gaming is 99% of my computer usage.
b) I’ll jump ship in a second if A happens and someone drops 5K in my lap. The hardware hardware definatly proven itself to me through other folks (you, nagle), but I couldn’t live with an iBook. It would have to be a screaming powerbook first, and those, well, shit, if I had that much cash I should probably pay off my car first
Matt
Looking at the MacBook Pro page, there’s only one laptop I’d pick…
Macbook Pro:
2.16GHz Intel Core Duo with 2MB shared L2 Cache
667MHz frontside bus
2GB (single SO-DIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
100GB 7200rpm Serial ATA hard drive
Slot-load SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)
ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 256MB GDDR3 memory
Price: 3,199.00
ouch!
care to lend me 3200??? early x-mas present maybe. hehe
nagle
HOLLA!
I never thought I’d see the day when you were seriously considering becoming a switcher. If I had a spare grand, I’d sling it your way to help the cause, but alas, I’m still in damned school, hemorrhaging money as we speak.
Matt
hehe. Yeah. And I never thought macs would run windows. My ONLY reason for not switching is gaming. Think about all the other stuff I do: make web pages, work in photoshop, update my journal, check email, etc. All things I can do 100% in OSX. I can’t game. Take away that handicap and a Mac becomes 1000% sexier. The only real drawback left is that I can’t build it. I can’t buy Mac pieces and build my own. I like to tinker. So, for the time being, I’m still hardcore PC. But I’m watching it, and, if in a few years, the playing field is a bit more even, I might be persuaded to join the dark side