How to run Windows XP on an Intel Mac
The hard way
Download the OnMac bootloader. Pore through step-by-step but long instructions. Partition your drive, creat a slipstream CD, look around for drivers. Scratch your head a few times if it doesn’t work. Waste another hour repeating the process. And tada! You can boot Windows on your Intel Mac.
The easy Apple way
Download Bootcamp from Apple.
Sure there are a few more steps, but now Apple has given everyone who wants to run Windows on their Macs a leg up with this cool little app.
It’s a public beta preview of a feature that will be available in the next version of Apple’s operating system, OS X 10.5 Leopard.
As elegant as it getsBoot Camp lets you install Windows XP without moving your Mac data, though you will need to bring your own copy to the table, as Apple Computer does not sell or support Microsoft Windows. Boot Camp will burn a CD of all the required drivers for Windows so you don’t have to scrounge around the Internet looking for them.
Coolies! I can’t wait to get my Mac Mini… but I think I’ll wait for OS X 10.5 Leopard.
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