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Apple Boot Camp is a boot loader, setup assistant and set of drivers that lets you run Windows XP natively on Intel-Macs. Free beta now, part of the operating system from upcoming OS X Leopard on.

Not a belated April Fool's joke, but an interesting move that should tear down a major hurdle for those fellows that want a Mac but also need a Windows box for these one or two important applications that are Win only. The "XP prepared"-label might also help company workers to persuade their buying agents to finally order an Apple notebook or two ;-)

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UPDATE
John Gruber of Daring Fireball has a good posting on Boot Camp: Windows: The New Classic →

Comments

Still waiting for the virtual sandbox inside OS X to run Windows in. Rebooting is annoying.

— Kai Scharwacht, 2006-04-05 20:16

Certainly. Boot Camp might not be perfect from a usability point of view, but I think it is very good marketingwise and likely to induce a nice sales boost.

— Haiko Hebig, 2006-04-06 01:47

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