Boot Camp – Apple takes the PC market

Over the last weeks a lot of hackers have tried to run Windows on a Mac. Finally, one managed to overcome the issues and let it run. A big relief for a lot of Windows user’s how want to switch but still are stuck with some Windows applications.

Now, Apple has released Bootcamp, an application that guides your through the steps to create a Windows XP boot disk and then install it on an Intel-Mac. Whoever thought about that and decided to do that is a genious.

I expect the hardware sales for Apple to be phenomenal, and hope to see a MacBook (without Pro) soon (I predict around beginning of July, latest for the APD in August). Meanwhile I have to wait or buy a Mac Mini.

If you look at the site there are some nice comments. Michael Heilemann already mentioned some quotes. My favourite is

But with Boot Camp, the Mac can operate smoothly in both centuries.

and also

option key [...] (That’s the “alt” key for you longtime Windows users

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