AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
To some technology types, the announcement that new software will let Intel-based Apple Macintosh computers run either the Mac OS X operating system or Windows XP was akin to ending a computing cold war. But before you create a computer that unites those two universes, consider the following caveats:
You'll need a new Mac. Only select Macs sold since February have the Intel chips. Others are not directly Windows-capable.
You'll need new software. You can't use a copy of the software that's now loaded onto a PC. You'll need to buy Windows XP, the newest version, which will probably cost about $200.
Mac-Windows software probably won't be free forever. Apple's software, Boot Camp, is now available from the company's Web site in a free beta version that expires in September 2007 at the latest. Apple plans to include it in the next version of OS X. Another option, Parallels ...