Well, this is big news… It seems that Apple has released a public beta of a module that allows you to install Windows XP onto any of the Intel Macs. They’re calling it Boot Camp.

This is pretty neat. Before purchasing my Macbook, I was eagerly watching the homebrew progress of installing Windows XP onto Intel Macs. They had gotten pretty far, with Windows running but missing a few drivers for display and wireless networking.

Well, with Apple’s release of the Boot Camp beta, they include all of the necessary drivers. Everything works, except for the built-in iSight camera, and the keyboard backlighting.

This is pretty cool. I was getting nervous about having to drop $150 on a Student & Teacher edition of Microsoft Office for the Mac, which is necessary for what I do. Now, I can just load Windows XP and use my copy of Office for Windows on that.

Granted, this isn’t the best solution, but it is a stop-gap measure until I save enough for the Mac version. I’m still hurting from how much the Macbook cost me… welcome to the world of Apple.

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