04-09-2006, 09:48 AM
Quote:Despite Apple Computer's historic disdain for Microsoft's Windows operating system, Apple's Boot Camp software lets Windows applications run just as well on a Mac as they do on a PC, performance tests confirm.
According to tests carried out by CNET product reviewers, a MacBook Pro and iMac running Intel's Core Duo processor and Windows XP delivers equal performance to similarly configured PCs designed to run Windows. On Wednesday, Apple released a beta version of Boot Camp, an application that lets Mac users run the Windows XP operating system on their Macs...
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Quote:With Boot Camp, Intel-based Mac users can choose between running Mac OS or Windows XP each time they boot their system...
"This solves a lot of potential holdups to Macintosh adoption...," JupiterResearch analyst Michael Gartenberg wrote in a blog posting Wednesday.
"Overall, (this is) a nice tactical move by Apple that will make their platforms and systems much more attractive,"...
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