Officially Install XP on MacTel (was "Re: [X4U] Implications of Boot Camp")

[Eugene]

On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 01:14:01PM CDT, Robert Ameeti <Robert at Ameeti.net> wrote:
: 
: At 10:55 AM -0700, 4/5/06, Jim Robertson wrote:
: 
: >Now that Apple is doing what they said they wouldn't do back in January (I
: >don't remember the exact quote, but it was something akin to "we don't care
: >if you run Windows on your Intel Mac, but we won't support it or spend our
: >time enabling it"),
: 
: The never said that they wouldn't allow it or provide software for 
: you to do it. They said that they wouldn't support it.

Technically, Apple said:

<http://news.com.com/2100-7341_3-5733756-2.html>
> >
> > After Jobs' presentation, Apple Senior Vice President Phil
> > Schiller addressed the issue of running Windows on Macs,
> > saying there are no plans to sell or support Windows on an
> > Intel-based Mac. "That doesn't preclude someone from running
> > it on a Mac. They probably will," he said. "We won't do
> > anything to preclude that."
> >

<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10794396/>
> > 
> > Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide
> > product marketing, said in an interview Tuesday that the
> > company won't sell or support Windows itself, but also hasn't
> > done anything to preclude people from loading Windows onto the
> > machines themselves. "That's fine with us. We don't mind,"
> > Schiller said. "If there are people who love our hardware but
> > are forced to put up with a Windows world, then that's OK."
> > Schiller made the comments at Tuesday's Macworld Expo, where
> > Microsoft also said it had signed a five-year pact with Apple
> > to develop versions of Office for Macs and announced plans to
> > release a version of Office that will be compatible with
> > Apple's new Intel-based computers.
> >

: You are on your own if you decide to install and run Windows
: on your Mac. No change from what they said.

This is no longer true.  Boot Camp basically provides the driver
support necessary to dual-boot XP (along with EFI updates to the
MacTel boxes that provide the much-needed BIOS interfaces).

<http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/>
> > 
> >
> > As elegant as it gets
> >
> > Boot Camp lets you install Windows XP without moving your Mac
> > data, though you will need to bring your own copy to the
> > table, as Apple Computer does not sell or support Microsoft
> > Windows.(1) Boot Camp will burn a CD of all the required
> > drivers for Windows so you don't have to scrounge around the
> > Internet looking for them.
> >
> > Run XP natively
> >
> > Once you've completed Boot Camp, simply hold down the option
> > key at startup to choose between Mac OS X and Windows.
> > (That's the "alt" key for you longtime Windows users.) After
> > starting up, your Mac runs Windows completely natively. Simply
> > restart to come back to Mac.
> >


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Eugene
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