Apple's new "Boot Camp" software lets users of the newest Intel based Macs run Windows XP too. Would you switch?

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Will, Will, Will

We ALREADY did the geek test!

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Morning Cap. I'm head geek then *salutes*

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No. If they could let me run MacOS X on *MY* machine or in a virtual machine under Linux, then definitely yes! But I'm not running some crappy apple-chosen hardware just to use an OS that would never be my main OS anyway.

There's lots of things I love about MacOS X but the two things I dislike are 1)the menus not being within the app window and 2)only one mouse button.

To be honest I hate it in Windows when I can't middle-click to paste something...

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Actually I think with my post I just took that title... ta very much for it though, I'll take good care of it.

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*salutes Andy in an Arnold Rimmer stylee*

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You mean the coat?

Not this week, the sun is shining.

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This from PCWorld.com:

"The quick and dirty verdict on performance? Most impressive. Doom 3 and Far Cry both ran smoothly with high-end graphics options turned on.

"If not for the slicker-looking hardware, I'd think I was working on a standard Windows PC with a wide-screen monitor. And that's exactly what you'd want from a usable dual-boot system.

"Firefox downloaded and installed flawlessly, and iTunes streamed songs easily from other PCs on the network. Both wired and wireless networking seemed fine.

"Little things, like the eject key on the Mac's keyboard worked without a hiccup. Even automatic driver updates downloaded and installed easily.

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Finally we can get rid of the mac os then!! Long live windows.... so long as it isnt based on XP i like it......

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The Mac OS is the best bit! When are we going to be able to run it on machines other than Apple's so don't have to pay their inflated prices?

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