4/5     There's no discussion on Apple being able to run MS Windows??
        \_ I'm honestly not sure if it's a good idea or not.  Now when wonky
           incompatibilities come up, (Such as MS powerpoint conflicts between
           Mac and XP) Mac users may be expected to fix it themselves.  Which
           leads to greater hassle, which leads to more windows use, etc.
           \_ Mac's being capable of running windows is one thing, M$
              supporting this configuration is an entirelly different story.
              \_ I'm not sure how this relates to what I said. -pp
        \_ How does it work?  A Mac with an Intel CPU is still not a PC.  I'd
           think that the BIOS, bus architecture, etc. are still different from
           what's in the PC architecture.  How does XP for x86 run on that?
           \_ Product is called "Boot Camp" if you want to search the web.
              \_ See below. I posted a link to the d/l site at http://apple.com
                 this morning.
                 Re How does this work: Apple uses EFI which is like bios
                 w/ some of the nicer bits of OF thrown in. The Intel chip
                 set that Apple is currently using is sufficiently similar
                 to PC chipsets that it is possible to get XP running. Note
                 that Bootcamp provides many of the necessary drivers to
                 get XP running properly.
                 Re Is this a good thing: HELL YES. I can finally play HL2,
                 KOTOR2 and Pirates on my mac, which means that I can chuck
                 my crappy PC. Dual booting isn't that nice, but I used to
                 do it in the OS 9/OS X days to play games, so its not that
                 bad.
                 BTW, 1st BSOD on a iMac:
                 http://images.dealcatcher.com/products/1stbluescreen.jpg