XP on a Mac

Well Apple finally did it. They've just announced that their newest Macs - which sport Intel processors for the first time - will support Windows XP in a dual boot mode. Meaning that users with a WinXP install disk and license can dual boot their Mac - either on WinXP or Mac OS. This, I think, is a good move that is terribly overdue - and that I "blogged" about in 1997.

As my new friend Scott Converse of ClickCaster pointed out to me; "

"The Macintosh computer is really just a sophisticated copy protection scheme for their operating system".

This move might finally allow Apple to sell scads of Macs to corporate types who need the sophisticated corporate support of Windows, but prefer the elegance and power of the Mac OS for their personal computing. I fit this mold, and might finally consider a Mac when I once again need a new machine (which won't be soon since I just bought my Dell X1 Laptop).

Way to go Apple, only 10 years too late.