Leopard, BootCamp and Vista?

[Sirtovin]

Originally Posted by macworks

Parallels is a great way to go if you want to avoid the hassle of shutting down Mac OS X to get into Windows. If you're not gaming in Windows, Parallels is a great alternative: http://www.parallels.com.

Parallels allows you to run Windows in a "Window" along side your Mac applications. It's much like Virtual PC, accept that it's not slow like Virtual PC because there's no need for the processor to "translate" commands.

Further, I would bet that Vista will run on the present hardware, otherwise, the entire industry would be making new computers to run Vista.

I know all about Parrallels... But for my needs i do the dual boot for the M$ games...

[macworks]

Microsoft wouldn't want to prevent it from running on a Mac. The reason is that Microsoft is not in the PC business -- they don't make computers to compete with Apple's hardware. Further, Microsoft would be happy to sell Windows to Mac users -- more sales!

[Sirtovin]

Well I for one will buy both OS's... lol... MMMMMM TIME MACHINE... hehehe yahoo to Vista... :P

[bubbajim]

It is intended for Vista to work via Boot Camp. There would not be much of a reason for it not to work unless like said earlier Microsoft does something to twart Boot Camp. There will be no plans for any of Microsoft's server OS's to load though via Boot Camp. It's purely just for the consumers that want to run XP/Vista Home or Pro editions.

[fryke]

Microsoft has no reason to hinder Mac users. After all, they'd spend money on _Microsoft's_ OS, right? ... But I feel that BootCamp in Leopard won't be much different from what it is now, i.e. nothing virtual about it, it's mainly a bootmanager, partitioning and drivers tool.