Apple Boot Camp - In the army now

Everyone knows what "Boot Camp" is.  When you join the armed forces, the first several weeks are known as "Boot Camp."  Basically, the military "drill sergeants" condition soft, weak, and undisciplined recruits and turn them into lean, mean, fighting machines.  So, is that what Apple is attempting to say about getting Windows to run on Mac hardware?  Or are they just being cute with the word "Boot," since you can select your OS at boot time?

It doesn't matter which one holds true. The fact of the matter is, Apple has made it possible to easily install Windows XP onto a Mac machine.  But many people are asking, why?  Here is an excerpt from Apple's press release:

"Apple has no desire or plan to sell or support Windows, but many customers have expressed their interest to run Windows on Apple's superior hardware now that we use Intel processors," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "We think Boot Camp makes the Mac even more appealing to Windows users considering making the switch."

"Apple's Superior Hardware"?! Those are mighty tough words, and are likely to get a lot of people all riled up. Now, I will be one of the first people to admit that their machines are VERY attractive, from a consumer point of view.  Apple really has a good eye for making their products visually appealing, and high-ranking in the "cool factor."  But superior?  Maybe now that you can get your Apple to boot Windows, we can actually run the benchmarking software and find out exactly which hardware performs better.

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