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Apple has released a Public Beta of their BootCamp software, which allows any Intel-processor equipped Mac to natively use the Microsoft Windows XP operating system.

The BootCamp software includes drivers that allow for full use of the hardware in Apple’s computers - previously, many important devices like the video card did not have drivers available for them.

When using BootCamp software, please note:

• You may only run one operating system at a time - either MacOS X or Windows XP. There’s no “quick switch” between the two - you must reboot to use the other operating system.
• The Windows XP system will not be able to seee files on the MacOS X disk partition
• MacOS X will be able to see Windows XP’s files, but may or may not be able to write to them, depending on how Windows XP was installed

As this is a Public Beta, many features may not work or be rough around the edges. Please be careful and back up before trying BootCamp.