I originally had something else to post today, but this news takes precedence.
There have been a lot of "hacker" communities trying to get Windows to run on the new Intel Macs, and the results have been largely disappointing. Imagine my surprise when a friend this morning send me this link:
Boot Camp Public Beta: Macs do Windows, too
I have to say, a Windows/Mac dual-boot machine has a lot of potential, and I'm glad that Apple has recognized this and is moving to support running Windows XP on Apple hardware. This is going to make some people very happy, and goes to show that the switch to Intel had a lot more behind it than getting faster notebook CPUs. Their software looks really impressive too, making it about as easy as it could be considering you have to set up partitioning, configure the boot loader, and install an OS on previously unsupported hardware. Pretty wild!
Now I really want an Intel Mac. I hate to sound like a groupie, but Apple is really on the right track with a lot of their recent products. This is good. More competition = more choices = more innovation.
I suppose the over-arching more important question is: after the cool factor wears off, how much impact will this really have on the computing world? Are there only a handful of people out there who will really find this useful, or is the world of PC hardware about to be turned on its head?