“Apple Computer’s announcement of new Macs based on processors from Intel raises an interesting question: Since both the Mac and Windows operating systems now run on Intel-based hardware, shouldn’t it be easy to run both on the same computer? That simple question deserves a simple answer. But there isn’t one–at least not right now. Reaching the nirvana of running the two most popular desktop operating systems on one machine is a lot harder than you might expect,” Ina Fried reports for CNET News. “Apple has said that it wasn’t planning to support Windows on the “MacTel,” but the company also said it wouldn’t try to stop people from doing so. Still, some of the technical choices Apple has made in designing the new Intel-based Macs have made running Windows a challenge. The good news? Plenty of people have been working to break down the barriers, so it should only be a matter of time before Windows shows up on the iMac’s 20-inch widescreen display.”
Fried asks and answers a number of questions about running Windows on Intel-based Macs and running Mac OS X on non-Apple PCs here.
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