Macs Do Windows Vista Too, 32-bit Vista That Is

Recently, Apple has crushed speculations that it had delayed the release of Mac OS X Leopard until October 2007 because of Windows Vista. According to rumors, Apple was postponing Leopard in order to make Boot Camp an integer part of the operating system.

Boot Camp is a solution designed by Apple in order to enable Mac users to install and run the Windows operating system. The Cupertino based company has denied the October postponement of Leopard and said that the operating system is right on track to be released this spring. "In the next major release of Mac OS X Leopard, Apple will include a new technology called Boot Camp that lets you install and run Windows on your Mac," reads a fragment of the Boot Camp public beta posted on the Apple website.

Until yesterday, March 28 2007, Boot Camp delivered support exclusively for Windows XP. But with the release of build 1.2 beta, Boot Camp now additionally supports Windows Vista. However, the Cupertino company has revealed no plans to add support for the 64-bit versions of the Windows platform.

Boot Camp delivers dual booting capabilities to Intel based Macs. The only downside in comparison to virtualization technology is the fact that Mac users must restart the computer in order to switch between the two operating systems.

In addition to adding support for x86 Windows Vista editions, Apple has also revealed that Boot Camp Beta build 1.2 delivers an improved Windows driver installation experience, updated documentation and Boot Camp on-line help in Windows and a Windows system tray icon for easy access to Boot Camp information and actions.