The Microsoft HQ in Diegem, Belgium was the scene of a rare sight recently… At a presentation of Windows Vista and Office 2007 for a group of bloggers, the hardware chosen for the presentation was Apple's.

Much to the surprise of those attending the presentation, the thing was run off a MacBook Pro. While this is not really breaking news, and Vista has been made to run on Intel based Macs for quite some time now, the fact that this was a Microsoft presentation, makes this an exceptional case. The fact that Microsoft feels comfortable enough to run presentations off on Mac hardware means that Vista is running very smoothly indeed on the Apple hardware.

So far, Apple has made no mention about Microsoft's upcoming operating system and whether it will be compatible with Boot Camp dual booting, but this demonstration leaves out pretty much all doubt of any possible incompatibilities.

While there have been some that have argued that the ability of Macs to run Windows might hurt Microsoft in the long run, everyone agrees that in the short term, this can only be good for them as it generates sales from a market it never had before.

Despite the unusually high requirements, it looks like Macs are Vista-Ready, for those who were wondering.