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Boot Camp is OS X Leopard's built-in technology that enables you to run Microsoft Windows XP or Vista on any Intel-based Mac. If your Mac meets the following requirements, you can use OS X Leopard Boot Camp to run Windows on your Mac (if you so desire).
Requirements to meet:
- At least 10GB of free hard drive space
- A hard drive that isn't partitioned
- A printer (for printing the instructions, which you'll want to do)
- A full install copy of Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Vista
 | You really do need a full install copy of Windows. If your copy came with your Dell or HP, you probably won't be able to install it under Boot Camp. |
To install Windows on your Mac, here are the basic steps you need to follow:
1. Launch the Boot Camp Assistant application, which is in your Applications/Utilities folder.
This step creates a partition on your hard drive for Windows and then burns a special CD with all the drivers you'll need to use Windows on your Mac.
2. Install Windows on the new partition.
3. Install the drivers from the CD you just burned.
From now on, you can hold down Option during startup and choose to start up from either the Mac OS X Leopard disk partition or the Windows partition.
It's that simple. However, if these installation steps seem beyond your comfort level, just ask your favorite Mac geek for help.
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