[georgeb]

Hi

Apologies beforehand for what may be a total noob question from a total noob to the Apple world but I am wondering if it is possible to run windows XP as the only, stand-alone OS on intel-based Apple hardware (i.e. without Leopard or Boot Camp). Thanks

[seanc]

Entirely possible. All Bootcamp does is make the partition where you install Windows. The drivers for Windows are on the Leopard install disk or can be downloaded from Apple.

If I were going to be running Windows only though, I'd be buying a nice PC laptop because I miss the functionality like a print screen button & a right click button (this works if you hold two fingers on the trackpad & click the trackpad button) when running Windows.

[adamfishercox]

why would you buy a much more expensive Mac only to not use OS X? Get a Windows PC for a lot less.

[64stang06]

Originally Posted by adamfishercox 

why would you buy a much more expensive Mac only to not use OS X? Get a Windows PC for a lot less.