[me53]

I have decided to switch to a mac and purshase a Macbook laptop. I heard that the Boot camp program is already installed into it. The only thing that I'm still unsure of is if I have to purshase a version of Windows XP or Windows 7 in order to use boot camp? If so, is it expensive? or can you download it off the internet?

Thanks.

[ibook_steve]

Yes, you need a copy of XP SP2 or later, Vista, or 7. I'm sure you can download it somewhere off the Internet, but we don't talk about that here.

Steve

[ghporter]

Boot Camp merely prepares your Mac's hard drive for the installation of the alternate OS; you need the OS to install it. As Steve points out, we don't discuss "informal ways of getting software" here. You can find XP for around $100 very easily, and you can actually get Win7 for only $30 if you're a student with a qualifying (.edu) email address.