[schalliol]

I can't imagine that this hasn't already been asked by someone (didn't see in search), but does anyone know if you can run Windows natively on this machine? I understand that you can with the developer machines people used, though I think that there is a question of whether this will in fact work. I suppose if no one has tried, whoever gets the first one can.

[alphamatrix]

http://forums.macnn.com/69/mac-notebooks/281513/ms-no-efi-support-until-longhorn/
http://forums.macnn.com/90/mac-os-x/281491/no-windows-on-intel-macs/

[jcadam]

The new intel macs use EFI in lieu of the older BIOS. Windows XP doesn't support EFI. But Windows Vista is supposed to....

[uicandrew]

http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?t=281513

here's the thread. you probably were confused about the title. I didn't know what EFI was until just 3 days ago.

[mduell]

I think you will be able to. If not immediately, within a month.
Windows XP 32-bit doesn't support EFI, but EFI has a legacy compatibility mode and the Australian Intel office said it would work.
If Apple disabled the legacy compatibility mode, that would be inconsistent with their statements that they've done nothing to prevent Windows from running.