Apple exactly 12 years ago, specifically on April 5, 2006, he introduced the public beta a version of the Boot Camp software that allowed users to boot the operating system Windows XP on Macs with Intel processors. Boot Camp officially arrived in Mac OS X Leopard, which was introduced at the Worldwide Developers Conference a few months later.
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Companies Microsoft a Apple were at war with each other over the fact that the system Windows was strikingly similar to the system used on Apple computers. Microsoft although he did not liquidate Apple as expected, however, it was clear to everyone that Microsoft emerged as the winner in terms of major operating systems. Steve Jobs he said this himself in an interview with Fortune magazine in 1996, shortly after he returned to the California giant. "The Computer Wars Are Over," Jobs said. "Done." Microsoft "He won a long time ago."
By 2006, however, things had changed. Apple bounced back from the bottom, with iPods and Macs providing most of its revenue.
The arrival of Boot Camp software
Apple looked at Boot Camp as a way to reach people who might make the leap from a PC to a Mac. Apple let it be known that he does not plan to sell or support the system Windows, however, customers demanded to be able to run the system Windows even on high-end computers from Applu, which started using Intel processors. “We think that thanks to Boot Camp, Mac pro system users Windows even more attractive" he said Phil Schiller, Senior Vice President, Global Product Marketing Appyou.
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Boot Camp has simplified system installation Windows on Macs with Intel processors and provided a simple graphical installer that guided you step by step. So it was easy to create a second partition on the hard drive for Windows and install it.
After the installation was complete, users could choose whether to start Mac OS X or Windows.
Source: Cult of Mac
