Apple Boot Camp

Our expert reveals whether Boot Camp is strong enough to persuade PC-heads to cross over to the Apple side.

Apple Boot Camp: Installer Intro Screen

Apple Boot Camp: Create a Second Partition

Apple Boot Camp: Resizing Partitions

Apple Boot Camp: After Partitioning

Apple Boot Camp: Start Windows XP Installation

Apple Boot Camp: Installing Windows XP

We installed Windows XP on our MacBook Pro.

Apple Boot Camp: Windows XP on a MacBook Pro

Here's a zoomed-out photo of the MacBook Pro on our testing bench, so you can be sure of what you're seeing.

Apple Boot Camp: BSOD

Trying to launch Apple's integrated iSight webcam in Windows crashed the operating system, bringing up the familiar Blue Screen of Death.

Apple Boot Camp: Running Windows XP

We got Windows XP up and running on a MacBook Pro using Boot Camp. Of course, we had jury-rigged a way to boot Windows on intel-based Macs before Apple released the software.

Apple Boot Camp: Question Marks in Device Manager

Windows' Device Manager doesn't recognize several Apple devices. One of those question marks is likely for iSight, which crashed Windows when we tried to launch it.

Apple Boot Camp: MobileMark 2005

We tried running the MobileMark 2005 Battery Benchmark, but the test failed.

Apple Boot Camp: Vista Install Failed

Our efforts to install Windows Vista on the MacBook Pro met with failure.