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ZDNet Dictionary Definition
- Boot Camp
- Software from Apple that enables an Intel x86-based Macintosh to host the Windows XP operating system. Boot Camp is used to divide the hard disk into Windows and Mac...
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ZDNet Resources
- Where are Apple's high-end gaming Macs?
- Yesterday I blogged about my thoughts on the comparative price of Macs versus PCs and came to the conclusion that while you can pick up a Vista PC for fewer dollars than a Mac, that didn't automatically mean that Macs were dearer than PCs, just that Apple doesn't cater for...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Boot Camp, Games, Desktops, Personal Technology, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-04-10
- The best of both worlds (or, at least, both worlds)
- In my ongoing effort to design a testbed for my teachers to examine OS X, Windows Vista, and Ubuntu before I start spending money in July, I fired up Boot Camp on my MacBook. Boot Camp is a utility built into OS X much like the GNU Partition Editor gparted...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Hardware, Partition, Teacher, Boot Camp, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Software, Apple Mac OS, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-02-21
- Will Boot Camp drive Leopard sales
- Gregg Keizer over on Computerworld posted an warning for Boot Camp users: The news was no secret: Apple had spelled it out on the Boot Camp download page and in the EULA end user license agreement included with the beta and posted on the Apple site. "The term of...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Sales, Boot Camp, Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Management, Storage, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-10-02
- "Sleep Camp" nixed, you still have to reboot
- There was some pretty exciting news that came out of WWDC yesterday about Boot Camp, Apple's Windows/Mac dual boot architecture for Intel-based machines. According to an early version of Apple's updated Boot Camp page the company changed the technology dramatically for the upcoming release of Mac OS 10.5/Leopard.Rather than having...
- Tags: WWDC, Windows, Software, Intel, Boot Camp
- Blog posts 2007-06-13
- Apple mulling charging for Boot Camp
- Apples Boot Camp software which allows you to boot into a full-blown Windows environment on a partition may soon be going pay-for-play. The software which has been in beta testing since its launch on 5 April, 2006 is currently hovering at version 1.1.2b.MacScoop brings word that Apple will most likely...
- Tags: Software, Boot Camp
- Blog posts 2007-01-22
- Apple revs Boot Camp to 1.0.2 beta 1
- Apple has updated Boot Camp specifically Boot Camp Assistant, their disruptive software that allows Intel Macs to run Windows natively, to version 1.0.2 beta 1. Remember that this is beta software and that Apple is not offering support. If you must live on the bleeding edge and already have BC...
- Tags: Apple Computer Inc., Boot Camp, Boot Camp Assistant
- Blog posts 2006-07-12
- Boot Camp, virtualization, Net neutrality, SAP and more...
- This week on The Dan & David Show, we discuss all the fuss about running Windows on a Mac (David calls Boot Camp and the notion that it's a big win for Apple a joke), LinuxWorld all about virtualization, Net neutrality (telcos checkmate the 'open' Internet), my wanderings at Software...
- Tags: Boot Camp, podcast
- Blog posts 2006-04-07
- Windows on Macs? Chill folks. It's much ado about nothing
- I don't know about you, but I'm totally nonplussed when it comes to the enthusiasm that Apple's Boot Camp is being met with. Gartner has these graphs that show how, in something called a 5-phase hype-cycle, new technologies are originally meant with ill-founded euphoria followed by a trough of...
- Tags: Apple Computer Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows
- Blog posts 2006-04-07
- Virtualize, don't dual boot
- There's been plenty of hype about Apple's dual boot option for Windows Macs, Boot Camp but there's another option that is worthy of consideration.In my post about Boot Camp yesterday I mentioned that although it's a great option for people that need a full Windows workstation, I prefer something like...
- Tags: Parallels, Apple Mac OS, Apple Macintosh
- Blog posts 2006-04-07
- Windows on the Mac
- Apple releases software to run XPNow out is Boot Camp, software to enable Windows XP to run on anyIntel-powered Apple. CNET Editor Matthew Elliott takes a look at thebeta version of Boot Camp, which will be included in Mac OS X 10.5.
- Tags: Boot Camp
- Videos 2006-04-05
- Apple Boot Camp (beta)
- Editor's note: We have updated this preview with more-comprehensive benchmark results. (4/7/06)Apple released Boot Camp today, a free download that lets you run Windows on an Intel-based Mac. The 83MB download is available as beta software, and Boot Camp will be included in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard later this...
- Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Apple Computer Inc., Boot Camp, Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, Apple iMac, Apple Mac OS, operating system
- Product reviews 2006-04-05
- Apple endorses Windows XP booting with "Boot Camp"
- Apple has released a public beta of a product they're calling Boot Camp that will let you boot an Intel-based Mac into Windows XP. According to the public beta Web site "Boot Camp lets you install Windows XP without moving your Mac data, though you will need to bring your...
- Tags: Boot Camp, Microsoft Windows
- Blog posts 2006-04-05
Additional Resources
- Geek Sheet: A Tweaker's Guide to Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Linux
- Is 20th century conventional Winchester multi-platter, multi-head random-access disk technology too quaint for you? Want to run your PC or server on storage devices that consume far less energy than the traditional alternatives? Want a portable or mobile storage unit that will never fail due to G-forces or "crashing?". Looking...
- Tags: Linux, Disk, File System, Solid State Disk, Mandrake, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."
- 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."My ViewFirst, no one hates Microsoft more than I do - for both practical and ethical reasons. After dealing with Microshaft's endless parade of crap for nearly two decades, I finally abandoned my PC for a Mac. It was one of the best moves of...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."
- July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and gets out of bed, his 47-year old body aching from an aggressive personal trainer session from the...
- Tags: PC, Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- 'Spam King' escapes from federal prison
- [ UPDATE: Davidson was found dead, involved in an apparent murder-suicide that involved his wife and 3-year-old daughter. ] Edward "Eddie" Davidson, a notorious e-mail spammer who was sentenced to jail time in April, has escaped from a federal prison camp in Florence, Colorado. Davidson...
- Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Restitution, Davidson, Federal Prison Camp, E-mail, Security, Online Communications, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Microsoft gives a new Xbox 360 experience
- Microsoft gives a new Xbox 360 experienceNow, why can't they get their OS right?I'm probably too old to be a fan boy here, especially since I love about every game platform. But as a XBL user I can say Microsoft has seriously earned some respect points with the whole...
- Tags: Game players, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Corp., Xbox 360 experience, new Xbox 360, PC, hard drive, Microsoft Xbox 360, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- Deals abound for back to school
- Deals abound for back to schoolDual boot Vista-Ubuntu is easy to makeHere's a simple how-to:http://ubuntutip.googlepages.com/installationofubuntuSo those students who buy a cheap laptop can have it both ways, easily and smoothly... :-)RE: Deals abound for back to schoolSorry, maybe I'm missing something here. I have Ubuntu installed on an...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, Wubi, back-to-school, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- McAfee debunks recent vulnerabilities in AV software research, n.runs restates its position
- Several days after blogging about a research conduced by n.runs AG that managed to discover approximately 800 vulnerabilities in antivirus products, McAfee issued a statement basically debunking the number of vulnerabilities found, and providing its own account into the number of vulnerabilities affecting its own products : "A recent...
- Tags: Software, McAfee Inc., Antivirus, Vulnerability, Vendor, Flaw, N.Runs, Dancho, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Saying that Windows "Workstation" 2008 is faster than Vista doesn't make it so
- Saying that Windows "Workstation" 2008 is faster than Vista doesn't make it soPar for the course wrt anti-Vista bashers.They believe that repeating something ad nauseum will somehow make it true.Journalism or Rant?I'm afraid you've followed suit rather than taking the high road on this issue. By even responding to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, RAM, workstation, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
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