Run both Windows XP and OS X from your MacBook Pro

If you’ve been hesitating on getting the new intel based MacBook Pro, here’s another reason to make the leap… You can now dual boot both Windows XP and OS X.

Apple has released their public beta of Boot Camp:

Boot Camp lets you install Windows XP without moving your Mac data… Boot Camp will burn a CD of all the required drivers for Windows so you don’t have to scrounge around the Internet looking for them.

Once you’ve completed Boot Camp, simply hold down the option key at startup to choose between Mac OS X and Windows. (That’s the “alt� key for you longtime Windows users.) After starting up, your Mac runs Windows completely natively. Simply restart to come back to Mac.