What are the options for running Windows and OS X on an Intel Mac?

Tags: MAC, Intel, boot camp, Parallels, Virtualization, dual boot, windows, Windows XP
Updated: November 06, 2006
Contributors: Carl Uebelhart

As of now there are two truly viable options for running Windows XP on the new Intel Mac computers. The first is to dual boot via Boot Camp offered by Apple, the second is a third party virtualization progam called Parallels Desktop.

This developer brief explores the drawbacks and benefits of both as of August 2006.