[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for
this link. ]
“It was only a matter of time. First, Linux hacker, Edgar
‘Gimli’ Hucek, got Gentoo Linux running on a Mactel system, an iMac
Core Duo.“Then, as Windows hackers, spurred on by a cash reward from
Colin Nederkoorn of Houston, had just completed their efforts to
get the far more troublesome Windows XP to run on Intel-powered
Macs, Apple took the wind out of their sails by releasing a public
beta of Boot Camp–software that allows Intel-processor Macs, such
as the iMac and Mac Mini desktops and MacBook Pro notebook, to boot
either Mac OS X or Windows XP.“You know what’s coming next, right…?”
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