How the XP-on-Mac prize was won

Darius Chang | Mar 28, 2006

Admit it. When you heard that Macs would be based on the Intel chipset, the first thought was: "Can I put my Windows XP in my Mac?" Well, your wish has come true, all thanks to two guys, known only by their handles as "narf" and "blanka", who won nearly US$14,000 (S$22,685.60) by doing just that.

Colin Nederkoorn, a Mac enthusiast who works in the shipping industry, started the ball rolling by offering US$100 (S$162.04) for a replicable way of putting Microsoft's OS into an Intel-based Mac. The winning pair from California found a way to override safeguards in Apple computers to create a custom Windows installation CD which works on the Mac platform.

Available for download off the Internet, a 777kb zip file contains the applications and instructions needed to create your very own Microsoft/Apple hybrid. Meanwhile, we have contacted Apple for comments on whether installing Windows XP on Macs will affect warranty and support issues. We will update this article once we have more information.

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