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Boot XP on Mac right now

Windows XP on Intel MacWhen they said "shortly" I didn't realize just how shortly. narf2006's $13,000 solution for booting Windows XP on your Intel Mac is available right now, in the form of a 777kb zip file. In order to accomplish the feat you'll need a PC on which you'll create a custom slipstreamed XP install disc. In case it's not obvious, this is not for the faint of heart, but the distribution contains clear instructions in sensible English, which is promising. As you might expect, the XP-on-Mac site is under significant load just now, so if you have difficulties, head over to Engadget for a list of mirrors.

Filed under: Windows, Macintosh, Office, Apple, Microsoft

Apple and Microsoft in cahoots again

MacBook ProLargely lost in the shuffle among yesterday's flurry of Mac news was this bit: Microsoft and Apple have signed a five-year pact in which Apple agrees not to prevent users from installing Windows on their Intel Macs and Microsoft agrees to keep making Office apps for OS X. The first part is cool, but the second seems strange, what with Apple announcing an update to its iWork office suite. According to Macworld, though, the pact is "about reassuring the public," and if you think about it, five years really isn't that long.

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With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet. They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...

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