Windows XP can work on Intel Macs

A competition to install Microsoft's operating system into the Mac was initiated as soon as Apple announced the first product to work on Intel's chip. The two winners won nearly $ 14,000.

Colin Nederkoorn, who launched the contest, said the initial amount of the organizers was only $ 100 but then increased to $ 13,854 thanks to sponsors like Digital Express, Delicious Monster and Uneasy Silence .

Last week, the victory belonged to two people in California, the alias Narf and Blanka. Their solution was posted on the contest website, but is currently overloaded. Nederkoorn briefly explained how to install Windows on a Mac: " First, create a customized Windows XP CD and add some extra files in this disc. After that, divide your Mac hard drive into two parts: one for Windows and one for OS X ".

Although both Mac and Windows computers use Intel chips, downloading Microsoft operating systems into Mac systems is quite complicated, partly because they have different boot mechanisms. It is hoped that the new version of Windows will fix this problem, but last week, an Apple official confirmed that Vista is not Mac compatible.

Wil Shipley, director of Delicious Monster software for Mac, said: " Although Apple did not mention this event, Intel Mac's market share would have increased significantly as they were now able to run Windows applications in a way legal, especially the game, is the person who composes the software for the Mac, every 0.01% of Apple's market share earns me thousands of dollars per year ". Delicious Monster contributes USD 1,000 in prize fund.