Buy a MacBook Pro with Windows XP Preloaded

It seems that ExperCom is the place to go if you want to buy a MacBook Pro and run Windows XP on it. Especially if you’re the non-techie type, or just plain don’t want to fuss with all the Boot Camp process. ExperCom will pre-install Windows XP with Service Pack 2 using Boot Camp depending on the configuration of MacBook Pro that you order from them.

They are sure to point out that they don’t support Windows, nor does Apple. There’s also a reminder that Boot Camp is still beta software, so it’s ultimately at your own risk. A base MacBook Pro with XP installed runs $2029 which is a pretty killer deal, considering it’s only $30 more than you’d pay from Apple directly, and Windows XP Pro is like $200 or something like that. Not to mention they’re partitioning and installing the Microsoft OS for you too.

This is the first I’ve seen of this service being offered, but it only seems logical. Especially once 10.5 ships, and Boot Camp [type] functionality is fully supported, and not just a beta situation.

It seems that ExperCom is the place to go if you want to buy a MacBook Pro and run Windows XP on it. Especially if you’re the non-techie type, or just plain don’t want to fuss with all the Boot Camp process. ExperCom will pre-install Windows XP with Service Pack 2 using Boot Camp depending on the configuration of MacBook Pro that you order from them.

They are sure to point out that they don’t support Windows, nor does Apple. There’s also a reminder that Boot Camp is still beta software, so it’s ultimately at your own risk. A base MacBook Pro with XP installed runs $2029 which is a pretty killer deal, considering it’s only $30 more than you’d pay from Apple directly, and Windows XP Pro is like $200 or something like that. Not to mention they’re partitioning and installing the Microsoft OS for you too.

This is the first I’ve seen of this service being offered, but it only seems logical. Especially once 10.5 ships, and Boot Camp [type] functionality is fully supported, and not just a beta situation.