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== Features ==

Leopard will include a software assistant currently called [[Boot Camp]] (this name is only a development name, so it may change) <ref>{{cite web|author=Apple Computer, Inc|title=Boot Camp|url=http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/|work=Apple|accessdate=2006-04-11}}</ref> that assists in the installation of Windows XP Home or Professional Edition. This software, which only works on Intel-based Macs, prepares a separate partition for the installation of Windows XP on the Mac's hard drive. This allows Windows XP to run natively (not virtually like [[Microsoft Virtual PC]] or VMWare[[VMware]]), which means all applications will run at full speed while isolating it from Mac OS X. The only downside to it being non-virtual is that you must reboot from one operating system to the other, rather than have both available at the same time. This piece of software was revealed on [[April 5]] [[2006]] as a public beta.

Although intended for the installation of Windows XP, Boot Camp can be used to assist in the installation of other operating systems such as beta versions of Vista<ref>{{cite web|author=AirmanPika|title=Vista Installed|url=http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=14448|work=OSx86 Project Forum|accessdate=2006-04-09}}</ref> as well as versions of Linux and other operating systems such as Solaris<ref>{{cite web|author=Jan Setje-Eihler|title=Solaris Nevada build 36 running on an iMac|url=http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/setje?entry=solaris_on_the_imac|accessdate=2006-05-13}}</ref>.