comp.sys.mac.advocacy

On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:13:02 -0700, Steve de Mena
wrote:

>
>I remember when I first started posting here I was the first one to
>discover what "Boot Camp" really was, that it was not a program
>*required* to install WIndows on a Mac and that one could install
>Windows on a bare metal Intel Mac. That thread went on for weeks I
>think, with everyone emphatic that you could not do it without Boot
>Camp, and saying I was crazy and (I guess) had nothing between my
>ears. They seemed to want to believe there was something so special
>about Macs that Windows would not run on them without Apple software
>assistance. I might be biased but I think I have a pretty high
>accuracy rate in what I say.

I remember that thread well... the usual suspects were insistent that
Boot Camp was something magical and spectacular, conjured from the
special genius that percolates only within One Infinite Loop. I'm
frankly surprised that you've stuck around afterwards. Please keep it
up. FWIW even though I don't post here much, I've been following this
group for over 10 years - it's tremendous entertainment!