# So you can get Windows XP running on an Apple computer....

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 18, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-can-get-windows-xp-running-on-an-apple-computer/348931 "2006-03-18T21:05:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-can-get-windows-xp-running-on-an-apple-computer/348931/1 "2006-03-18T21:05:28Z")

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I’ve wondered if anyone would get this to happen.

[These guys did](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4816520.stm)

Pretty impressive.

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-can-get-windows-xp-running-on-an-apple-computer/348931/2 "2006-03-19T01:01:49Z")

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Cool.

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**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-can-get-windows-xp-running-on-an-apple-computer/348931/3 "2006-03-19T03:04:14Z")

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The next step is to get Mac Os X to run on a “made for Windows” system.

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**Author:** ![mkl12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mkl12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkl12)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-can-get-windows-xp-running-on-an-apple-computer/348931/4 "2006-03-19T14:17:21Z")

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> [@Dragwyr](#):
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> The next step is to get Mac Os X to run on a “made for Windows” system.

[It’s been done.](http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,68501,00.html)