hey guys,
this is the first mac i've ever owned. I bought a 17" imac intel. I have used DOS/Windows based machines my entire life and the reason i bought the mac was for bootcamp. I have always been a fan of the mac operating system, from system 8.1 and on. Here is my experience with bootcamp(coming from a long time windows user)
1. Upgraded my os to 10.4.6 flawless
2. Upgraded the firmware, yet again easier then i've ever experience on a pc
3. Downloaded and installed bootcamp, partitioned hard drive 30gb NTFS Partition.
4. Rebooted the machine with my windows xp cd in the drive. It booted right away.
5. Windows XP installation worked the exact way that it would if it were installed on a PC.
6. Loaded the imac drivers, yet again flawless.
7. Installed Far Cry, Age of Empires III, and of course firefox.
8. Far Cry and Age of Empires run better than my Windows based desktop which is an Opteron 148, 1gb RAM, Geforce 6800GT.
I have only had one error with bootcamp which was when i tried to use isight. Other than that it has been a very painless experience. I was glad i mad the decision to buy a mac, and as they say once you go mac, you never go back.
Consider me a mac user for life now. And yes I will buy native mac games if they are out.