hi folks, has anybody got any info on that dual boot thing you can do on mac's?? boot camp??

what software do i need to buy to get it running? do i need to partition my hard disc?

Run boot camp, have your mac install disc handy and follow the wizard...Simples! Win7 Ultimate runs like a dream on my iMac. You need a mac newer than a G5 ie an Intel processor.

oh yeah, erm it's an intel dual core thing

All you need to know..

http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/

If you're feeling a bit more adventurous you could run the OS as a Virtual Machine using something like Parallels or VMWare Fusion - Fusion allows you to run Windows apps from within OSX, it works really well. There's a trial version available too:

www.VMware.com/Fusion

I've setup my Mac Mini running an XP virtual machine as a file server, weather station monitor and web server in the background whislt using OSX for web browsing etc.

Or use virtualbox which is totally free.

I've setup my Mac Mini running an XP virtual machine as a file server, weather station monitor and web server in the background whislt using OSX for web browsing etc.

That is a bit backward, unless you are running the box as a honeypot.

VM Fusion all the way, avoid Parallels and boot camp I have found unstable at times.

I use VMware Fusion 3 and boot camp to Win7 64bit edition. Boot camp has been rock solid on Windows 7 for games on the MBP, I run Sage line 50 for the accounts in VMWare fusion on the iMac again without any issues. I use Windows 7 more than OSX on the MBP these days though as it's faster