It’s been a long standing wish of the tech community that those forced into using Windows at work and their choice operating system at home could one day use the same computer for both. For years the question has been asked; when will be be able to natively dual boot Windows and Mac OS?

Well, today the answer is worth over $6,000. Colin from Delicious Monster and Uneasy Silence which means the total prize fund currently stands at a whopping $6,702!

For those who have no idea what I am talking about, Macs have used PowerPC processors for years, and with the birth of the first Intel powered Macs this month there has been discussion of making your Mac able to boot either Mac OS X or Windows XP at will. This has been made theoretically possible, but with clauses of the Basic Input Output System (or BIOS) being different on new Intel Macs, support of this through some new Intel motherboards and lack of drivers for such an event. It’s been a debate that has raged in the land of the tech this month more than ever, and finally someone has laid down money to find the answer.

If you think you can do it, or you have already found the mysterious answer, then please visit WinXPonMac and claim your prize. Good luck to all entrants and power to the geeks!

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