Bootcamp.

[BoomAM]

Hi.
Ive got a few questions regarding bootcamp.
Lets say i was to buy a mac x86. I install bootcamp, make a partition for XP, install XP through bootcamp.
Am i then limited to the drivers that Apple provide for the hardware? or will it pretty much function as a 'normal' computer in every regards?
Are the video cards used in the new Macs still Mac only? Or can i now use any old video card?

Also, the reason XP cant boot without bootcamp is because Macs use an EFI bios. Vista supports EFI bios's. So would it be possible in the future to have a dual boot between OSX & Vista?, or would there be something preventing me from doing this?

Curiosity really...

 

[BoomAM]

Thanks for the links:

No support for EFI in Vista

'...Revealed that there will never be any support for booting Windows via EFI on systems with 32-bit processors.'
Contradictory news story that?

This thread should answer your question regarding PC GFX cards in the new Mac Pros.

According to that thread, the new BIOS's allow native XP installations without bootcamp at all. Which is pretty cool, as then we're not limited by Apple's Drivers.
Aparentely its possible to install a PC GFX card in a MacPro. OSX sees both but only uses the 'Mac' GFX card, where as XP sees both, uses the PC GFX card, but crashes if it trys to use the 'Mac' GFX card.

 

[BoomAM]

The only ,mac that will take an add-on video card is the Mac Pro, the dual dual core workstation released last week. It only takes "Mac" video cards, IIRC, becasue Macs integrate a USB hub in their video cards so that the monitor needs only one cable, rather than one for power, one for USB, and one for DVI.

Not entirely true. But its explained above.
The older macs are like that though.