There is something to the stability factor though, speed is not an issue anyway there are plenty of PCs which are VERY fast compared to a mac.

But the stability counts. When running XP under bootcamp there is a memory resident program which deals with mac stuff.

The actual hardware used in macbooks in particular is pretty substandard sounding stuff, no-mark components, which is one of the main gripes with a lot of mac users.

However.....

The code which runs these components is (in my experience as a user) pretty stable.

anyway - the thread is about running windows on a mac - it works VERY well, as TM says - its a windows box. nothing more nothing less.

funnily enough - i love windows XP, its by far the best OS M$ ever made and ive used it live plenty of times without incident. Its unfair to dis M$ over XP, i know how to keep all my OS's working well, and thats what counts, understanding. If you do enough research and can keep the shizzle functioning then your OS will be your best friend.