I recently installed Windows Vista on my MacBook Pro. Now it‘s a Windows laptop, and unless I choose to restart in Mac OS X, it will remain a Windows laptop. I already have another laptop running Windows XP, but the Intel-based Apple hardware is far superior to my Dell Latitude D610.

The latest version of Apple‘s operating system, Mac OS X 10.5 (aka Leopard) features the official release of Boot Camp. The version in Tiger was a public beta, and I wanted to wait until Boot Camp was finalized before installing it. Unlike with the beta, you no longer need to burn a disc containing Windows drivers for the Mac; they‘re all included on Apple‘s Leopard installer disc.

Once I‘d installed Vista, I began installing Vista-compatible audio software, including Cakewalk Sonar 7 and Adobe Audition 3. I‘m using an M-Audio Ozonic for my audio and MIDI interface, along with M-Audio‘s Vista-compatible beta driver. Everything works fine, so far, with no surprises. I‘ll let you know how things progress in the next few weeks as I actually begin recording projects. In the meantime, has anyone else been running Vista on a Mac?