I’m quite happy about Apple’s Boot Camp, this is great for web1 developers. I’m going to need to start testing my apps on IE 7 pretty soon, and I don’t much fancy adding another windows box to my stable of machines just for testing in another browser. However, adding an Intel Mac mini that I can boot into Windows and can also do double duty as a Mac test environment sounds pretting intriguing. 
Eric might even switch now.
UPDATE: Another point I forgot to mention is how great this is for those who travel. I often have to bring both my PowerBook and my Dell laptop when I travel (especially when doing a consulting gig), this would eliminate the need to carry the Dell entirely.
UPDATE #2: Parallels could be even more handy assuming you can create multiple virtual machines and speed is good.
UPDATE #3: Lots of interesting feedback is posted on Macintouch.
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jenz adds this Comment:
I feel the same you do. This will be immensely useful for browser testing…as I can finally move away from Virtual PC once and for all!
April 6th, 2006 at 9:28 am
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April 6th, 2006 at 11:47 am
stephen ogrady adds this Comment:
is dual booting that unique a concept on Apple hardware? i admit to being slightly surprised by the popularity of this announcement.
April 6th, 2006 at 12:54 pm
Alex adds this Comment:
It’s been possible to boot into Mac and Linux/FreeBSD on Apple hardware, but not into Mac and Windows. It’s not a unique concept, but it’s a new reality.
April 6th, 2006 at 1:34 pm
Weiran adds this Comment:
Surely a Virtual machine would be better productivity wise? It would save the hassle of booting into the other OS just to test something.
April 6th, 2006 at 2:24 pm
Alex adds this Comment:
Which was noted in “UPDATE #2″ above…
April 6th, 2006 at 2:27 pm