I can see the point of Boot Camp from the standpoint of "Why not?" rather than "Why?". I have Virtual PC installed on my Mac* and have used it, oh, five times in the last year and three of those were to demo to friends that, "Check this out! you can run Windows XP on a Mac!". OK, Virtual PC runs dog slow on a Mac Mini which makes it pretty useless for anything other than emergency access to Windows only stuff.
If I owned an Intel Mac then I would definitely install Boot Camp and Windows XP as a smoother alternative to VPC but I think the real audience for Boot Camp isn't already switched users like me who want to run Windows as a real alternative to OS X but, rather, the not-yet-switched Windows users who are looking for a great escape pod to Windows just in case you need that killer Windows only app, right now. Or to play Windows games. Like an insurance policy.
Aside from natively enabling PC games on your computing device of choice, I expect the reality will be more like Virtual PC has been for me - it's nice to have there in case I need it, but actually..
* Credibility Disclaimer : I should say that I have a work supplied Dell notebook at home with me too, so I'm not completely bereft of Windows but I promise I never knowingly use it at home. OK, maybe that one time.
If I owned an Intel Mac then I would definitely install Boot Camp and Windows XP as a smoother alternative to VPC but I think the real audience for Boot Camp isn't already switched users like me who want to run Windows as a real alternative to OS X but, rather, the not-yet-switched Windows users who are looking for a great escape pod to Windows just in case you need that killer Windows only app, right now. Or to play Windows games. Like an insurance policy.
Aside from natively enabling PC games on your computing device of choice, I expect the reality will be more like Virtual PC has been for me - it's nice to have there in case I need it, but actually..
* Credibility Disclaimer : I should say that I have a work supplied Dell notebook at home with me too, so I'm not completely bereft of Windows but I promise I never knowingly use it at home. OK, maybe that one time.