[news=http://img306.imageshack.us/img306/5117/apple8xo.gif]SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Apple Computer Inc. shares climbed almost 10% Wednesday after the company unveiled software that will let its newest Macintosh computers run Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system, a watershed decision that may help boost its share of the PC market.
The new software product, called Boot Camp, allows users of Macintosh machines that run on Intel Corp.-made chips to choose between Apple's own operating system and Windows XP to run their PCs.
It's the first time in more than a decade that Apple has released a product that lets its computers run Windows, the most widely used PC operating system by far. Making its new Intel-based Macs compatible with Microsoft's software could help Apple expand its single-digit share of the PC market.
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