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First up is Installing OS X (10.2/10.3) on a PC by Emon. This excellent step-by-step makes installing OSX on regular Windows hardware, rather than the iMac. OSX has "The world"s most elegant user interface" as Apple proclaims, now you could dual boot with XP to judge for yourself.
Next we go back to WindowsXP with [deXter]"s guide - Automatic Installation of windows updates, the batch file method . If you regularly download the latest windows updates and security patches manually and don"t fancy or need AutopatcherXP, or just prefer to do it yourself you can save time, customize, automate and install them all at once by creating a simple batch file.