Apple Updates Mac OS X to Include Windows 8 Support

Newly released Mountain Lion upgrade brings additions, fixes

By Tim Beyers – Mar 14, 2013 at 7:11PM EST

Even if others can't, Apple (AAPL 1.45%) has no problem backing Windows 8.

In an update released Thursday afternoon, the company added support for running Microsoft's (MSFT 2.44%) latest Windows operating system in Macs running the 10.8.3, or "Mountain Lion," edition of the Macintosh OS.

Apple has long made it possible to "boot" or load Windows on a Mac via a native software program called Boot Camp. The company upgraded the app in 10.8.3. Other improvements include fixes to certain flaws found in earlier versions of the OS, plus the latest edition of the Safari browser.

Tim Beyers is a Senior Investment Analyst and Lead Advisor at The Motley Fool. Tim leads the signature Rule Breakers investing service and co-leads Motley Fool Supernova’s Odyssey mission, a real-money portfolio designed to help individual investors build and manage a portfolio of Rule Breaker stocks. He also serves as a portfolio lead for Cloud Disruptors and is a contributing stock analyst for the Trends team. Tim has over 20 years of professional investing experience, including 17 years as an analyst for the market-beating Rule Breakers service and three years as its lead advisor.

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