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From the ArsTechnica article:

Just for kicks, I tried to boot from a Windows XP installer CD. No dice. I then tried booting from a Vista installer DVD (Build 5270). Again, no dice. When holding down the Option key, the only icon that appeared was for the iMac’s internal hard drive. Holding down the D key to try to force booting off of the optical drive failed as well. With the Vista DVD, the optical drive churned a bit and the iMac hesitated as though it were contemplating whether it wanted to boot the foreign OS. Soon afterwards, the familiar gray Apple logo appeared on screen and Mac OS X finished booting.

So without some hacking it won’t work off the bat. But someone will make it work, like they made the Developer edition of OS X x86 work on “dull little boxes” (If you don’t understand, watch the Apple Intel Ad).read more