Leopard windows? virtualization? --bootcamp void warrenty?

hey there.
so im going to install windows on my imac
(gets here wednesday) via bootcamp, will this void
the warrenty? i understand its 'not supported'
but im under the impression that if it wipes my hard
drive im on my own, but they will fix my imac if
the fan driver is bad and it cooks; or something along the same lines.
when using bootcamp are hardware malfunctions still covered
by warrenty?
itd be nice to know installing this on a 1700 dollar piece of machinery.
and, i hear theres going to be built in support for windows
in leopard. i think (and hope) they will inlude some professional quality virtualization software, so
theres no rebooting, also eliminating microsoft from the picture.
what are your thoughts?
has anything been released on leopard?
looks like vista is copying alot off of tiger,
which is a 5 year old OS, so ill bet leopard will blow away vista (big surprise).
-troy

i've installed windows using boot camp already.. a few things i hate abt it.. first of all it is not able to sense my in built isight camera.. there was once when it seemed like it could finally sense it, then when i rebooted it was gone again. i have no idea why.. also, sometimes my keyboard juz dies out on windows.. i have to unplug and replug it again before im able to continue using it which is quite troublesome.. Other than that, im quite happy with windows on my mac
Intel iMac Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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