Mac Book Pro with windows

Marcos said:
Does it reboot and run windows properly or is it a bit lame?
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Yeah, all Boot Camp is is a package that guides you through partitioning and then burns you a CD of Windows drivers you'll need once you install. It works with Linux as well. If you don't need hardware acceleration of video then perhaps a VM would be more suited for you. Parallels is pretty amazing.
 
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dhjjessel said:
so how doe parallels work - does it just run simultaneous Os's?
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It creates a virtual machine inside OS X on which you can run other operating systems. There's little hardware acceleration but everything else is very fast, thanks to VT found on Intel's newer chips. If you're not gaming Parallels is the way to go, IMO.
 
dhjjessel said:
are these available yet?
where can i get one? or when will they be out?
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Are you expecting Apple to sell them with Windows on? They won't :)

They're out now obviously, but if you're going to run an XP install, either through a VM, or native using Bootcamp, don't forget you'll need a license for it...
 
dhjjessel said:
ok...
if i were to buy a mac book pro, it only has 2g ram. will that only be a bare minimum?
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A bare minimum for what? Running Parallels? Yeah, I'd say so. You'll have the RAM consumption of your system plus the RAM used by the virtual system as well. If you're talking about capacity IIRC the MBP can take up to 4 GiB RAM.
 
BillytheImpaler said:
A bare minimum for what? Running Parallels? Yeah, I'd say so. You'll have the RAM consumption of your system plus the RAM used by the virtual system as well. If you're talking about capacity IIRC the MBP can take up to 4 GiB RAM.
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right so on a mac book with 2 gb ram, running parallels might render the system quite slow?
 
How often would you be running Windows?

Could you perhaps give more explanation as to why you want to run Windows? We've having to squeeze information out of you...
 
ok well I am starting a physics course at imperial and am almost positive that the course will require a unix or windows system to do most of the work on. however, i want to have a macintosh to mix my music on
 
no i reckon that most of the software, eg cad systems (i'll be learning the basics of c++), and other such software like applications that draw 3-d graphs etc will only be available on win/linux. i have emailed my department to ask if the software is available to mac systems, but i am pretty sure the answer will be no
 
If you do need to run Windows, then the option of dual booting or running a VM are there then. If it's going to be something very RAM intensive, I'd suggest the dual boot so that it gets the full share of system resources rather than sticking more RAM in to try and compensate.

When you're doing work, Windows and when mixing music, OS X :)
 
gumbald said:
If you do need to run Windows, then the option of dual booting or running a VM are there then. If it's going to be something very RAM intensive, I'd suggest the dual boot so that it gets the full share of system resources rather than sticking more RAM in to try and compensate.

When you're doing work, Windows and when mixing music, OS X :)
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thanks
so i wont have too much trouble making my mac book a dual/triple boot system when i get it?
 
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