Bootcamp Q

matt100 · 16 Apr 2008 at 01:39

Hello all mac fans

I've had a couple of iBooks in the past and I do love a bit of Apple

I'm about (I hope) to get a new job where I'll have a lot of say over my choice of hardware, I'm going to be part of a big windows network so OSX would only be for playtime or non server time but I'd be in website building/sales so having an apple around to test new builds on would be useful.

So.. a macbook using bootcamp.. some questions

1) can I share files over the 2 OSes using a partitioned drive?
2) would all the network gear work as a windows machine in windows or would it matter?
3) any performance hit? it'd most likely be the 2.4ghz 13 inch with 2GB

anything else I need to consider before I try and sell this idea or should I just forget about it and go for a thinkpad/vaio?

unknowndomain · 16 Apr 2008 at 02:09

1) Can I share files over the 2 OSs using a partitioned drive?
Yes but only via Fat 32 partitioned drive or using MacDrive (google) to save to the mac disk.

2) Would all the network gear work as a windows machine in windows or would it matter?
I think it only works with the 802.11G not N.

3) Any performance hit? it'd most likely be the 2.4ghz 13 inch with 2GB
Yep, because your booting windows only, not both like Parallels or VMWare

matt100 · 16 Apr 2008 at 02:20

do you mean yes or no for the performance hit? If its booting windows only wouldn't it only have to worry about 1 OS?

I used virtual pc on a G4 ibook and it was terrible.

It'd be a wired network connection most probably when I was in the office, wifi G isn't a problem.

unknowndomain · 16 Apr 2008 at 02:43

matt100 said:
do you mean yes or no for the performance hit? If its booting windows only wouldn't it only have to worry about 1 OS?

I used virtual pc on a G4 ibook and it was terrible.

It'd be a wired network connection most probably when I was in the office, wifi G isn't a problem.

Native speed - no performance hit.

Nothing like virtual pc. Not even parallels or vmware are bad.

G is fine