Get rid of bootcamp windows now...

Elephant08 :P · 20 Dec 2007 at 14:28

Hi guys,

Well I have used both Leapoard and Bootcamp Windows xp for a couple of weeks...got all I needed from Windows on Leapoard now (except msn webcam support).....

So as I have the 80gb HDD for my macbook (new santa rosa one)... I wouldn't mind scrapping windows now, and getting my 30gb partition back onto my Mac OS..

How is this done?

Sic · 20 Dec 2007 at 14:36

open up the bootcamp assistant and follow the instructions to create a new install on there. resize the partition until there's none left

Elephant08 :P · 20 Dec 2007 at 14:42

Won't wreck my Mac install will it?

Sic · 20 Dec 2007 at 14:46

nope, I should imagine that Bootcamp uses something like gparted to resize your OSX partition. it will obviously destroy everything on your windows one, but it's just a reversal of the installation process - you shrink the OSX partition in that

Elephant08 :P · 20 Dec 2007 at 14:47

Aahh ok, I will give it a shot then, it wont leave anything of Windows there will it, clean MAC os ? Cheers

Elephant08 :P · 20 Dec 2007 at 15:24

Wicked, thanks for the help, did it in less than a minute! - Not a joke!

Getting used to MAC isn't so hard, know how it works etc now.

J1234 · 20 Dec 2007 at 16:47

agony said:
Wicked, thanks for the help, did it in less than a minute! - Not a joke!

Getting used to MAC isn't so hard, know how it works etc now.

It's great, you'll love it mate

Elephant08 :P · 20 Dec 2007 at 17:18

I think I am...it's great, not looking so practical with office as of yet but a few essays down the line it should be fine

SooTyLaD · 20 Dec 2007 at 20:13

for the things that windows is better at, you could always stick on VMware... my xp image only takes up 3.2 gig and the interaction between os x and xp is absolutely superb with VMware

(the only reason i'm saying that is that you're concerned with the 30gig, with VM you set a maximum but it only uses what it needs...)

Sic · 20 Dec 2007 at 22:20

grab a copy of iWork - Pages and Numbers are lovely to use - I can't believe it can actually be nice making spreadsheets!!

J1234 · 20 Dec 2007 at 22:22

agony said:
I think I am...it's great, not looking so practical with office as of yet but a few essays down the line it should be fine

Use NeoOffice, better than Office

Fothsn · 22 Dec 2007 at 19:31

Justin said:
Use NeoOffice, better than Office

Better? Not a chance! Used it a few times and I can tell you Office 2007 is leaps and bounds more advanced and packed with a lot more features, what was the last office package you used?

Try openoffice http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/download/index.html I haven’t used it on Mac yet so can’t comment on the experience but it’s got a good following.

Logsi · 22 Dec 2007 at 22:45

Sic said:
grab a copy of iWork - Pages and Numbers are lovely to use - I can't believe it can actually be nice making spreadsheets!!

Numbers makes it sooooo easy to do good spreadsheets i always wondered why they made excel so un-user friendly.

Josh

Logsi · 22 Dec 2007 at 22:46

fothsn said:
Better? Not a chance! Used it a few times and I can tell you Office 2007 is leaps and bounds more advanced and packed with a lot more features, what was the last office package you used?

Try openoffice http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/download/index.html I haven’t used it on Mac yet so can’t comment on the experience but it’s got a good following.

Office 2007 isnt on mac yet IIRC...

Also Neooffice is just openoffice but with mac extensions built in like email and iphoto etc...

Josh

itsallaboutyou · 22 Dec 2007 at 23:05

5bjoshua said:
Numbers makes it sooooo easy to do good spreadsheets i always wondered why they made excel so un-user friendly.

Josh

++ Seconded...

Numbers is fantastic! Its not as technically advanced as excel, by which I mean it lacks certain functions, ie pivot tables, macros etc.. but its absolutely cracking for everything else!

You *should* have a trial of '08 on in your applications folder..

Tom*

Sic · 23 Dec 2007 at 11:02

Justin said:
Use NeoOffice, better than Office

yeah sorry dude, you're just wrong there - NeoOffice sucks compared to MS Office - it's actually a really good suite of apps on Windows and Mac.

J1234 · 23 Dec 2007 at 13:11

Fair enough. I probably think it's better because the only version of MS Office i've used on Mac was the 2004 one.

Sic · 23 Dec 2007 at 15:28

diff'rent strokes and all that, but I quite like 2004 for mac and really couldn't get on with NeoOffice and I have to use OpenOffice at work (which I hate). I would say:

iWork > MS 2004 > Neo > Open

I'm quite excited to see what the new MS will be like. well, as excited as one can be about an office suite