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    Can MacBook handle a full day of MS windows?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by transburgh, Jan 15, 2008.

  1. transburgh

    transburgh Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was reading in the Mac Switcher's Guide on this fourm and it said that MacBooks have issues when running Windows all day. Is this still true of the Nov. 07 Macbooks?
     
    transburgh, Jan 15, 2008
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Sounds more like a fanboy/anti-Vista person.
     
    Greg, Jan 15, 2008
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    LightofHonor89 Notebook Guru

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    Never had a problem with my macbook pro, but I know my brothers Imac crashes if you leave it on too long... so there might be SOME truth to it.
     
    LightofHonor89, Jan 15, 2008
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  4. transburgh

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    Was he using a parallel or bootcamp?
     
    transburgh, Jan 15, 2008
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    i have no issues with either parallels or bootcamp, all day.

    im normally in parallels/osx though
     
    kgeier82, Jan 15, 2008
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    Nope.. no problems on my MBP. Granted, I really never run windows that long, but I do game in it when I run it, and no problems yet!

    Longest I've probably stayed in Windows is about 5 hours... Maybe 6. Other MB users I know have not seen any problems either.
     
    hollownail, Jan 15, 2008
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  7. transburgh

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    Are you running bootcamp?
     
    transburgh, Jan 15, 2008
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    Yes, I run bootcamp (I only go in for gaming). Otherwise I use Parallels to run XP, Linux, Solaris and my bootcamp partition (different than my VM XP).
     
    hollownail, Jan 15, 2008
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    ive played flight simulator for 14 hours straight and it worked fine...
     
    dell111, Jan 15, 2008
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    I've been on windows for whole days many times without issues..
     
    Arquis, Jan 15, 2008
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    On battery? Yeah, it'll get less battery life as compared to OS X, but otherwise it works fine natively or virtualized.
     
    Ichigo, Jan 15, 2008
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    yes I run windows for like weeks straight on my macbook pro cause ive been playing dota with friends alot.
     
    tianh, Jan 15, 2008
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  13. LightofHonor89

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    My Imac is running on bootcamp, but if it goes on too long something to due with the graphics card crashes.... not exactly sure what it is since my macbook pro is fine.
     
    LightofHonor89, Jan 15, 2008
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    No, they don't have an issue, really. The Macs run Windows natively fine, if you want, that could the only operating system you ever run on the Mac.
     
    Sam, Jan 15, 2008
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    I run my macbook pro for days..i pretty much use windows exclusively
     
    bobz99by, Jan 15, 2008
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