I'm looking into getting a MBP and while I will use OS X, I'll also be needing a lot of Windows XP. I'm curious as to what people use as their primary XP implementation: Boot Camp with FAT32, Boot Camp with NTFS, Parallels or CrossOver Mac. I'd like to do some gaming too which I don't think Parallels or CrossOver is suited for, but I added it in to be inclusive of all Mac XP users. Also do people generally use MacDrive especially if they are using Boot Camp and NTFS?
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ltcommander_data Notebook Deity
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I have my XP partitioned as Fat 32. I didnt feel like dealing with MacDrive.
Crossover... good idea, but doesn't work well.
Parallels is pretty much perfect for anything that doesn't use the graphics card.
I would use only parallels if I had a working desktop (need to get the ram replaced) and if I had the money for parallels. -
NTFS is very closely guarded by Microsoft- only a few companies have the rights to make software that can read AND write NTFS. If you want to avoid trouble stay with fat32 even though it slows XP down somewhat.
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I use NTFS because I can just transfer files using my flash drive.
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I use Parallels because I only need XP for a few small things. If I were to need to game I would use XP with NTFS. I have no need to share files between the two.
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ltcommander_data Notebook Deity
Has anyone tried MacDrive? I'm curious as to how it works. Can you actually directly save to the Mac partitions or do you have to manually copy files over to the Windows partition, save, then copy back?
On the topic of partitions, do people usually partition their HDD into multiple Mac partitions? Like for my desktop XP, I have a separate partition for the OS, one for Apps, one for games, one for video work, and one for other files. It reduces fragmentation, and time for searches, virus scans, defragmenting, etc. Is the same possible/necessary for OS X? -
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I agree with easyeye. I use MacDrive on my desktop to allow it to read/write to my Mac formatted external. MacDrive is well worth the cost.
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think it is worth the hassle. -
This might be some what off topic but with the Adobe Creative Suite would it be better to use Parallels or Bootcamp?
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Does bootcamp perfectly run Windows XP on Mac, or are there limitations? Is it like a dual boot?
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It's dual boot. I've found no limitations with it.
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Hey i installed XP with NTFS because last time i played games there seemed to be glitches when it shutdown in XP. But the thing is now there is the Windows hard drive icon mounted in Mac OSX desktop and it has the old icon
I have changed all the other icons including macosx hard also. so do u know how i can change becoz its only read and write now (the xp hard i mean)
FAT32, NTFS or Parallels
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by ltcommander_data, Nov 7, 2006.