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    Vista or XP on Macbook bootcamp?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by dragon529, Apr 10, 2007.

  1. dragon529

    dragon529 Notebook Consultant

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    Should I install vista or xp on bootcamp? I have a macbook and I'm worried that the integrated gfx won't support/make vista better. So is it wise to just install xp? Main reason I will be using bootcamp is because I want to play MS Flight Simulator X :)
     
    dragon529, Apr 10, 2007
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    XP. Mainly because most games out aren't optimized for Vista. There's a host of Vista driver issues affecting game play (don't know if MS Flight Simulator X is 1 of them, it'll be ironic) and also don't know if boot camp supports Vista at this point.
     
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    I Remember This Website Where This Guy Went Over All The Driver Issues And Fixed Them. Theres Another Website That Even Gets The Remote Working! I Have Vista On My Bottom Spec Macbook. Aero Glass Works Fine. I Upgraded The Direct X And The Graphics Are Fine.
     
    sunny279719, Apr 10, 2007
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    flight simulator X will run on the macbook hardware?

    vista is now supported by bootcamp
     
    passive101, Apr 10, 2007
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    if you want to play games then you should stick to XP, but as noted the Macbook may not be capable of playing the game you want: check if the GMA950 is good enough.
     
    Wooky, Apr 10, 2007
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    My desktop with a Nvidia 6600GT could barely handle FS X in low quality mode. I don't think the GMA 950 will be very playable either.
     
    sp00n, Apr 10, 2007
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    I wouldn't really consider the MacBook a gaming laptop by any stretch of the imagination. But, stick with XP if that's what you plan on doing.
     
    dagamer34, Apr 10, 2007
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    XP.

    simply because Vista is not really very good right now. Really not ready for prime time and ... well, you should know better than to go with a new MS OS before SP1 comes out.
     
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    Sorry, but there's no way FSX is going to run on a GMA950. I have my doubts about it even running on the Macbook Pro, which has an X1600.
     
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    how about flight simulator 2004 then? would that be better?
     
    dragon529, Apr 10, 2007
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    I'm running Vista with awesome results on a MacBook Pro.

    You could run Vista with the Aero stuff killed and it would prolly do ok on a MacBook, but XP is really at a nice place right now. Stable and most everything works.
     
    count_schemula, Apr 12, 2007
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    From what I've heard, owing to the immaturity of Vista drivers, it absolutely murders your battery life.
     
    Bona Fide, Apr 13, 2007
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    Possibly. I rarely ever use the battery.

    For a just out of the box OS it's working very well.

    I'm mostly using Vista to be an early adopter. XP is solid and mature and would be a solid choice for the foreseeable future.
     
    count_schemula, Apr 13, 2007
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