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    Which takes less power...

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by lebsoljah, Mar 17, 2008.

  1. lebsoljah

    lebsoljah Notebook Enthusiast

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    Using Parallels/Windows XP on Mac OSX in battery saver mode

    or

    Using Windows XP from bootcamp
     
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    eh... hard to say. If XP is idle, it won't suck much juice in Parallels/Fusion.

    I'd have to take a vote for going the VM route. But my battery will not last long at all in XP.

    What are you looking to do in XP? That may have a roll on deciding the difference in battery life.
     
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    lebsoljah Notebook Enthusiast

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    FL Studio

    There isn't a mac version


    If I can get it to run for 3 hours (VM) instead of 2... I would be happy enough
     
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    Ew yuck.

    First off, dump FL and get a real music program.

    Logic <3 :-D

    And never run music software in virtual systems. You'd want to run that in native XP.
     
    hollownail, Mar 17, 2008
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