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    Windows via Parallels and/or Boot Camp

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by BlueSky292, May 13, 2007.

  1. BlueSky292

    BlueSky292 Notebook Geek

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    Can I expect a Windows installation done through Parallels or BootCamp to destabilize my future MacBook? I am returning an HP dv9000t for a MacBook Pro but would like to run a few Windows programs I have purchased. My concern is that having Widnows anywhere on the MacBook Pro will have a long-term destabilizing effect or otherwise make it vumnerable to acting like a problematic Windows machine. I do not want to lose the stability inherent to OSX.
     
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  2. sp00n

    sp00n Notebook Deity

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    Use Parallels. That way if your Windows gets hosed with viruses, you can just easily create a new Windows image. You also don't have to restart your computer under Parallel.
     
    sp00n, May 13, 2007
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    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    Your Windows partition will have no effect on your OS X partition. If you Windows partition becomes messed up, simply get rid of it. Your OS X partition will remain unchanged.
     
    Budding, May 13, 2007
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    When using boot camp you can set windows to have or not have access to your Mac partition. I would recommend you not let it have access to prevent any virus's from getting into your Mac files.

    You can also use both at the same time. I have a 15 GB boot camp partition and I also have parallels booting from that.
     
    system_159, May 13, 2007
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  5. M@lew

    M@lew Notebook Evangelist

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    You can have both but it really depends what you want to do. If it's 3D or resource demanding things get Boot Camp. Otherwise Parallels. But remember you can use your Boot Camp partition with Parallels.
     
    M@lew, May 13, 2007
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    jnev Notebook Guru

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    how do I do that? I looked for an option but couldn't find it...
     
    jnev, May 15, 2007
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  7. system_159

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    Choose Custom as your set up option(instead of typical) and just continue on until you get to the origin option. Then choose Boot Camp.
     
    system_159, May 15, 2007
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  8. jnev

    jnev Notebook Guru

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    boot camp is greyed out for me... why is this? instead of windows I have ubuntu installed andwould like to run that in parallels, is that possible? or does it have to be windows?
     
    jnev, May 16, 2007
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  9. system_159

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    For Linux you have to use Parallels, and only parallels. I wouldn't be surprised if Linux was supported with bootcamp in leopard, though.
     
    system_159, May 16, 2007
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  10. KelchM

    KelchM Notebook Evangelist

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    Are you guys really that paranoid about virus's on windows?

    Except for rare occasions [Blaster was], its not that bad. I haven't had a virus on any of my personal systems in like 6 years.
     
    KelchM, May 16, 2007
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  11. jnev

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    I already have linux running with bootcamp... I was just wondering if it was possible to boot that partition through parallels in os x, the way you can with windows.
     
    jnev, May 16, 2007
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