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    XP or Vista for bootcamp...

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by hehe299792458, Nov 27, 2008.

  1. hehe299792458

    hehe299792458 Notebook Deity

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    If I already install Vista on a bootcamp partition, should I just use that for Parallels or should I install XP on it (since XP has a smaller footprint, and is therefore, more efficient for virtualization)?
     
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  2. Colton

    Colton Also Proudly American

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    I'd go with XP because it uses less of the system resources and therefore is more efficient and faster for a virtual machine.
     
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    qhn Notebook User

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    I am running Vista with VMWare Fusion with no issue in performance nor resources issues

    cheers ...
     
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    I'd guess that supposing you are planning on playing games or something hardware intensive with bootcamp, I *think* XP is the way to go since it's less of a resource hog. And I've heard stories of how XP would be 5-10fps increase in certain games vs using Vista. Then there are other people who beg to differ, but I think that to be safe, just stick with XP.
     
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