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    bootcamp/parallels, how does it actually work?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by claremont, Jun 12, 2006.

  1. claremont

    claremont Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am about to buy a macbook pro and have a couple questions about running xp programs. I will be running the max os 90% of the time but I definitely plan on using some windows stuff.

    Do I have to buy windows to install it with boot camp?

    I will have a certain % of the hard drive for each option, but how hard is it to transfer stuff between them? I assume that I will have to worry about protecting the XP part from spyware/antivirus? Will it be just like having a windows laptop with 30gb (or so) of HD space? I am getting a system with 2gb of ram, how is ram allocated? will 1gb go to xp and 1 to os or something like that?

    Just a few questions about how it actually ends up working, I am sold on the comp and it is in my price range. Thanks.
     
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  2. Amol

    Amol APH! NBR Reviewer

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    Yes,you need to have your own legit copy of Windows XP (Pro/Home,doesn't matter). I did install OS X on a windows machine,and I could transfer files w/o any trouble. So it should be the same the other way round too. Once windows is loaded,it'll be really really similar to a windows machine,with how much hard disk space you have allocated and stuff. To teh best of my knowledge if you're running windows you'll get 2GB of RAM for windows. If you're running OS X you'd get 2GB of RAM for that. Logically,you can't have both of them booted at once.

    3 links to give you a fair idea on what you'll be getting into:
    http://www.gamespot.com/features/6147437/index.html?q=Boot Camp
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boot_Camp
    http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1947614,00.asp
     
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    gridtalker Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yes you have to buy a copy
     
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    sangnom Notebook Enthusiast

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    And Parallels is the opposite of that, you will always have OSX booted with Parallels, and Windows will be loaded up inside of a window. If Parallels is anything like VMWare you'll be able to customize the amount of hard drive space and RAM that is allocated to each system, the real OSX system and the virtual Windows partition.
     
    sangnom, Jun 12, 2006
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