Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => The Coffee Corner => Topic started by: Paul2660 on July 20, 2006, 04:25:00 pm
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Anyone using boot camp on a mac book pro?
If so, any issues?, and how well does it actually work?
Thanks
PFC
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It works as advertised. Turns an Intel Mac for all practical purposes into a Windows PC. The only downside is that you have to reboot.
But in my opinion Paralells is a better solution. It allows you to run Windows XP and Mac OS X simultaniously, and flip back and forth between them.
Michael
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Parallels does indeed seem to be the best solution, and it's fairly cheap, too.
But if you're still interested in BootCamp, see here:
http://wiki.onmac.net/index.php/BootCamp (http://wiki.onmac.net/index.php/BootCamp)
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My brother has been using Bootcamp on his MacBook without any hitch for game playing. I have to say it was simpler to install windows on the Mac than any PC I've done since the program prompts you to burn a disc with all needed software and up to date drivers. The only downside is there is no support for right-clicking without a mouse or third-party hacks.
Parallels is a better solution IMHO if you don't need to do any work involving the video card as hardware acceleration seems to be non-existant.
Ars has a review. (http://arstechnica.com/reviews/apps/parallels.ars)