Req: MAc and windos - gfx elite forums

TheZee12345 · #1 (**permalink**) May 26, 2007, 21:05

can i have Mac and windows in the same PC

xiler8 · #2 (**permalink**) May 29, 2007, 13:47

Not same pc bud. But I am running windows on my macbook pro...no problems. works like a charm.

agorare · #3 (**permalink**) June 11, 2007, 09:39

yes, can but you dont want. is the slowest thing you can image. dont do it if you want to be able to work

Duckie · #4 (**permalink**) September 27, 2007, 22:25

^ The last post seems to be referring to running windows the old way in Virtual PC. That was a dog, slow, horrible and just plain painful.

With the new Intel chip Macs (not the previous Power pc versions ) Windows can be run very well indeed using either Bootcamp, which is a free download from Apple (god bless 'em) or Paralells which costs around $70 US.
With Bootcamp, you choose at each startup which OS to use, with Paralells you open Windows within a 'window' at the same time as OSX is running.
Both systems run well, just make sure you get AT LEAST one Gb of ram.
You'll love it, honest.

pakkoman · #5 (**permalink**) January 25, 2009, 15:27

What about WinXP + MacBookPro 2.4GHz 2Gb RAM?