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Leopard dual boot option

Nov 13, 2007 7:23PM PST

I've heard that the new Mac OS let you install secondary OS along with Leopard.Is there anybody out there that tried this already? Till I may receive a Macbook pro for free I wanna know that can I have XP as my second OS or not & if yes does XP recognise all of the Mac hardware cuz I don't think I can get drivers anywhere for XP.
Thanx

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My reaction is...
Nov 13, 2007 11:09PM PST

Wow, where have you been? The Apple will come with all the required media to load Macosx plus BOOTCAMP will help you create the needed driver CD.

Sorry if my wow thought offends you but it's what my reaction is.

Bob

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Nov 14, 2007 1:47AM PST

Thanks a lot for the quite fast response That makes me feel much better cuz I have lots of programs that doesn't work with Mac like 3ds max & ... also I found out programs like Maya & other powerful 3d softwares work much more stable on Windows (My Opinion)
Hmm... by the way is it some kind of Mission Impossible 4 to install XP on Mac cuz of lots of rumours about Leopard installation issues.
PS:Sry I've been busy for around 1 year studying 3D animation but good to be back to life again ~.O

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"lots of rumours about Leopard installation issues."
Nov 14, 2007 1:50AM PST

It's like that rumor that Windows is going away?

Bob

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The blue screen of birth got my iMac
Nov 14, 2007 6:05AM PST

so the rumors are true in some cases. I fixed the problem once I got it, though now my MBP shows a blue screen for a little under 30 seconds or so before going to my login window. At least once I login, everything loads in the blink of an eye Wink (wow it does load! LOL). That said, installation is easy and straightforward: get rid of the languages (unless you speak other ones) and printer drivers, and you only need 6-7GB of space to install. Press the blue button and it does it.

Running Boot Camp is easy from what I've heard. I don't use it since I already have XP machines, but it is useful for keeping everything in one place. I think it would be more logical to run it on a desktop but it will work on a laptop. Just get a big HD for the partitions. And if Windows went away... we'd be screwed and as a Mac user, I'm not afraid to admit it. Office is great and most things are built upon MS stuff.

Though it wouldn't hurt to remove all of the MS/virus plagued machines Happy. Then we can beef up Leopard and there will be less incidents. If only it were that easy.
-BMF

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True
Nov 14, 2007 10:20PM PST

To tell you the truth I prefer not even have dual boot systems.
I have 2 PCs + 1 Mac mini + 1 Laptop(Win Base) non of them have more than 1 OS but till I get a Mac book Pro which is really nice powerful machine & I need to carry some soft wares with me which don't have Mac version(& they are quite expensive) I have no choice but to get Win installed on my system. Grin

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Dual booting causes issues in some cases.
Nov 15, 2007 7:50AM PST

It is a pain to run two systems on one HD, unless you get some HP laptop with two HDs inside. Partitioning drives can limit space and proves to be annoying. The fact is, you shouldn't need dual booting unless you have a Mac that uses Classic or if you have Boot Camp. I wouldn't recommend putting Windows on a Mac laptop. Even with the new 250GB HDs (I wish I had one so bad!), it's a pain. Running VMWare or Parallels is different, but Parallels can boot off of part of the Boot Camp partition...

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You need MacDrive
Nov 19, 2007 4:15AM PST

Neither Windows nor Vista can read a Mac formatted hard drive.
They can share a drive that's FAT32 but I recommend MacDrive: http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive/
It makes all the Mac HDs read and writable.

What I do with my MacBook Pro is split the HD 70 30 with the 70 going to the Mac because I'm mainly Mac but you can go the other way favoring Windows or Vista. I only keep the programs on the MacBook Pro and necessary documents. All my work is on external HDs.

This method should work for you too.

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Correct
Nov 19, 2007 5:57PM PST

ya having 2 OS is just to be able to get benefit from both kinda softwares that only work on Mac or PC

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You will love it.
Nov 19, 2007 4:34AM PST

I switched to Mac a little over a year ago and have upgraded to Leopard. I had all kinds of fears that I wouldn't find the software I needed and was worried about the dual boot. I put XP on through Bootcamp and have since switched to Parallels to run XP. It used my Bootcamp installation and everything went without a hitch. The only problem I have now is justifying the use of XP. I find myself rarely using XP anymore because I use the Mac side most of the time. Oh why did I wait so long to switch to Mac?