Boot Camp - Mac

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Is there any pros and cons to the Boot Camp for Mac?
Reviews? Being free, is it that good?
Why not Parallels? How much space does BootCamp actually take?
Any info or website where I can find out?

Thanks.
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[Lemur]

Boot Camp is free, Parallels is not. Boot Camp gives you a true dual-boot situation, whereas Parallels gives you OS virtualization (you can have a Windows window open within OS X, in other words). Boot camp is suitable for gaming, Parallels is not (it can't take advantage of your video acceleration, for instance).

Here's a comparison of the two apps.

Here's another.

And another.

[SCRIBE]

Ah thanks Lemur.
I shall look into it.

[Banquo's Ghost]

As suggested in PM, you might find this thread useful.

[SCRIBE]

Ah I thank ye BQ.

The thread you created, and the steps in installing Boot Camp successfully, will it be the same steps on my Mac OS X V 10.4.7? Its the new Macs that just came out.

By the way, did you install any Windows Defender, AVG anti spyware, Service Packs 1 and 2, Symantec anti-virus onto the Windows part?

[Banquo's Ghost]

Ah I thank ye BQ.

The thread you created, and the steps in installing Boot Camp successfully, will it be the same steps on my Mac OS X V 10.4.7? Its the new Macs that just came out.

By the way, did you install any Windows Defender, AVG anti spyware, Service Packs 1 and 2, Symantec anti-virus onto the Windows part?

As long as your Mac is an Intel Mac (which it appears to be) you'll be fine.

Your Windows partition is as vulnerable to viruses as a straight Win machine, so yes, you should install all necessary protections like AV etc.

You can only install Windows XP SP2 complete on the Boot Camp partition, so the service packs will be up to date.