Boot Camp - Mac

[SCRIBE]

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.
-SCRIBE-

[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.

[Lemur]

You're in luck, Boot Camp just got updated.

[Papewaio]

Boot camp is free, but you still need an appropriately licensed copy of windows XP sp2.

I suppose a computer running MAC, parrallels and bootcamp may be overkill but it would allow for a computer that does graphics, MS programs and video games in the best environment for each.

[Xiahou]

Boot camp is free, but you still need an appropriately licensed copy of windows XP sp2.

I guess it just shows that MS made a good investment in Apple- now they're actually getting the Mac faithful to buy copies of their OS.

"Im buying an Apple- take that M$! ...now I just need to run out and buy a copy of Windows."

[BDC]

I guess it just shows that MS made a good investment in Apple- now they're actually getting the Mac faithful to buy copies of their OS.

"Im buying an Apple- take that M$! ...now I just need to run out and buy a copy of Windows."

Yes, makes you wonder why Apple don't do the same thing...

[satchef1]

Yes, makes you wonder why Apple don't do the same thing...

Maybe this has something to do with it;

Apple Store - £1350
2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1GB RAM, 128MB NVidia 7300GT, 250GB Hard Drive

Mesh Computers - £950
2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 256MB NVidia 7600GT, 320GB Hard Drive

How many people would buy the first PC if they could install OS X on the second one?

[SCRIBE]

Well, I'm planning to just play games on the XP side right, and leave all the necessary work and online such and such on my Mac's side.
So therefore I can avoid the dangers of viruses and infections that plagued my Windows comp.
Is that a good move to make you think?
Or is it still necessary to download AVG antispyware and all those stuff on the XP side regardless if I'm only gonna use it for games?

[Lemur]

Your PC boot will be just as vulnerable as any other PC install, so at the very least you should load AVG Free and SpywareBlaster. And your Windows install should be fully updated. SP2 and all of that.

[SCRIBE]

Ah thanks Lemur, so its that vulnerable eh...wow...even if i'm just gonna play games on the thing?!?!

I'm still trying to get all the people's opinion before I chose to download BootCamp.
Its a new Mac (Intel), and I want to take care of it. Thats why Im very cautious on doing something like BootCamp.

[Lemur]

The two most popular ways for infecting a PC are browsing with IE and receiving email with Outlook Express. If you avoid those two activities, you'll cut down the chances of your Windows partition getting something nasty by factors. Nevertheless, you should update the Windows install (it's not hard to do) and install some free protection, such as AVG. With minimal precautions a Windows install will be fine.