Hi Jim, No, Apple's Bootcamp software doesn't work that way. Windows 7 is not being emulated on his Mac. What Bootcamp basically does is allow a Mac user to resize his/her hard drive to make Mac OS X run side by side with Windows. The user then installs Windows 7 etc on that free partition and then is allowed to select Windows 7 or Mac OS when the computer starts. That way Windows 7 essentually runs as though it was on a standard PC because it is not being virtualized. For example, I have a similar setup on my Compaq notebook with Windows 7 32bit and Ubuntu Linux 10. I installed Windows 7 to the hard drive, and then resized the main partition to roughly half the size of the drive, created free space for another operating system, and then installed Ubuntu Linux 10 to that free partition on my hard drive using its own file system etc. Since Linux comes with a boot manager, Grub, I installed that to the master boot record so now when I push the power button to start my laptop I get a menu with an option to start Windows 7 or Ubuntu 10. Neither operating system is emulated or virtualized, and are physically installed to the machine natively just using separate partitions of the hard drive. Mac's Bootcamp works basically the same way. Now, what Window 7's XP mode is basically Windows XP being run in Virtual PC. It is slow, sluggish, memory intensive, etc. It really doesn't work very well at all because it is being virtualized/emulated.
On 7/14/10, Jim Kitchen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Josh, > > So does that mean that you are trying to get my games to run on a Mac that > is emulating Windows 7 64 bit? > > Maybe that is the problem. Maybe the files from WinKit are not getting > installed like they would on a real PC running real Windows 7. Or that they > are not able to be used correctly in the emulator. > > BFN --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
