Don't know. Don't like office but I'm sure it would run okay. On 22-Jul-09, at 10:31 AM, James & Nash wrote:
> > Thanks Matt. Can you run office 2003 okay though? > > Thanks > > james > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matthew Campbell" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 2:04 PM > Subject: Re: Virtualizing on MacBook Pro > > >> >> Hey James. >> I worked at a mac shop and the tech there told me to use 768 mb or >> ram >> for xp. He said that he seems to get th best performance with that >> amount. I'm using fusion hear with 768 ram and I get not too bad >> performance but I wouldn't want to be running anything real intense. >> >> Matt. >> On 22-Jul-09, at 8:57 AM, James & Nash wrote: >> >>> >>> thanks Scott, I'll look into Bootcamp then >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Scott Chesworth" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 11:48 AM >>> Subject: Re: Virtualizing on MacBook Pro >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Hi James, >>>> >>>> Virtualising does the job for most things, although once the >>>> novelty >>>> wore off I started to find the slight lag in performance >>>> irritating. >>>> If I was doing something where I needed both OS's to be available >>>> to >>>> use simultaneously I used to split the ram right down the middle. >>>> For >>>> more intensive tasks in Windows where you're not also relying on >>>> Leopard being smooth to use I'd assign 1.5gb to Windows for the >>>> duration of what needed to be done. >>>> >>>> In the end however, I install boot camp and tend to use that for >>>> any >>>> remaining Windows stuff I need to do purely because the performance >>>> hit virtualisation had and the slightly better driver support in >>>> boot >>>> camp won me over. For me, most of what I'm in Windows for now is >>>> music/audio creation and editing, some fairly intensive stuff for >>>> any >>>> computer, so your mileage may vary. >>>> >>>> hth >>>> Scott >>>> >>>> On 7/22/09, James & Nash <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>> >>>>> This is a question for those on the list who use their MBps to run >>>>> Windows. >>>>> When I get my new Mac, I will need to run Windows for my new >>>>> potential >>>>> job. >>>>> How does the 2GB of RAM do the job and how much of the GD do you >>>>> generally >>>>> give up to the virtualization software? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> James >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
