On Mar 30, 2007, at 4:46 PM, Cotty wrote: > what I was getting at was that it is possible to install a Windows > version on a Mac. Exactly why one would want a Mac *and* Windows > versions on the same computer is beyond me, but nevertheless it is > possible, no?
You can install a Windows version of an application onto an Apple Intel system running Windows XP operating system, yet, but you can't run a Windows install with Mac OS X running (unless you're doing something like Parallels). > Shortly I will be buying a MacBook Pro 17 inch with Final Cut Studio > (which is Mac only). One of the things I want to be able to do is to > install some Windows-only software (Avid NewsCutter) so that one of my > colleagues would be able to use NewsCutter (for which they have been > trained) if necessary. I use FCP, so would stick to that. > > Godders, I gather that 10.5 will not be able to dual-boot natively, is > this true? So will I be able to boot up into Windows using Boot > Camp or > Parallels and achieve my aims? No idea. I'm well behind the curve on 10.5, haven't done any research on it at all. Boot Camp as it exists today is a beta that installs on 10.4.x and requires a Windows XP SP2 installation ... I thought 10.5 was going to have Boot Camp built in, but haven't followed the game at all. I'm still running PowerPC dinosaurs, eh? ;-) G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
