I have set up quite a few Mac OSx Leopard machines with Boot Camp and Win XP SP2. I can tell you this, I have found that the Mac with an Intel CPU runs XP SP2 every bit as great as the best WinTel PCs I have ever dealt with. There was one report a while ago stating the best machine to run Windows XP on was, a Mac with the Intel CPU!
That said, one may tire of having to do selective bootups into one OS or the other after a while. I have used both VMWare and Parallels so I can run XP under Mac, and for the most part it works well. For some really unusual Windows apps thee are some Function Keys that just do not pass Escape Sequences to an RS232 or Telnet session, so I ended up licensing PowerTerm to run Telnet sessions under Mac natively. If I do boot into straight Win XP, however, those Funky Function Key issues disappear. One word of caution, follow the Boot Camp installation word for word, and do not try to use anything toher than an XP Pro SP2 CD, as XP or XP SP1 with an SP2 upgrade will not install correctly, period. Read the insturctions after printing them out, and follow each step precisely. Also, be aware the Time Machine File Backup that works really well under Mac does NOT back up the Windows partition. You need to handle that yourself with Windows software (SyncBack is great!). As for AntiVirus apps, be sure to get one for the Windows partition, as the Max OS will not do anything to save you from Windows threats if you are running Windows matively or as a virtual machine. IMHO you need not waste your money for any Mac AntiVirus <g>. Ed Leafe may want to weigh in on that opinion. He has far more experience with Macs than I do, but I am gaining ground every week (look out Ed! heh-eh). Finally, be sure to have no less than 2Gb RAM if you think there is any possibility of running XP under Mac. More is better. Good luck, and ENJOY. You will never look back with regret. Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ajoy Khaund > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 10:01 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [NF] Mac with Boot Camp & XP > > > Hi All, > > Has any of you have a mac and using boot camp to use XP ? > > Mac's are much cheaper now in India and I am planning to buy a > laptop so I thought I will take your opinion. > > Thankz > > Ajoy Khaund > Neamati Road > Near Bhogdoi Bridge > Jorhat 785 001 > Assam, India > > Tel: 91-376-2351288 > Cell: 91-94350-92287 > Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if > both are frozen." > - Edward V. Berard, "Life-Cycle Approaches" > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
