Hi Mike I did hear that Windows XP is being withdrawn from retailers by Microsoft i.e it's Vista or nothing. Maybe check with someone like Harvey Norman Cheers John
On 5/11/07 6:34 PM, "Susan Hastings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Mike, you would need to check on the minimum space requirements for > Windows XP, but it should be possible if you have 30g free at present. > You won't have much room for an expanding iphoto library on the > Macbook afterwards. > > The good news is that you can use the same installation of Windows > for both Parallels and Bootcamp, at least this was possible with > Bootcamp Beta. The instructions with Parallels will fill you in on > this. I think you use Bootcamp to make your partition, install Windows > on it, then from Parallels choose the Bootcamp partition as the > Windows installation to start up from. > > cheers, Susan. > > > On 05/11/2007, at 5:44 PM, Mike Murray wrote: > >> Hi all >> >> Just bought Leopard, and am thinking about buying Windows XP to run >> with Bootcamp. But Parallels sounds a better idea, as you can run >> both OS at the same time. But it's slower. Hmmm. >> >> Can one copy of XP be used by both Bootcamp and Parallels...Bootcamp >> for the speed if I need it and Parallels for the convenience? >> >> How much hard disk space will I need if I go that way? I've got a >> Macbook which about 30Gb on the hard drive. >> >> Advice welcome. >> >> Cheers >> Mike >> >> >> >> >> Mike Murray and Lesley Silvester >> TimeTrackers >> East Fremantle >> Western Australia >> >> Tel 08 9339 8078 >> Fax 08 9339 0519 >> >> British and Australian genealogical and historical research, >> education, publishing and film-making >> >> www.timetrackers.com.au >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
