mac running windows
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- effour
anyone running windows on a mac?
i'm thinking of getting a mac book and want to utlize the ability to run both os's.
Can you share files between os's?
Thanks!
-effour
- ribit0
start here:
http://www.parallels.com/en/prod…
- ribit0
or here:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/boot…Parallels works fine... no drag n drop between environents yet, but you can share folders in several ways
- effour0
thx!
- Engage0
bootcamp is better in my opinion... i think you can share fiels easier if you set up the hard drive correctly in the first place from theoptions available... not a problem if you're using an external though
- akoni0
bootcamp = much more stable
- subversve0
if you're getting a macbook, then bootcamp will work well. if you're getting a macbook pro, you should sick with parallels, as the ati video card driver in the mbp has a weird dithering effect in bootcamp (hopefully, it will get fixed in the final release of bootcamp).
- Engage0
never knew that... glad i have the blackbook
- effour0
awesome....thx for the feedback...i'll be buying a macbook pro...
i'm almost ready to make the switch...
- ephix0
i run bootcamp on an imac, can only see windows files in osx, but no osx files in windows. also i run hl2 with no problems. only game i've tried.
- 10mtl0
parallels on a macbook pro works really well. just make sure you have 2 gigs of ram.
- tkmeister0
i was installing windows using bootcamp but when it got to the win install, the keyboard stopped working and i couldn't install. i guess i need more recent window install disk...
- caseyc0
I'm running bootcamp on an mbp and love it (although I use windows 99.5% of the time). I see the dithering issue on the built in display but not on my external lcd. In my opinion this app is a must have:
http://www.mediafour.com/product…
It makes the mac hd partition as well as any other mac formatted external drive, ipod etc read/writeable in windows and works seamlessly.