XP on a MAC
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- jasontroj0
From what I know from friends that have done this. It will partition your drive, so I think it could effect it the same way in which it would a PC machine. But those programs cannot effect your OSX partition. At least that's the way I understood it.
Hope that helps.
- JSK0
i just installed it.. wow its fast..
running OSX and XP at the same time and no glitches so far.. i wonder how you transfer files etc
- arseni0
Hm, interesting... what if a virus formats the whole drive, will it kill a mac as well? There can be many partitions on one drive.
Also, i wonder why it doesn't improve XP since many claims about instability of XP are due to conflicting hardware.
- JSK0
unless you use parelle, you need to reboot to start on xp
so yes if you get a virus that kills your hd, it will kill everythign
- cacoe0
really though, how many viruses actually format everything? know anyone thats had this happen to them? i don't...
that's not to say it won't happen but its unlikely. most of the common threats like spyware, adware etc will be confined to XP.
- JSK0
i had a quite a few of the HD damanging ones.
the nastiest ones are the ones that actually destroys hardware.
- acescence0
i find that most hazards can be avoided by simply not logging in as an admin unless you're actually doing admin stuff
- cacoe0
Ok, get a virus scanner and all your worries are gone.
- jamble0
jamble's an apologist! lynch him!
:E
paraselene
(Mar 9 07, 02:17)*runs from mactards*
*turns round after 4 meters to find they're all out of breath*
- JSK0
i find that most hazards can be avoided by simply not logging in as an admin unless you're actually doing admin stuff
acescence
(Mar 8 07, 17:36)thats actually a good point.
- arseni0
I'm not that worried about viruses that format hard drives... i mean, it's not why i started the thread. I'm just curious how all this works.
- Milan0
I got Bootcamp running here too. Try comparing a complex Flash site in OSX and WinXP, it runs 10x faster in XP!
- mimeartist0
Biggest noob thread i've ever seen...
- ldww0
if you get a virus that reformats your hard drive now a days your doing something seriously wrong.
don't be dumb, get anti virus and anti-spyware if you get windows.
- jpea0
Biggest noob thread i've ever seen...
mimeartist
(Mar 9 07, 06:44)ditto. almost to the point of funny. (but sad).
- trevedda0
I'm on a MacBookPro at the moment running win XP in bootcamp. It works pretty much the same as running XP on any computer. I have anti-virus running. I have 50:50 win/mac on my hard drive. I've had small issues with odd things not working but I think they were down to drivers (digital camera). I had a major issue with a memory stick as well which screwed the installation - but again its now semi sorted ( I don't use the memory stick).
I have fastest MacBookPro with 3GB RAM - xp runs like lightening (PS/ILL/FLASH etc). Some issues with configuring dual monitors - but again google and persistance won through. Bootcamp is still beta but overall I'm 80% happy - I still feel the set up is non standard so I'm never sure if problems are my fault/win XP/or the MacBookPro so I guess it adds another level of complexity to maintaining ones system properly.
I also have parallels on the MAC OS - works well for testing.
- mydo0
trev you must have much spare time!
- jamble0
I've heard some crazy windows users have this thing called a "Virus checker" installed on their machines and they don't have any problems. It's madness I know.
- paraselene0
jamble's an apologist! lynch him!
:E
- moldero0
good question.
i only use XP on my mac to test work ive done myself, so no risk for me.