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MikeRDar
Dec 2, 2007, 07:36 PM
Hey folks,
After a prolonged jaunt to the dark side, I have finally returned to the light :apple:with a 15" MBPro, 2.4ghz, 4gb ram, 160gb hardrive, etc.:D

I'm looking to set up bootcamp/windows exclusively for some high performance games (BF2142 to be specific) that are not running well under cider. So which version should I go for... XP home? XP pro? Vista (insert one of many ridiculous versions here)? :confused:

It'll need internet access and peripherals for games. Not a whole lot else though I hope, I want to keep it very bare bones for speed, and I don't want to have to make a very large partition.

Thanks!



mrkramer
Dec 3, 2007, 01:09 AM
unless your games require Vista to run go with XP it will be faster than Vista.

Fleetwood Mac
Dec 3, 2007, 01:09 PM
For gaming I'd suggest XP Pro (needs to be SP2).

cohibadad
Dec 3, 2007, 01:28 PM
unless there is some Vista only feature you need (which I can't think of any) XP is the only way to go IMO.

Muncher
Dec 3, 2007, 11:04 PM
Another vote for XP. I'm going to get Vista on the hopes that the drivers will magically improve, but until then, XP is faster.