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What's the best alternative to using BootCamp?

Thread starter Cjshino
Start date Dec 14, 2012
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2012Tony2012

macrumors 6502a

Jan 28, 2013

#26

TheRealDamager said:
Yes - according to Apple, XP isn't supported in Bootcamp. There - it's now been said for the 3rd or 4th time.

So is that why the bootcamp partition doesn't show up when XP reboots to install?

NbinHD

macrumors 6502

Jan 28, 2013

#27

Stetrain said:
If you want to play games then you really need to use Bootcamp. Bootcamp will let you install Windows on a portion of your internal drive, you don't need an external.

The alternative to Bootcamp is to use Virtual Machine software, like Parallels or Fusion, but virtual machines are really not going to give you good game performance.

What if i wanted to use Microsoft Office? What would be better, bootcamp or Parallels 8?

TheRealDamager

macrumors 65816

Jan 28, 2013

#28

NbinHD said:
What if i wanted to use Microsoft Office? What would be better, bootcamp or Parallels 8?

Either will work.

Stetrain

macrumors 68040

Jan 28, 2013

#29

NbinHD said:
What if i wanted to use Microsoft Office? What would be better, bootcamp or Parallels 8?

I would recommend Parallels in that case, that way you don't have to reboot just to use Office.

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