Long-time windows user ever so close to getting my Macbook Pro for university. I just have a few questions I was hoping the friendly people here would answer before I make the purchase (none of these are deal breakers - more like things that would be nice to have). Here goes:
1) Once I have my Macbook, I'll be moving my old desktop to my basement. When I first started notebook shopping, I expected to get a Vista unit and use the old machine as a file server. However, now I'm wondering - can a notebook running OSX read folders being shared over a network by a Windows machine? Or is there no communication between the two?
2) Bootcamp, Parallels, and VMWare... first a question for all three: Is there ANY performance hit from any as opposed to running Windows XP (Or Vista) on an independant machine? I assume no fot bootcamp, but I'm not sure about the other two.
3) Bootcamp/Parallels/VMware part two: What's the best option for the occasional gaming? Can I rely on Parallels or VMWare to deliver 3D performance or should I just Bootcamp into Vista?
4) Part Three: Can an OS installed under Parallels ALSO be loaded through Bootcamp or vice versa? Or do I have to rely solely on one solution?
*edit* 5) Would you recommend upgrading the RAM if I want to run both OSs in parallels? If so, what should I go to? I'm thinking 3GB, but I'm not sure if that will cut it.
Oh, and I'm typing this from the newly released Windows version of Safari
Buh-bye Firefox, you're not the prettiest girl on the block anymore...
1) Once I have my Macbook, I'll be moving my old desktop to my basement. When I first started notebook shopping, I expected to get a Vista unit and use the old machine as a file server. However, now I'm wondering - can a notebook running OSX read folders being shared over a network by a Windows machine? Or is there no communication between the two?
2) Bootcamp, Parallels, and VMWare... first a question for all three: Is there ANY performance hit from any as opposed to running Windows XP (Or Vista) on an independant machine? I assume no fot bootcamp, but I'm not sure about the other two.
3) Bootcamp/Parallels/VMware part two: What's the best option for the occasional gaming? Can I rely on Parallels or VMWare to deliver 3D performance or should I just Bootcamp into Vista?
4) Part Three: Can an OS installed under Parallels ALSO be loaded through Bootcamp or vice versa? Or do I have to rely solely on one solution?
*edit* 5) Would you recommend upgrading the RAM if I want to run both OSs in parallels? If so, what should I go to? I'm thinking 3GB, but I'm not sure if that will cut it.
Oh, and I'm typing this from the newly released Windows version of Safari