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Bootcamp: Vista, XP Pro, or XP Home
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I switched to vista and never looked back, so I'll be installing vista on mine. I hope the drivers are provided so the install will be easy
I have actually enjoyed Vista on my bootcamp partition. Shhhhhh don't tell the fanboys on here.
That being said I still prefer OS X much much better. Vista isn't nearly as bad as some have you believe though. MS has made some updates to make it more stable and much better also.
100% agree on the Office 2007 for Windows. I really like it and I have used both iWork (which I still have on my Macbook) and Office for Mac (which I didn't care for). I much prefer Office 2007 for Windows.
Yes, but finding the drivers is another story, especially with the multi-touch trackpad.
So office 2007 is not compatible with XP? I was thinking of installing XP instead of Vista in bootcamp (Vista pushed me over the edge to buy my first mac one year before I intended to)
But MacBooks & MacBook Pros use 32 bit processors right? and they are still able to run 64bit vista?
Vista. It's 2008, and there's absolutely no reason for any average user to be using XP anymore. Use Vista and Office 2007, and you'll have the latest version of OneNote, which is really nice.
Yes, Vista had some compatibility issues when first released, but so did XP, 98, 95, Leopard, Tiger and Panther. Since SP1, it's been near flawless, just like Leopard has performed great since 10.5.2.
Yes, Vista had some compatibility issues when first released, but so did XP, 98, 95, Leopard, Tiger and Panther. Since SP1, it's been near flawless, just like Leopard has performed great since 10.5.2.
Vista has never been bad. The problem was it was over-hyped by some, including Microsoft. Frankly, the trouble was too many people believed Vista to be a revolution, and not the evolution it really is. It does have some really great new features and a far more mature kernel design, but, coming from XP, it's simply "the next step." It's not a revolution the way 3.1 -> 95 was. It's more like 95 -> 98.
ok, i understand
but... it was just funny seeing you say no one should be using xp now, but still stick to 2007 office
hehe
I remember that there wasn't support for tap to click n the plastic MBs. Multi touch is a hundred times more complex than tap to click. Can anyone confirm if the multi touch (if any at all) works? this includes tap to click, swiping, rotating, etc, especially since there is no trackpad button anymore.
The first gen gen of MBs and MBPs used 32-bit, the later ones use 64-bit.
There's a reason if some programs you use still won't run on Vista, and never will. There's a lot of people out there, myself included.
And Vista doesn't really have enough benefits for me (if at all) for the loss in speed in relation to XP SP3.
T minus 30 minutes until Mosx swoops in.....lol
Hey, I don't mean to shift off topic but I have a quick question. I will be getting my first mac really soon and am wondering how I can transfer my iTunes from my PC to my new macbook? I have wireless internet so could I do it over that? Thanks!