Bootcamp: Vista, XP Pro, or XP Home

[cdhfootball]

what does 64 and 128 bit mean?

 

[budkid]

NEW QUESTION..without making another thread...

Which version of Vista do you use???

 

[XPcentric]

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.

Can anyone confirm I can use the multi touch/trackpad when installing XP on the new Macbook, or do you ever have to use a mouse ?

I plan to buy my first MAC soon.

There are listed some disadvantages and comparison chart between installing Windows via bootcamp or Virtual Machine here:
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2990&article=Apple+Bootcamp+versus+Parallels
Can you confirm ?

 

[jabbermacy]

Vista. It's 2008, and there's absolutely no reason for any average user to be using XP anymore.

Just got my first new mac in TEN years (yes, been to the darkside for a long while). On my new macbook plat. I tried Vista -- good performance but BIG footprint. XP gives me a smaller install and equal or better performance. Plus you can't install catia on Vistax32 anyway.

For small install and running just a few apps in Windows, XP still rocks AFAIK.

(ps. I won't be spending much time in windows as I'm really loving OSX, BTW 😉

 

[jabbermacy]

Can anyone confirm I can use the multi touch/trackpad when installing XP on the new Macbook, or do you ever have to use a mouse ?

I plan to buy my first MAC soon.

There are listed some disadvantages and comparison chart between installing Windows via bootcamp or Virtual Machine here:
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2990&article=Apple+Bootcamp+versus+Parallels
Can you confirm ?

Yes you can use the trackpad.

 

[jabbermacy]

NEW QUESTION..without making another thread...

Which version of Vista do you use???

If you check bootcamp PDF you see Vista32 is supported -- vista x64 you need to google around for drivers and check other forum posts.

 

[rushmere]

I'm planning on sticking with XP.

It's less resource hungry, and Vista has zero benefits for me.