After realizing that I hadn't booted directly into Windows in over a year, but rather just launched from a Fusion session, I decided to convert the BC partition into a VM and use it exclusively in that way.
I thought I'd find a valid need for the dual-boot scenario, but for my uses, it turns out I really don't require the hardware-level horsepower offered that way. This includes some db-intensive apps that I thought may require a little more "oomph" than the BC-Fusion combo offered.
What did I lose? Not much, really. Well, the need to enter an admin password every time I wanted to launch Fusion using the BC partition.
What did I gain? About 20GB net back from restoring my BC partition to the Mac--I had a 60GB BC partition and was using up about 40GB of it for the XP install. Also, lots of time. As a pure VM, the XP instance is substantially quicker and more responsive, particularly on bootup. One could even say, "snappier."
I think Boot Camp is a terrific capability, and I may find a use for it sometime in the future, but for now I'm happier with the way things are. More net drive space, and backup strategies are simpler: no more WinClone!
I thought I'd find a valid need for the dual-boot scenario, but for my uses, it turns out I really don't require the hardware-level horsepower offered that way. This includes some db-intensive apps that I thought may require a little more "oomph" than the BC-Fusion combo offered.
What did I lose? Not much, really. Well, the need to enter an admin password every time I wanted to launch Fusion using the BC partition.
What did I gain? About 20GB net back from restoring my BC partition to the Mac--I had a 60GB BC partition and was using up about 40GB of it for the XP install. Also, lots of time. As a pure VM, the XP instance is substantially quicker and more responsive, particularly on bootup. One could even say, "snappier."
I think Boot Camp is a terrific capability, and I may find a use for it sometime in the future, but for now I'm happier with the way things are. More net drive space, and backup strategies are simpler: no more WinClone!