do I need bootcamp?

[crkirkwood]

I just loaded XP on my mac laptop, without bootcamp. Most everything seems fine so far except I can't create any wireless network. And there are several devices under device manager that are in error. Is this the reason for running bootcamp? Also, do I need to install bootcamp and then re-install xp, or can I load bootcamp without reloading XP? (I assume the prior).

Thanks,

Clayton

 

[simsaladimbamba]

You don't need Windows running via BC, unless you want to take advantage of all the hardware, like graphic intensive games for example.
Why do you need to create wireless networks via Windows?

http://guides.macrumors.com/Booting_Windows_on_the_Mac

 

[crkirkwood]

Well, it seems to me that windows is mostly useless if I can't get on the internet. I need to use the Mac's wireless network to do this in my environment. So, do I need to use BC to do this? I have gotten tired of the slow Parallels' response with only 2GB max, and do most of my work anymore on Windoze.

Clayton

 

[jordanr1186]

can't hurt to try

I am running bootcamp with windows xp sp3. As far as I know, it pulls together all the correct drivers you would need(even though some things are still a bit wonky(audio/recording)).

Here is talk about my problems with it. Not sure if you can actually un-install bootcamp easily after you install it. I know it's possible, but I would not know how to do it.

 

[Darth.Titan]

You just need to insert your Snow Leopard install disc to install the drivers for your hardware. Everything should be groovy after you do that.

 

[zwodubber]

You just need to insert your Snow Leopard install disc to install the drivers for your hardware. Everything should be groovy after you do that.

This should work, but I have not done it without running the bootcamp assistant