Long time mac user, never booted up windows on my mac. When new MPB's come out, going to try it for the first time (with boot camp) for some PC gaming. Probably graphic intensive games like Orange Box, Call of Duty 4, etc.
Looking into purchasing a Windows license and wasn't sure if Vista or XP was better for gaming.
Also curious what I should expect to pay for a windows license -- non-upgrade (since I've never owned windows before).
Most of the non-upgrade versions on newegg seem to be over 200 bucks. There's gotta be a cheaper way.... i hope.
I am not sure about pricing, I already have a copy of Vista and XP for my bootcamp/parallels setup. As for gaming, it seems that if you want to play most games XP will be fine. Though if you wanted to play, lets say Halo3 on a non-console, you will have to get Vista. I would imagine that most games will eventually move to Vista, or have Vista support. Most of the games I have looked into, are still playable on XP. Halo3 is the only one I was interested in playing without a console, and it required Vista.
Go get a list of all the games your playing, and find their developers. If their developers are stating they are moving in the direction of Vista, bite the bullet, and get Vista (something higher than home/basic though). If the games/developers of games that your into, seems to not be moving to Vista, then a purchase of XP would be best, as it will allow you to do what you want right now, and not cost too much money.
Also, remember some developers are coming out with games on OS X. Look into those also.
Personally, the games that I enjoy seem to be on the Xbox360 and Wii (I have kids and we enjoy playing the sport games together on the Wii) right now. Halo3 was the only one I even looked into when it came out for PC.
