I will be attending Miami University next year(Ohio) and for the computer recomendations it says for the business school, (which I will be attending) they recomend a pc because of some programs. They do however say you can run bootcamp if you need to. I was wandering if any of you guys use bootcamp for work purposes or school purposes and how it works. Are there any programs that do not work while using bootcamp? I really want a macbook, but if it cant run certain programs I wont. Also with bootcamp do you have to buy windows for it? Sorry I asked a lot of questions here.
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For clarification, if it will work on a PC with the same specs, it will work on a MacBook under Boot Camp. All of your programs should work fine.
Buying a Macbook just to run Windows on it doesn't make sense on so many levels. If you're actually going to take advantage of what OS X has to offer, fine, but save your money if you're only going to run Windows.
I'm defiantly going to use the OSX. I will just run windows in case i ever need to. Also I have windows Xp on the computer I am on now, but I do not know where the XP CD is. Is there a way to get Xp onto my mac from my computer?
No, at least as far as I know, you need to install Win as any other OS. Also, you need to register it, thus I suppose you cannot install Win from the same disk you already installed in your present PC. You should buy a new license.
Also, BootCamp is not the only software that allows you ot run Win and win softwares on a mac. There also exist other options, such as Parallels which I currently use for some win-dedicated software I use for research.
That's not always the case. My mac runs windows vista smoother than my dell inspiron.
He could easily use OSX for personal use and windows for his school projects. It's great to be able to use both operating systems depending on your wants, needs and mood.
OEM is what is sold to PC makers, it is just the disc and a license and tied to a certain piece of hardware. No manual, no support.
Look on newegg, they are now called System Builder versions.
I'd go for the macbook. I have yet to find a program I need on windows that I cant find a better mac equivelant for thats compatible for the windows version.
On the rare case I need to run Visual Studio I boot into windows either in bootcamp or vmware. Usually vmware and I put it in another space.
On the rare case I need to run Visual Studio I boot into windows either in bootcamp or vmware. Usually vmware and I put it in another space.