Pre-Noob Conundrum

[bdcook01]

I am a Life time PC user ready to make the switch, but I will still need windows for a few apps Should I buy one of the systems at Macmall with XP pre-installed or is the process simple enough to do it myself. If so, can you point me to a good site with step-by-step instructions?

Also, what software should i use vmware, parrallels or boot camp? How much RAM will i need for these to run smoothly. no gaming or editing. just downloading torrents and stuff. Any advice would be much appreciated. TIA

 

[xUKHCx]

What applications do you need to run as downloading torrents is more than possible on OS X with applications like Azureus et al.

It is very easy to install windows either in bootcamp or in parallels/vmware. From the sounds of it you won't need to use bootcamp.

 

[bdcook01]

A couple of my favorite poker sites don't have a mac option.

 

[kuebby]

I would say bootcamp, it's the fastest way to run Windows. I can't speak to VMware but, for me anyway, Parallels was painfully slow.