WHAT SHOULD I GET FOR MY NEW MAC PRO WITH THE 8800 TO GAME ON WINDOWS? XP OR VISTA? I NEED TO BE ABLE TO PLAY OLD GAMES AS WELL AS FUTURE GAMES! 
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Shoud I Get Xp Or Vista
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WHAT SHOULD I GET FOR MY NEW MAC PRO WITH THE 8800 TO GAME ON WINDOWS? XP OR VISTA? I NEED TO BE ABLE TO PLAY OLD GAMES AS WELL AS FUTURE GAMES!
Why are you YELLING. We can hear you fine. Besides it's hard to read.
XP has a smaller footprint and is more stable but Vista will be future proof for newer games that rely or directx 10. also stops ze YELLING!
WHAT SHOULD I GET FOR MY NEW MAC PRO WITH THE 8800 TO GAME ON WINDOWS? XP OR VISTA? I NEED TO BE ABLE TO PLAY OLD GAMES AS WELL AS FUTURE GAMES!
I would recommend Vista Home Premium. That is what I use in bootcamp, and I have never had a problem with it. I play Crysis, Universe at War: Earth Assault, Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, Age of Empires III Asian Dynasties, Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword, Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts, and others without a hitch. For older games, you can set them to run in compatibility mode for XP or earlier.
^^ Thats the version I got too, £10 extra for the OEM edition of Home Premium over Home Basic seemed worth it.
I'm running Vista 64 in my Boot Camp partition (Mac Pro). I have four 3D accelerated games I was running under XP 32 bit Pro: Quake 4, Doom 3, Halo, and Prey. So far, the only one that runs right under Vista 64 is Prey.
So I've ordered XP 64 Pro to see if they will run better under that.
In other words, I agree with the thoughts expressed above. For legacy games, XP is best. For future proofing, Vista is best.
So I've ordered XP 64 Pro to see if they will run better under that.
In other words, I agree with the thoughts expressed above. For legacy games, XP is best. For future proofing, Vista is best.
Do you think it would be wiser to get XP for now and later on upgrade to Vista? I really need to play FS2004 and i dont think it works on vista......
So confused on what to do.
Vista Home Premium will only see one of the two CPUs in the Mac Pro. So you will only have 2 or 4 cores available in Windows compared with the 4 or 8 (depending on which Mac Pro you have) which your machine actually has.
In order to use all the cores in your machine you need either XP Pro or Vista Ultimate.
I run Vista Ultimate 64 bit on my Mac Pro and prefer it to XP. Haven't had a single problem yet with any games, applications or drivers.
Do you think it would be wiser to get XP for now and later on upgrade to Vista? I really need to play FS2004 and i dont think it works on vista......
So confused on what to do.
I prefer Vista (I use Business) on my SR MBP bootcamp. I haven't had a problem playing any of my games so far. I've never play FS2004 but you should be able to use compatibility mode if necc.
Cheers,
As stated - if you want to play all older games; you'll need/want XP - if you want to play newer games; you'll need Vista. You may have luck with Vista's "Compatibility Mode".
The decision of which will depend on what era games you will be playing.
Note that M$ is dropping support for XP soon too! - so
The decision of which will depend on what era games you will be playing.
Note that M$ is dropping support for XP soon too! - so
Well, except for expense. Plus the fact that having two operating systems which do the same thing is a waste of hard drive space.
Is that anything to do with the 64-bitedness?
Quake 4 ran fine for me on my 2006 CD iMac
using 32-bit Vista. But that's a diff machine,
so maybe not comparable.
Wow, wait a minute. Is it possible to boot from more than 2 options with Bootcamp? Could I install both XP and Vista next to OSX?
--Erwin
I wonder if thats possible. That would be soo cool. Running the Worlds 3 best operating systems. OSX, XP and Vista!
Is it possible??That is probably the stupidest thing I've EVER heard. What is wrong with microsoft?