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Vista - 32 or 64 bit?

Mozze said:
as far as boot camp being fully released I haven't heard anything about it but the Mac.tech I spoke to today said he thinks it will be a beta program for a long time but thats just one guys opinion.
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Uhh... When Apple launched Boot Camp, they said it'll be a final release when it comes as a built-in feature of Leopard (aka OS 10.5).
 
Zwhaler said:
Any idea why? I would like to get Media Center, but I don't want it if it wont work. Perhaps the full version of boot camp will handle it better.
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Media center on Vista works fine. I don't get why XP Media center wouldn't work either. You'd just have to get the extra remote is all.
 
elbruelsio said:
Go with XP Pro. I don't see you taking advantage of media center unless you plan on finding a media center extender that is compatible with your hardware in order to push content out to your tv. Any Home edition of windows I would just generally stay away from, its limited in functionality. Of course, this may not affect you as your primary OS will be OS X. So do a little research on the features of Home v. Pro and you'll find your answer.
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There's no reason for him to pay the extra $$ for Pro just to play a few games; XP Home is in no way limited in functionality when it comes to playing games. There's also no reason for him to buy media center if he was serious in that this is ONLY to play his windows games. OP, just buy 32-bit XP Home and you will have maximum game compatibility for minimal cash.
 
Mozze said:
Aero needs 256 look anywhere online I am not saying it doesn't work with less but everything I have seen says 256 I my self run 2 256 sli cards so I havent tried it with less than 512 but again everything I have read has said 256 for aero. and yes their is page after page that says DX9 runs better on xp than Vista look it up. and no I didn't look at his mac's specs I said in my post MAYBE indicating that I had in fact not even glanced at his specs and lastly did I ever even say anything about him not being able to install vista dude read a whole post before you start just tossing BS that I didn't even say out their you might wanna put down the crack before you try and make a point
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Microsoft's own page says only 128MB of VRAM is needed for Aero, so I think I will believe them. I run Vista on my MacBook and get all Aero effects since the GMA950 was designed to be an Aero capable chip. It works fine.

On a side note, your posts are incredibly hard to read with the run on sentences and lack of punctuation and capitalization. You might make your point better if you put a little effort into making your posts readable.

I have read tons of reports of many games not working well with Vista, and even more problems with people who tried the 64-bit version. I would stick with XP for almost anything, unless you had an app that required Vista. Even then I might look for an alternative app that didn't require Vista, but worked with XP.

No need to get XP Pro or Media Center. Just get the plain old XP Home and enjoy your games.
 
emaja said:
No need to get XP Pro or Media Center. Just get the plain old XP Home and enjoy your games.
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Ok, so it seems like I will get XP. Has anyone tried installing Media Center on their Mac? I am curious because I would rather have Media than Home edition.
 
re Vista

I'm about to install Vista within Parallels, but as far as I know you can only do this with the 32 bit edition. Does anyone know if you can run the 64 bit Vista via Boot Camp?
 
Mr Humphries said:
I'm about to install Vista within Parallels, but as far as I know you can only do this with the 32 bit edition. Does anyone know if you can run the 64 bit Vista via Boot Camp?
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Install Vista through Parallels is illegal.
 
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