Will bootcamp be sufficient?

[Advance The Man]

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I need XP for 2 programs. Will BC do the job okay, or should I purchase one of the alternatives?

 

[flopticalcube]

Bootcamp is the best solution for games (and anything else really).

 

[BlueRevolution]

Yes. Boot Camp runs exactly like a PC with the same specs. I play all of my games on my Windows partition. It's better at running applications than the commercial software you're talking about since they all do virtualization, which is slower.

 

[srl7741]

Bootcamp

BC works great for me also. I use it for only one program on the Windows side. I've never had any problems with it. Simple and easy to use.

 

[Mooey]

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I need XP for 2 programs. Will BC do the job okay, or should I purchase one of the alternatives?

What two programs?

 

[Advance The Man]

What two programs?

2 that most have never heard of and Apple doesn't have. It's for work.

Is their a guide/walkthrough on how to set BC up?

 

[flopticalcube]

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1461

 

[Tumbleweed666]

I need XP for 2 programs. Will BC do the job okay, or should I purchase one of the alternatives?

I think it mostly depends how often you will use them, you could quickly get fed up rebooting all the time.

 

[Advance The Man]

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I need XP for 2 programs. Will BC do the job okay, or should I purchase one of the alternatives?

I think it mostly depends how often you will use them, you could quickly get fed up rebooting all the time.

Infrequent, thanks for all help

 

[BlueRevolution]

Indeed. Whether you should go Boot Camp or virtualization depends on a lot of factors. If the apps are quite lightweight and you anticipate switching between them and OS X applications or wanting to multitask, virtualization applications are worth their weight in gold.