Would you run another OS on a Mac Intel?

[Bear]

i'd have vista installed on a separate HDD (when vista comes out). that would be good for games, plus if the HDD gets infected then i could just format it from the OSX HDD

Presuming the infection doesn't wipe out non Windows partitions.

 

[oober_freak]

I'll take out 3 keys.. alt+ctrl+del from my keyboard and i'll use win 95


j/k

It'll be good ol' mac on a mactel lappie when i do my PG after 2 yrs... for now this ppc mini is just fine

 

[jadekitty24]

Absolutely not. I can see where others may need this, but not I. I am a firm believer in "if it aint broke don't fix it". (Ooh, that's a good one for the cliche's thread!!) My needs are very simple, and OSX exceeds them. I am very happy with what I have and see no need for change. But like I said, I can see where others would have the need for this. (A world with something other than OSX??? What has the world COME TO???)
*hides in OSX world, refusing to budge*

 

[colosodian]

Id dual boot with XP Pro for when I need to run those programs that just dont work under emulation.

 

[JohnEZ]

Personally, the only way I'd ever run Windows on Intel is if it was possible to do so from an external drive; I'd never, under any circumstances, install it in a separate partition on the main drive.

 

[Peter Griffin]

Id dual boot with XP Pro for when I need to run those programs that just dont work under emulation.

Same here, I've heard that Virtual PC is almost impossible to use in terms of speed. If there isn't any security issues then why not enjoy the best of both worlds?

 

[stevep]

Personally, the only way I'd ever run Windows on Intel is if it was possible to do so from an external drive; I'd never, under any circumstances, install it in a separate partition on the main drive.

Paranoia.
Use a hardware firewall, don't visit dodgy web-sites, keep your anti-virus software up to date and Win XP is fine. It is very unlikely that even an infected Win installation on a partitioned drive could infect another OS.
There are many advantages to a dual-boot system, as people have outlined above they include: able to use OS-specific software, ability to back up files from one OS to another, physical space saving, less hardware to buy etc.
The disadvantage would be the reliance on one machine - if the hardware fails you stand to lose the lot.

 

[Chip NoVaMac]

If I could run it on an external harddrive... then I would.

Same here. There is no way given MS's virus/malware problems that I would use a single HDD for a dual boot solution. Having access to Windows would be great for those few programs that still resist porting over to OSX (like RatDVD).

 

[d_and_n5000]

I would, for the pure reasoning of (a), I can freak out my friends by putting Windows on a Mac, (b), so I can convince my parents to buy an iMac because they can keep Windows, and I can have Mac OS X, and (c), so I can do anything on an iBook, cause I have windows to take care of anything I can't do on OS X. It's the only way I can't lose! (besides, then I can do a science fair project on whether which hand you use has an effect on which OS you prefer on 1 computer! i can't do it this year because I'm missing the Mac half-got the Windows part right here!)

 

[Lobo]

As soon as apple releases an intel powerbook and it can be confirmed that windows can easily and more importantly powerfully be used within that sweet metal apple casing, my 15in 1.67 G4 will be on ebay.

I'm going to design school, but my focus is on architecture and while during my first year I've been able to get by with illustrator for my vector creation needs, I'm soon going to have to go full on autocad. For this reason I've been struggling with giving up my beloved powerbook, but if I can get apple and autocad on one notebook, I'll be in mobile computing, aluminum incased heaven.