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XP vs Win 7

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rasmusDoh

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Hey

Gotta use some Windows software on my MBP, so i'll need to install either XP or Win 7..

Seems like XP requires quite a bit less memory. It doesn't have the look and some of the functions of Win 7 though, but i really don't think i'll need those very much, with Mac OS X being my primary OS.

On Win 7, however, i found (on my PC) MSE fine for security. With XP i guess i'd need some extra protection software.

So what'd you suggest?

Also, can you please also suggest a lightweight efficient anti-virus program for use with XP?


Thanks
 
Personally, if you don't need the bells and whistles of Win7 and XP will do the job, I would run XP with Fusion and skip the Bootcamp

The 3 AVs I am aware of are Avast, Avira and AVG
Not sure if they work with XP or not, but you can check them out (free)
 
Just gotta ask.. The reason i need anti-virus in Windows is so it doesn't **** up the Windows partition or image, right? As i understand it can never hurt Mac OS X!?

The reason i considered BootCamp was the fact that some of the Windows programs i need are a bit heavy.

Since XP itself doesn't require a lot of RAM to virtualize - would that mean that i could assign a bit more RAM than it needs and thus be able to run these somewhat heavier programs - without it getting terribly slow - in Fusion?
 
Don't worry about Win diseases affecting your OSX partition...

I use Avast and AVG quite a bit but I'm starting to use more and more Microsoft's free AV "Security Essentials"...

I run both XP and 7 in Fusion VMs and they each have 1GB of RAM assigned...I find them very efficient...

Cheers.

-J-
 
Microsoft Security Essentials is great. I used to use ESET Nod 32 (lightweight) but unfortunately you have to pay a hefty fee for the licence. Use Security Essentials: it's free and efficient
 
There's no MSE for XP - are there?

And theITguy -> May i ask, why you use both XP and Win 7?
 
Oh, nice!

Though there wasn't since i never knew about the program until installing Win 7..

Anyway, thanks! 😀
 
I use both to test different things...we haven't moved to 7 at work yet officially...so I must have an XP image to run some legacy apps...

Also I like to play with many OSes...XP and 7 and OSX 10 are great...Vista not so much 😀

-J.-
 
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