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Have you installed another operating system on you computer

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Amethyst

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Aug 8, 2006
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Your Mac Pro "have" or "haven't" Windows ?

mine is yes ! but in parallels for test my script (i am web designer / developer / computer engineering) . must run internet explorer (and sometime windows version of browser) for checking compatibility . small .net project .

and no games !!!! (I prefers to play console games much more than PCs games)

for me virtualization with mac pro is great combination for my work . not make me annoying windows in virtualization is fast enogh for my work . great !!
 
This should be a poll, even though it would still be poorly worded. ;)
No windows for me on my mac. Not because I don't like windows, I haven't a need for it.
 
I have Windows installed with Boot Camp for two reasons: CAD programs and video games.
 
Via Bootcamp - But only for the few games I play (when COD4 arrives in its Mac glory in a month or so, vista will gather dust once more)
 
I have littered my Mac Pro severely with Windows:

- Boot Camp: XP Pro and Vista 64 bits (gaming, gaming, gaming)
- Parallels: XP Pro (my most used "if Windows is needed quickly")
- VMware: Vista (for fun and fooling around, and runs Ubuntu)

But.... running just Leopard 90% of the time! ;)
 
As a longtime Mac user I'm trying to keep windows off my Mac Pro and, so far, I've succeeded.

The success is probably mostly due to buying an Xbox 360 awhile back.
 
No windows... Crossover (Wine) does everything I need. Actually most of my computer time is spent playing Team Fortress 2 with Crossover :D

I had planned to install Boot Camp when I bought my mac, but just never needed it.
 
Did install it with boot camp just for gaming, a tiny 20gig partition for gaming but haven't used it since, wasting space.
 
Have.

OS X on drive 1.
Vista on drive 2.
Lots of Linuxes on imaginary drives 3-n. :)
[VMWare Fusion/VirtualBox]
 
VMware user here :cool:

Need windows to run windows-only freeware. VMware has more than paid for itself.
 
have...

There are lots of professional apps, which still have not been ported for Mac OS... Nice thing is that I don't have to buy a PC now, but can spend money on a Mac. After all, a very, very wise move with making it possible to run different OSs on Mac.

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