When asking about prices, in Best Buy they told me that if I bought the MacBook Pro along with a Windows XP, they could install on the laptop Bootcamp and Windows XP for an additional charge.
Later, I found out about Parallels for Mac. So, if they install Bootcamp and Windows XP on my laptop but later I want to switch to Parallels, do they have to reinstall Windows XP to do it properly? I’m asking because I guess it’ll be an additional charge all over again.
2007-12-03 16:51:16 · 6 answers · asked by amrf-4 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
I'd like to run Windows on my Mac without the need to reboot
2007-12-03 17:34:33 · update #1
The current version of Parallels can use the Windows installed via Boot Camp. I have three Mac users in my department who use this - one dual boots while the other two usually stay in the Mac OS and use Parallels to access the Windows partition. They only boot into Windows occasionally. However, I recommend using one or the other, preferably boot camp. In two cases we've had problems where Parallels has locked up or had a problem and had to be ended with a forced quit, and that damaged the Windows partition. In one case doing a repair install was sufficient to repair the damage, but on one machine Windows had to be completely reinstalled.
2007-12-04 00:47:22 · answer #1 · answered by Rose D 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bootcamp manner you'll boot up in both Windows or OS X, I could honestly recomend making use of VMware as it's meant to be greater than Parallels at jogging each OS X and Windows.
2016-09-05 20:36:06 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I think bootcamp is basically a boot loader with some features. I'm not 100% on that but I think so. You should have a look at VMware. that will allow you to have XP open in a window.
2007-12-03 16:57:09 · answer #3 · answered by Liz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure why you'd want to use parallels. Parallels seems to be a virtual machine, meaning you won't be getting as much power because of emulation. With both OSes running at the same time, it'll hog a lot of resources. Bootcamp seems to be more of a dual-boot so you'll be getting the full power of both OSes.
2007-12-03 17:00:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't see why you'd want to switch to Parallels anyways.
And yes, they will have to reinstall Windows XP.
2007-12-03 16:54:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
GUY ABOVE IS RIGHT
BUT THE BEST OPTION IS VMWARE FUSION -
VMWARE IS LEADER IN VIRTUALIZATION SOFTWARE AND VMWARE FUSION IS BETTER THAN BOOT CAMP AND BETTER THAN PARALLELS
2007-12-03 16:59:15 · answer #6 · answered by mburx 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋