Boot Camp

Auron · 09-27-2007, 10:15 PM

You may or may not have heard of an application for a Mac called Boot Camp (probably not because I highly doubt there are many Mac users here). Anyway, it's an application for a Mac which would allow it to run the Windows XP operating system, which in turn would allow a Mac user, such as myself, to run Windows programs and games on my Mac. My only question is, if anyone here has had any experience with it, how easily is it to work and configure, and will it bog down my computer at all?

granteubbs · 10-15-2007, 12:47 AM

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chittychittybangbang26 · 07-05-2008, 06:50 PM

accually it shouldnt bog ur comp down at all, you many notice a change in speed (but for the worse) only because you are running windows, but there shouldnt be that much of a change in speed, its a little complicated but if you have some printed manuals from the internet it may help you use bootcamp. plz notify me if i have been any help.

Kargath · 07-11-2008, 11:24 PM

There'd only be a slight delay at boot. Not drop in performance, since you're only using one OS at a time and AFAIK you have to restart to access the other one.

Jesus · 07-19-2008, 01:17 AM

I use parallels on my Mac laptop. I find it better than bootcamp cuz I can run both operating systems at the same time if i want to.

***Cosmonautical*** · 07-20-2008, 07:26 AM

Wouldn't there be a slight increase in seek time? I mean, I thought there was in general just with the more space is used on your HD. XP takes up a lot of space and uses a different filing system than OS-X.

Auron · 07-20-2008, 04:30 PM

It's been almost a year since I posted this topic. I have long since used Boot Camp to duo boot my computer. I think you can lock this topic now.

Jesus · 07-20-2008, 04:31 PM

Wow I didn't even notice this was an old topic.

09-27-2007, 10:15 PM	#1
Auron Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Inside Gender: Posts: 6,743 Thanks: 5 Thanked 325 Times in 198 Posts	Boot Camp You may or may not have heard of an application for a Mac called Boot Camp (probably not because I highly doubt there are many Mac users here). Anyway, it's an application for a Mac which would allow it to run the Windows XP operating system, which in turn would allow a Mac user, such as myself, to run Windows programs and games on my Mac. My only question is, if anyone here has had any experience with it, how easily is it to work and configure, and will it bog down my computer at all?

10-15-2007, 12:47 AM	#2
granteubbs Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	(No ads, kids.) Last edited by Prince Toad; 10-15-2007 at 04:35 PM.

07-05-2008, 06:50 PM	#3
chittychittybangbang26 Newbie Join Date: Jun 2008 Gender: Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	accually it shouldnt bog ur comp down at all, you many notice a change in speed (but for the worse) only because you are running windows, but there shouldnt be that much of a change in speed, its a little complicated but if you have some printed manuals from the internet it may help you use bootcamp. plz notify me if i have been any help.

07-11-2008, 11:24 PM	#4
Kargath et in Arcadia ego Join Date: Jul 2001 Gender: Posts: 8,334 Thanks: 1,226 Thanked 780 Times in 488 Posts	There'd only be a slight delay at boot. Not drop in performance, since you're only using one OS at a time and AFAIK you have to restart to access the other one.

07-19-2008, 01:17 AM	#5
Jesus Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Gender: Posts: 5,617 Thanks: 104 Thanked 139 Times in 101 Posts Blog Entries: 3	I use parallels on my Mac laptop. I find it better than bootcamp cuz I can run both operating systems at the same time if i want to.

07-20-2008, 07:26 AM	#6
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Wouldn't there be a slight increase in seek time? I mean, I thought there was in general just with the more space is used on your HD. XP takes up a lot of space and uses a different filing system than OS-X.

07-20-2008, 04:30 PM	#7
Auron Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Inside Gender: Posts: 6,743 Thanks: 5 Thanked 325 Times in 198 Posts	It's been almost a year since I posted this topic. I have long since used Boot Camp to duo boot my computer. I think you can lock this topic now.

07-20-2008, 04:31 PM	#8
Jesus Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Gender: Posts: 5,617 Thanks: 104 Thanked 139 Times in 101 Posts Blog Entries: 3	Wow I didn't even notice this was an old topic.