Dual boot macs (1 Viewer)

[Evilo]

Interesting theory i was thinking before.

I dislike macs, but i hear they have really good/reliable processors.

Do you reckon its a cost effective idea to buy a dual boot mac (with education discount etc) - then load XP onto it and just run it like a PC?

Would i get any software conflicts? (ill assume all software would run as an XP)
And would i never have to touch the mac os ever?
Thoughts.

 

[fatmuscle]

if you don't want to buy a mac and dual boot it with XP

then buy a laptop with XP and dual boot it with OS X

 

[Evilo]

well the point of getting dual boot was because macs are apparently so good - speed wise - not cos i want one
Hard to explain :S

 

[Mabs]

Actually macs are a bit expensive than their regular PC counterparts so for the same price you're likely to get a slower mac. However if you're buying from Dell or another computer manufacturer rather than building your own PC the difference is negligible.

 

[runtlocks]

Interesting theory i was thinking before.

I dislike macs, but i hear they have really good/reliable processors.

Do you reckon its a cost effective idea to buy a dual boot mac (with education discount etc) - then load XP onto it and just run it like a PC?

Would i get any software conflicts? (ill assume all software would run as an XP)
And would i never have to touch the mac os ever?
Thoughts.

Well, pick an operating system, which one do you want to use?

It's silly to get a Mac just so you can run XP on it, if you have no use for OSX then just get a PC

fatmuscle: err, I thought it's impossible to run OSX on a PC?

 

[Evilo]

Well, pick an operating system, which one do you want to use?

WIN XP

It's silly to get a Mac just so you can run XP on it, if you have no use for OSX then just get a PC

yeh but i have heard the mac processors are faster for the price, but yep fatmuscle has cleared that up.

fatmuscle: err, I thought it's impossible to run OSX on a PC?

Emulator? I run Unbuntu on my PC with XP as its base OS

 

[Enteebee]

The OS X on a PC version (OSx86) is hacked together and doesn't work too well.

The whole point of the macs are that they use OS X... just install windows inside OS X in a VM and use whatever small number of apps you can't get an equivalent for on OS X in there, works a charm.

Meh.

Hey I want to play counter-strike.