Thread: Running Windows on a Mac: A Switcher's Guide
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Old 05-11-2009, 04:03 PM
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I have VM Ware's Fusion and I have a couple of questions.
  • Until now I have run XP on a Boot Camp partition on my MacBook. When booting XP while in OS X is considerably slower than via Boot Camp... obviously. Will XP seem faster while in OS X if I reinstall it into a Virtual PC rather than Boot Camp? I thought I would play games more on my MacBook than I ended up doing, hehe
  • Could I test Windows 7 on a virtual machine in Fusion? My mum's considering getting a Win 7 machine when they come... I need to research to further backup my argument for her getting a MacMini instead
Well. I can now answer this myself. Windows seem to boot slightly faster from the virtual machine than if it's a Boot Camp partition booting in OS X. And Windows 7 installed fine on the virtual machine directly from the downloaded iso-file; didn't have to burn it onto a DVD
24" iMac (3,06GHz, 4GB) with a Windows XP SP3 Boot Camp
13" MacBook (2,4GHz, 2GB)
iPhone 3G (8GB)
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