Hi,
Well lightning struck and instead of replacing my pc I am going to switch to a mac! Really close to diving into a mbp 17 or a imac 27 still trying to figure out which to get (first at least lol), but my main question comes to windows 7 on the mac.
I understand bootcamp will allow me to load windows as a reboot and run full option, and from reading around I am understanding I can run windows in a virtual window while in the mac os by buying and using parallels, this seems handy for quick simple things in windows and then pulling them into mac side.
I would guess the bootcamp full reboot mode would be best for stuff like gaming which i will do now and then but most of what I do in windows that I might want to bring over are a few programs i love in windows swf creator and some audio and video editing stuff I am just used to in windows. I will investigate mac options of course too but just to be safe its a big jump so knowing i can still do windows makes me less scared hehe.
The question comes in with what windows to buy and use to do this with? I am currently using xp pro on the pc that got zapped so either way time to upgrade to windows 7, can I buy an oem windows 7 pro disc and stick it on the mac via bootcamp? If i do this how does it work with parallels? Would I need to install that again and if so would the oem work or would it consider it two installations thus needing 2 copies of oem windows 7 pro?
Sorry for such a simple question but apple store employees looked at me blank stare and apple chat didn't answer me either saying just use bootcamp vs parallels vs cost of parallels (not quite what i asked)....
Bill
Well lightning struck and instead of replacing my pc I am going to switch to a mac! Really close to diving into a mbp 17 or a imac 27 still trying to figure out which to get (first at least lol), but my main question comes to windows 7 on the mac.
I understand bootcamp will allow me to load windows as a reboot and run full option, and from reading around I am understanding I can run windows in a virtual window while in the mac os by buying and using parallels, this seems handy for quick simple things in windows and then pulling them into mac side.
I would guess the bootcamp full reboot mode would be best for stuff like gaming which i will do now and then but most of what I do in windows that I might want to bring over are a few programs i love in windows swf creator and some audio and video editing stuff I am just used to in windows. I will investigate mac options of course too but just to be safe its a big jump so knowing i can still do windows makes me less scared hehe.
The question comes in with what windows to buy and use to do this with? I am currently using xp pro on the pc that got zapped so either way time to upgrade to windows 7, can I buy an oem windows 7 pro disc and stick it on the mac via bootcamp? If i do this how does it work with parallels? Would I need to install that again and if so would the oem work or would it consider it two installations thus needing 2 copies of oem windows 7 pro?
Sorry for such a simple question but apple store employees looked at me blank stare and apple chat didn't answer me either saying just use bootcamp vs parallels vs cost of parallels (not quite what i asked)....
Bill