Bootcamp XP & Virus'

Hi!

I'm thinking of buying an iMac for home. I've been looking into running XP on Bootcamp, but I want to know weather the iMac virus protection will cover the XP as well.

Thanks alot



Zacariem

no if you instal xp on bootcamp it is installed on a seperate partition and as such is completelly independent, its just the same as running xp, and your just as susceptable to viruses, obviously these cannot effect osx . . . as they are independent.

teapea is exactly right, when you run XP through Boot Camp it's like you're running a PC in its own little corner of your HDD. It's no more stable or safe than running XP anywhere else. But if you do get a virus, it will not be able to screw up OS X or the files you have on the OS X partition.

Having said that, most of what people normally do online (mail, browse, etc.) can be done in OS X. There's really very little reason to connect to the internet in Boot Camp, except to get OS/software updates or play online games.

oh ok that makes sense thanks



Zacariem

Yeah, an iMac (or any Mac for that matter) has no virus protection included with it anyway.
Windows is still Windows and will still be vulnerable to viruses no matter how it is installed.:black: