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<blockquote data-quote="yogi" data-source="post: 202251" data-attributes="member: 8542"><p>Hi. Nice that you are interested in a mac. </p><p></p><p>First of all: No, XP won't lag. Which means it will run at superb speed, according to all reports. There's no emulation involved, only a little tweaking on Bios/EFI level.</p><p></p><p>But you can go for your mac without doubts. I don't know if it's possible to banish OSX from you system (using boot camp). </p><p>But you should use OSX for a while. It's an AMAZING OS. Really. And I NEVER needed XP again. For anything. There might just be a few apps you'll need to run with XP, but for most things there's a good or better alternative.</p><p></p><p>Also be warned: The IR sensor on the mac and isight don't work under XP.</p><p></p><p>You shouldn't plan to buy a mac if you're going to use only windows. Mac Hardware still is made to work with mac software, and while windows will run, you might run into a few minor issues (but that's normal on any PC).</p><p></p><p>Boot camp really is meant to be a solution for people who HAVE to use XP once in while, not always. Macs are Mac OS. They'll stay Mac OS. They just happen to do windows, too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yogi, post: 202251, member: 8542"] Hi. Nice that you are interested in a mac. First of all: No, XP won't lag. Which means it will run at superb speed, according to all reports. There's no emulation involved, only a little tweaking on Bios/EFI level. But you can go for your mac without doubts. I don't know if it's possible to banish OSX from you system (using boot camp). But you should use OSX for a while. It's an AMAZING OS. Really. And I NEVER needed XP again. For anything. There might just be a few apps you'll need to run with XP, but for most things there's a good or better alternative. Also be warned: The IR sensor on the mac and isight don't work under XP. You shouldn't plan to buy a mac if you're going to use only windows. Mac Hardware still is made to work with mac software, and while windows will run, you might run into a few minor issues (but that's normal on any PC). Boot camp really is meant to be a solution for people who HAVE to use XP once in while, not always. Macs are Mac OS. They'll stay Mac OS. They just happen to do windows, too. [/QUOTE]
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