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Ok I know this question has probably been put forward in some shape or form previously but i think mine is a little more specific. Stay with me on this one...
I have a MacBook Pro and am looking to do a lot of Windows based work which I have neglected since moving to OS X. I am looking at doing C# programming, games design with Microsoft XNA and lots of level design work with games engines such as the Unreal Engine and FarCry Engine. My big dilemma is whether to opt for Boot Camp on my MBP or to go for a totally new laptop dedicated to Windows based work...
I am running 10.4 so I would need to get 10.5 or a boot camp beta. Secondly, I would need to purchase XP. I would then need to partition my drive to accomodate XP (and my drive has roughly 80Gig space left). And this is the main problem - is partitioning my drive going to have a significant effect on the performance of both OS's? There would be very little space on both partitions as a result and as I will be doing quite graphically, CPU intensive work will a boot camped MBP running XP be able to keep up?
Perhaps my understanding of how Boot Camp utilises the CPU, RAM, hard drive and GPU when in XP is somewhat incorrect or misinformed? If so please show me the light!
The alternative I am looking at is purchasing a Dell XPS M1530 or a Dell Studio.
Any help is always appreciated.
I have a MacBook Pro and am looking to do a lot of Windows based work which I have neglected since moving to OS X. I am looking at doing C# programming, games design with Microsoft XNA and lots of level design work with games engines such as the Unreal Engine and FarCry Engine. My big dilemma is whether to opt for Boot Camp on my MBP or to go for a totally new laptop dedicated to Windows based work...
I am running 10.4 so I would need to get 10.5 or a boot camp beta. Secondly, I would need to purchase XP. I would then need to partition my drive to accomodate XP (and my drive has roughly 80Gig space left). And this is the main problem - is partitioning my drive going to have a significant effect on the performance of both OS's? There would be very little space on both partitions as a result and as I will be doing quite graphically, CPU intensive work will a boot camped MBP running XP be able to keep up?
Perhaps my understanding of how Boot Camp utilises the CPU, RAM, hard drive and GPU when in XP is somewhat incorrect or misinformed? If so please show me the light!
The alternative I am looking at is purchasing a Dell XPS M1530 or a Dell Studio.
Any help is always appreciated.