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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 711209" data-attributes="member: 46727">Boot Camp is a utility provided with Leopard to create a partition on your hard drive (non-destructively) in order to install Windows XP SP2 or Vista.&nbsp; Windows is then installed using your Windows CD or DVD.&nbsp; Leopard disk one is then used to install necessary Windows drivers for the Mac hardware.&nbsp; If everything goes right, you'll wind up with a dual boot system; OS X and Windows.&nbsp; The advantage is that Windows will run natively which is great for games.&nbsp; The downside is having to re-boot each time you wish to swap the operating system.VMWare Fusion and Parallels are programs which create a virtual machine for Windows and many other operating systems.&nbsp; You still need to have a copy of Windows and it must be installed to the VM.&nbsp; The virtual machine operating system is actually one large file executed by the program and runs within OS X but yet separate from it.&nbsp; Advantage is not having to re-boot and very easy to transfer files between OS X and Windows.&nbsp; Downside is it's slower than running Windows from the Boot Camp partition and as of now, neither program adequately supports 3D games.VMWare Fusion has just recently released its version 2 beta.&nbsp; Many enhancements but some folks have said it's real slow.&nbsp; Your mileage may vary.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> Regards.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="chscag, post: 711209, member: 46727"] Boot Camp is a utility provided with Leopard to create a partition on your hard drive (non-destructively) in order to install Windows XP SP2 or Vista. Windows is then installed using your Windows CD or DVD. Leopard disk one is then used to install necessary Windows drivers for the Mac hardware. If everything goes right, you'll wind up with a dual boot system; OS X and Windows. The advantage is that Windows will run natively which is great for games. The downside is having to re-boot each time you wish to swap the operating system. VMWare Fusion and Parallels are programs which create a virtual machine for Windows and many other operating systems. You still need to have a copy of Windows and it must be installed to the VM. The virtual machine operating system is actually one large file executed by the program and runs within OS X but yet separate from it. Advantage is not having to re-boot and very easy to transfer files between OS X and Windows. Downside is it's slower than running Windows from the Boot Camp partition and as of now, neither program adequately supports 3D games. VMWare Fusion has just recently released its version 2 beta. Many enhancements but some folks have said it's real slow. Your mileage may vary. :D Regards. [/QUOTE]

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