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Guys
i have never dual booted before so i come with some questions.
i have used OSX for about 2 years now and love every minute of it (though Lion has stretched the friendship) and i have found that i need windows now and then. Up until now i have had a windows box but i have since moved it on as i thought my windows needs were finished with.
Q1 If i use bootcamp do i have to choose wich partition to use or will it auto boot into OSX? much prefer straight boot into osx instead of making key strokes.
Q2 what prep work do i need to do so i can get the ball rolling ie partitions and best programs to use.
Q3 If i decide to go with VMware or Parallels do i still need a partition and the usual to go with it ie how much and best programs.
Q4 If i use a virtual machine can i use my hardware still ie burner and sound card.
The main reason i need windows is i need to do disc backups of our accounting software at work so if i can transfer the backups before i leave for the afternoon i can finish the backup to disc at home and safe them offsite but i need to be able to do it in a windows enviroment.
Many Thanks
DP
i have never dual booted before so i come with some questions.
i have used OSX for about 2 years now and love every minute of it (though Lion has stretched the friendship) and i have found that i need windows now and then. Up until now i have had a windows box but i have since moved it on as i thought my windows needs were finished with.
Q1 If i use bootcamp do i have to choose wich partition to use or will it auto boot into OSX? much prefer straight boot into osx instead of making key strokes.
Q2 what prep work do i need to do so i can get the ball rolling ie partitions and best programs to use.
Q3 If i decide to go with VMware or Parallels do i still need a partition and the usual to go with it ie how much and best programs.
Q4 If i use a virtual machine can i use my hardware still ie burner and sound card.
The main reason i need windows is i need to do disc backups of our accounting software at work so if i can transfer the backups before i leave for the afternoon i can finish the backup to disc at home and safe them offsite but i need to be able to do it in a windows enviroment.
Many Thanks
DP