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<blockquote data-quote="dohidied" data-source="post: 232057" data-attributes="member: 16380"><p>well, there are a couple choices when it comes to using windows on a mac. one option is to install apple's boot camp. boot camp creates a separate partition for windows and you have to shut down the mac os to use it. this allows the software to run at its full potential and is best for games. to reboot and get windows started up probably takes about 2 minutes.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/" target="_blank">http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/</a></p><p></p><p>the other option is parallels, a program that runs windows on a virtual machine inside os x. the benefit is that you don't have to log out and you can work on windows programs while still working on mac os. this is suitable for most programs, but not for graphics intensive programs like games or 3d modelling. it also takes up quite a bit of memory to have two operating systems running, so i wouldn't recommend using this with less than 1gb of ram. to start windows in parallels takes about a minute. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://parallels.com/" target="_blank">http://parallels.com/</a></p><p></p><p>as for moving files between the operating systems, that a bit tricky. if you use boot camp and you format windows as ntfs, mac os can read the partition but it can't write to it. if you format as fat32, mac os can read and write the partition, but it can't be larger than 32gb and there can't be any one file larger than 4gb. in either format, windows can't read the mac os partition. one solution is to get mediafour's macdrive, which allows windows to read mac formatted disks. <a href="http://mediafour.com/products/macdrive6/" target="_blank">http://mediafour.com/products/macdrive6/</a></p><p></p><p>if you use parallels there is an option to have a shared folder on os x accesible from windows. it uses the network to transfer files into that folder. you can use it as a drop box and then move the files to wherever they need to be. </p><p></p><p>well, i hope that sheds some light on windows on a mac. feel free to ask us more questions if anything isn't clear.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dohidied, post: 232057, member: 16380"] well, there are a couple choices when it comes to using windows on a mac. one option is to install apple's boot camp. boot camp creates a separate partition for windows and you have to shut down the mac os to use it. this allows the software to run at its full potential and is best for games. to reboot and get windows started up probably takes about 2 minutes. [url]http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/[/url] the other option is parallels, a program that runs windows on a virtual machine inside os x. the benefit is that you don't have to log out and you can work on windows programs while still working on mac os. this is suitable for most programs, but not for graphics intensive programs like games or 3d modelling. it also takes up quite a bit of memory to have two operating systems running, so i wouldn't recommend using this with less than 1gb of ram. to start windows in parallels takes about a minute. [url]http://parallels.com/[/url] as for moving files between the operating systems, that a bit tricky. if you use boot camp and you format windows as ntfs, mac os can read the partition but it can't write to it. if you format as fat32, mac os can read and write the partition, but it can't be larger than 32gb and there can't be any one file larger than 4gb. in either format, windows can't read the mac os partition. one solution is to get mediafour's macdrive, which allows windows to read mac formatted disks. [url]http://mediafour.com/products/macdrive6/[/url] if you use parallels there is an option to have a shared folder on os x accesible from windows. it uses the network to transfer files into that folder. you can use it as a drop box and then move the files to wherever they need to be. well, i hope that sheds some light on windows on a mac. feel free to ask us more questions if anything isn't clear. [/QUOTE]
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