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What is my best option for tri booting ubuntu/Win7/OSX on a macbook air?
Hi guys,
I have never owned a mac before but am considering purchasing a macbook air to replace my old netbook as work has told me that they are able to give me $2k to spend on a new laptop (rather conveniently is pretty much a fully maxed out 13" air) so I am wondering about tri booting as on my old netbook I had ubuntu and win7 installed.
so as far as I know my options are:
running bootcamp to install windows and (I'm assuming it works) ubuntu alongside my OSX.
OR
Installing vmware (Parallels is horrible in my experience, I don't care what people tell me it never works properly) and installing virtual machines for win7 and ubuntu. In this case I am curious as to wether anyone knows if the hardware will be able to handle all three OS if I where to run seamlessly or wether I would need ot run isolated windows when using.
The problem with this is that I am likely to spend a lot of time using Win7 as I am a developer using .NET and therefore need VS to work (as far as I am aware it is not available on mac...)
So which is better? and is there anything I need to know before taking this step?
Also, on a side note not entirely related to this discussion: would anyone happen to know if it is worth upgrading from the 1.7ghz i5 to the 1.8ghz i7 or should I just save the money?
Thanks
H3k
What is my best option for tri booting ubuntu/Win7/OSX on a macbook air?
Hi guys,
I have never owned a mac before but am considering purchasing a macbook air to replace my old netbook as work has told me that they are able to give me $2k to spend on a new laptop (rather conveniently is pretty much a fully maxed out 13" air) so I am wondering about tri booting as on my old netbook I had ubuntu and win7 installed.
so as far as I know my options are:
running bootcamp to install windows and (I'm assuming it works) ubuntu alongside my OSX.
OR
Installing vmware (Parallels is horrible in my experience, I don't care what people tell me it never works properly) and installing virtual machines for win7 and ubuntu. In this case I am curious as to wether anyone knows if the hardware will be able to handle all three OS if I where to run seamlessly or wether I would need ot run isolated windows when using.
The problem with this is that I am likely to spend a lot of time using Win7 as I am a developer using .NET and therefore need VS to work (as far as I am aware it is not available on mac...)
So which is better? and is there anything I need to know before taking this step?
Also, on a side note not entirely related to this discussion: would anyone happen to know if it is worth upgrading from the 1.7ghz i5 to the 1.8ghz i7 or should I just save the money?
Thanks
H3k