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Software lets Macs run Windows XP

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by iowadawg, Apr 5, 2006.

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    websiteideas Well-Known Member

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    How well does it run Windows XP? Is it slower on Macs?
     
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    It shouldn't be any if maybe a tiny bit slower or maybe even faster since the i86 CPU is not being *Emulated* like it was in the Days of Virtual PC running Windows on a PowerPC CPU...


    Basically you are for all intents and purposes Booting a Windows Machine or a OSX Machine...
     
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    Looks like this news has done well for AAPL
     
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    Seems these guys have a new Virtualization Software to run Windows along side OS X so you won't have to Boot Windows just OS X and then run Windows...


    I'm sure there's a Performance Hit when doing it this way but it can't be as bad as using Virtual PC on the Mac... :D

    Parallels, Inc.
     
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    Stock for Apple shot up when they announced the release of this software. Hope some of you out there had some shares. :)
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    Actually it has nothing to do with dual booting (Boot Camp).
     
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    Actually, this is not virtualization. Boot Camp is a boot manager which allows you to boot into either Windows or OS/X.

    Apple makes this very clear with the statement:

    "Once you’ve completed Boot Camp, simply hold down the option key at startup to choose between Mac OS X and Windows. (That’s the “alt” key for you longtime Windows users.) After starting up, your Mac runs Windows completely natively. Simply restart to come back to Mac." http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/

    There was virtualization software released today. But, not by Apple.

    Parrallels -- http://www.parallels.com/ -- released software which runs on current versions of the Mac, as well as Windows and Linux.

    It allows you to install numerous "x86-based operating systems, including the entire Windows family from 3.1 to XP and Server 2003, several Linux distributions, FreeBSD, Solaris and “legacy” operating systems like OS/2, eComStation and MS-DOS."

    It creates a virtual machine and Windows will run in there. It runs on a virtual machine, which is not the same as emulation. Do not forget the new Macs or Intel, which hackers have already tweaked to dual boot between OS/X and Windows.
     
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    Oh now i see, thanx for the clarification. :)
     
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