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Boot Camp

Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 3:36 pm
by Shiv
ok, i understand how "easy" it is to install windows on a mac. my question is, should i wait for windows 7 to come out, install the old RC of windows 7, or just install plain vista on my mac for bootcamp?

kthanks :happy:

Re: Boot Camp

Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 3:54 pm
by Jake-41
Vista ftw!

Re: Boot Camp

Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:56 pm
by Jake
My experiance with bootcamping vista is terrible.

XP = Tried and Tested.

No idea about windows 7, but chances are it'll be similar to vista :S

Re: Boot Camp

Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:10 pm
by Jake-41
Whats wrong with Vista?

Re: Boot Camp

Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:20 pm
by Shiv
Dizzy J wrote:Whats wrong with Vista?
its not a problem with vista....more like i want windows 7 and i dont want to have to take out the parition, backup my crap, then reinstall windows 7 :suicide:

Re: Boot Camp

Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:55 pm
by Boni
Dizzy J wrote:Whats wrong with Vista?
I could argue all day with what is wrong with Vista.

The only reasons I run Windows Vista is for DirectX10.1 and because I have a Core i7 with 12GB of RAM and I can run it without a problem, although I will admit most of the problems with Vista are either fixed or can be tweaked by adjusting settings now.

Re: Boot Camp

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:47 am
by Jake-41
i run vista on muh laptop, i has no troubles!... and on most computers u can turn off vista!
but back to the issues, i would trust anything by windows!
Windows 7 FTW!

Re: Boot Camp

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:50 am
by Jake-41
Shiv wrote:
Dizzy J wrote:Whats wrong with Vista?
its not a problem with vista....more like i want windows 7 and i dont want to have to take out the parition, backup my crap, then reinstall windows 7 :suicide:
Wouldent be that bad!... but why did u buy a Mac if your just ganna run Windows?

Re: Boot Camp

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:10 pm
by Shiv
Dizzy J wrote:
Shiv wrote:
Dizzy J wrote:Whats wrong with Vista?
its not a problem with vista....more like i want windows 7 and i dont want to have to take out the parition, backup my crap, then reinstall windows 7 :suicide:
Wouldent be that bad!... but why did u buy a Mac if your just ganna run Windows?
cuz my ms office is crapping out on mac. plus, games for windows :2cool4u:

Re: Boot Camp

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:40 pm
by Boni
Shiv wrote:
Dizzy J wrote:
Shiv wrote:
Dizzy J wrote:Whats wrong with Vista?
its not a problem with vista....more like i want windows 7 and i dont want to have to take out the parition, backup my crap, then reinstall windows 7 :suicide:
Wouldent be that bad!... but why did u buy a Mac if your just ganna run Windows?
cuz my ms office is crapping out on mac. plus, games for windows :2cool4u:
Try OpenOffice.Org as an alternative to Office

Re: Boot Camp

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:08 pm
by Shiv
Boni Boy Blue wrote:
Shiv wrote:
Dizzy J wrote:
Shiv wrote:
Dizzy J wrote:Whats wrong with Vista?
its not a problem with vista....more like i want windows 7 and i dont want to have to take out the parition, backup my crap, then reinstall windows 7 :suicide:
Wouldent be that bad!... but why did u buy a Mac if your just ganna run Windows?
cuz my ms office is crapping out on mac. plus, games for windows :2cool4u:
Try OpenOffice.Org as an alternative to Office
yea yea i've got that
but i want full compatibility, as in office itself :glad:

Re: Boot Camp

Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 3:59 pm
by Jake
Mac version of office runs better on macs than the windows version runs on windows. and openoffice is fully compatable.

Re: Boot Camp

Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 11:07 pm
by Boni
Jake! wrote:Mac version of office runs better on macs than the windows version runs on windows. and openoffice is fully compatable.
I recently got rid of office and I am now using OpenOffice along with Thunderbird with the Sunbird Lightening Add-on. I got so pissed at Office 2007 taking up 500MB of my Hard Drive and OpenOffice in my opinion is a pretty good substitute for MS Office.

I recommend trying it out since it is free anyway.

EDIT: And OpenOffice.org can open the new 2007 file formats [.docx etc]

Re: Boot Camp

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:36 am
by Shiv
Boni Boy Blue wrote:
Jake! wrote:Mac version of office runs better on macs than the windows version runs on windows. and openoffice is fully compatable.
I recently got rid of office and I am now using OpenOffice along with Thunderbird with the Sunbird Lightening Add-on. I got so pissed at Office 2007 taking up 500MB of my Hard Drive and OpenOffice in my opinion is a pretty good substitute for MS Office.

I recommend trying it out since it is free anyway.

EDIT: And OpenOffice.org can open the new 2007 file formats [.docx etc]
can it save in docx?

Re: Boot Camp

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 10:23 am
by Jake
yes