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How to get Windows on my mac??

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  • 22-01-2009 2:23am
    #1
    batman84mac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭


    Hey,

    Has anyone any idea how to get windows on my mac?? I heard something about a virtual computer within the mac, how do i do this??


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    Blowfish
    Registered Users Posts: 5,112 ✭✭✭Blowfish


    http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/

    Grab the trial and give it a go.

    If it's gaming you want it for though, you'll be better off with Bootcamp


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    batman84mac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭batman84mac


    Thanks for that,

    I'm looking to run Adobe Audition and CAD on the mac, will this do the trick and is there a way of downloading this for free?


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    Blowfish
    Registered Users Posts: 5,112 ✭✭✭Blowfish


    batman84mac wrote: »
    Thanks for that,

    I'm looking to run Adobe Audition and CAD on the mac, will this do the trick and is there a way of downloading this for free?
    Well Bootcamp is inbuilt into OSX Leopard, however you will still need to buy a copy of Windows. Parallels will cost you too.


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    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users Posts: 26,558 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    for those programs that are very memory intensive and also not really used on the fly - as in you could be working 3+ hours with them - i'd give parallels a miss and just got with bootcamp.

    i find parallels is fine for small things like ms office etc. but it's a pain when you want to do something a bit more intense on the resources.


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    batman84mac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭batman84mac


    How do I set up bootcamp?? Will I lose everything on the hard-drive??


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    Creamy Goodness
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    this pdf tells ya everything http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/boot_camp_install-setup.pdf

    you won't lost anything on the drive, but you will be partitioning your drive (splitting it into a mac osx part and a windows part) and when partitioning it is always advisible to back up important files.


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