how to switch between apple operating system and windows xp

douglastubbs

Hi all,
need advice on the new mac which our Dad got as present for Christmas. He go xp installed on it thinking that he could switch to the xp programs such as minitab and use the mac for pretty much every thing else. Unfortunately, all that can be done is that it starts up xp only and there does not appear to be an option to switch to Tiger/leopard which is annoying to say the least. We'll ask the installer tomorrow about how to access safari etc but if it is simply letting switching to Tiger can anyone let us know. Thanks,

anthony4335

There is a boot option in the system pref ,and to do it while booting you just hold down the option key. Just download the bootcamp manual it will tell you all this

gowayouttadat

When you turn on the computer just keep the option button pressed and it'll give you the option to start using windows or mac os

Breezer

Hang on, is your "new Mac" running Tiger or Leopard? No new Mac should be running Tiger, Leopard is a year and a half old at this stage, and will itself be replaced sometime this year. Also, if the machine is running Tiger, then it is running a beta, unsupported version of Boot Camp (the software that lets you run Windows), and you won't be able to make any changes to Boot Camp without messing with your system's clock.

douglastubbs

Thanks for all the advice that got it working, I normally work with pc so the only thing I know about apples really is that the operating system is either called tiger or leopard so it must be leopard as the mac is the new 13inch version.
Thanks again

Breezer

Fair enough, just wanted to make sure you hadn't been scammed

Red Alert

You might want to give VMWare, Parallels (or the new VirtualBox from Sun which is free) a spin if he's only using XP for one or two applications. Much easier than rebooting.

BFassassin

Red Alert wrote: »

You might want to give VMWare, Parallels (or the new VirtualBox from Sun which is free) a spin if he's only using XP for one or two applications. Much easier than rebooting.

Can any of these programs be linked with windows already intalled via bootcamp?
I have a couple of programmes that I ue the odd time but dont have the instal cd's for them any more so cant install again.
Being able to switch os easily would be extremely usefull.
Thanks

Sad Professor

BFassassin wrote: »

Can any of these programs be linked with windows already intalled via bootcamp?

You mean use the existing Bootcamp installation of Windows? Yes, Parallels and VMWare can do this. I'd recommend VMWare btw.

BFassassin

Yeah thats what I meant
Thanks