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How does Bootcamp work?

Maental2000 · 2011-03-22 02:12:28

Hi guys, I'm recently after buying a new macbook pro & it says that bootcamp is installed. Apparently, I can load windows onto it without having to buy additional software (apart from windows obviously). Is this true or am I understanding it wrong? Also, how can I do it? I'm new to all this! Cheers!!

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#32 12-05-2011 01:31PM

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greenman667 wrote: »

If I install virtual box, will I be able to call the Win 7 partition from within Mac OS?

Afaik, with VirtualBox, no, not officially. There are workarounds, but I'm not sure how well they work. You can do this with Parallels and VMWare though.

Or am I better off to unpartition, do a fresh install of everything and install virtual box, keeping the Win 7 completely virtual?

If it was Parallels or VMWare you were using I would say no, as the Bootcamp partition gives you the best of both of worlds. But if you don't think you are ever going to boot up in Windows then I suppose you might as well.

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#33 12-05-2011 02:25PM

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Thanks mate - I'll take that advice on - makes things a bit more clear to me

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