New Mac Comps

[BigMac93]

hey i am thinking of asking for a new laptop for christmas and i want a mac. but i want to know if i can run windows on it becuase i heard its possible. does anyone else do this and is it practical.

 

[nedward]

why the hell are u getting a mac to run windows on it

 

[BigMac93]

cause i have been using windows my whole life and know how to use it and i had a mac before and thought it was mad confusing and i dont feel like learning everything over

 

[Bulky]

yes you can do it but why would you. just use os you cab get a thing to run windows programs on os if you want

 

[nedward]

i bet u cud if u found out how but i dont know how..you can run mac on an hp

 

[Bulky]

its really not that hard to learn. i just made the switch from pc to mac and macs are much more user friendly.

 

[hartig]

wait, you want to buy a mac just so you can run xp on it?? whats wrong with you?

 

[BusyJohnSohn]

you could probably save yourself a shitload of money and just buy like a dell laptop or something

 

[cobra_commander]

Well there is no real reason to get a mac and then run windows on it, even though windows runs better on macs then on alot of pc's, but still OSX is better. but if you are getting a laptop I think there maybe a new one coming out latter with the new procesers, when lepord comes out. mind you I have not seen any actual things saying that there will be a new laptop, that is just my guess.

 

[BigMac93]

but it is possible? does anyone else

do this.

 

[mntelebumper]

no you cant. you can run mac on a mac, and xp on a mac by partitioning the hard drive, but you sure as hell cant run os x on a hp cause os x requires a specific chip set only available for macs.

 

[BigJew]

They make it difficult to run OSX on a PC because that's basically the only thing a mac has on a PC.

 

[East526]

i am thinking about getting a mac too, but there is a program called parellas or something that lets u run both on a mac very easily

 

[Paul-o-Rama]

the program that allows you to run both mac and windows is called Bootcamp. I love macs, welcome to the club

 

[twix_182]

yeah i got windows on mine. i used bootcamp. i only use it to use one program, but it works well

 

[cobble_hills]

Same here, i just use windows to play sim city. because thats the only thing that pc has on mac, but dont tell anyone.

 

[4ReeL_]

once you go mac you never go back

 

[Paul-o-Rama]

amen

 

[CooksCorner]

Eh. I have both and I'm not entierley convinced. If i had to pick one computer, I'd take the Mac for sure, but a highly competent PC user behind a powerful machine would blow most Mac's. I dunno, I like both. For example Word still runs like shit on a mac, i know its a Microsoft product but whatever.

 

[freezed]

actually you can indeed run OSX on an HP now that OSX is written for x86 chipsets. My friend has a Windows XP boot and an OSX boot on his generic brand PC.

 

[Itsbackfliptime]

Yes its possible to run osx on a PC but I believe its a cracked version and drivers aren't readily available.

 

[.David.]

Not only will you love your mac, but you'll also learn OSX in a week tops.

 

[dowalibeast]

yes you can get bootcamp and do it.

pm nomensteven or myself for an invite into the mac cult

 

[ski_cartel]

running windows on a mac is like buying a ferrari and then taking a shit on it

 

[Homebrewer19]

i'd suggest getting competent with OS X first. shouldn't take more than a week or two. then if you still want to get bootcamp go for it.

 

[jack_weisman]

yea i just got a mac and it is soo sick, it has a 300 gb harddrive and it soo fast. mines not a laptop, but still the new macs are soo sick considering the the computer is inside the moniter

 

[Badfish2]

try 'parallels desktop for mac' for a good windows Virtual Machine - www.parallels.com