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	Mac no good ... but! by Andy H-3 :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message So I buy an intel Mac and finish iPhone game dev (don't want to / not successful), Lord Mortis said I can always install Windows it instead. This got me thinking. Could I make it dual boot instead and the best of both worlds? Andy H. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: pigmi-unsubscribe@... For additional commands, e-mail: pigmi-help@...
	Re: Mac no good ... but! by David Cake :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message At 2:13 PM +0800 30/4/09, Andy H wrote: >So I buy an intel Mac and finish iPhone game dev (don't want to / >not successful), Lord Mortis said I can always install Windows it >instead. > >This got me thinking. Could I make it dual boot instead and the >best of both worlds? Yes. And if you have enough RAM to make it usable, you can put a virtualisation product (like Parallels or VMWare) on it, and run both at once if you really need to. Cheers David --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: pigmi-unsubscribe@... For additional commands, e-mail: pigmi-help@...
	Re: Mac no good ... but! by Brendan Ragan :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message Andy H wrote: > So I buy an intel Mac and finish iPhone game dev (don't want to / not > successful), Lord Mortis said I can always install Windows it instead. > > This got me thinking. Could I make it dual boot instead and the best > of both worlds? > Windows XP - Yes. You can even (With the addition of VMWare Fusion or Parallels) boot your windows install from INSIDE mac os x... --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: pigmi-unsubscribe@... For additional commands, e-mail: pigmi-help@...
	Re: Mac no good ... but! by Reece Sheppard :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message MacOS is the only OS that can triple-boot MacOS, Windows and Linux by default. Either use Bootcamp to dual boot your system, or use Parallels to run Windows within MacOS. I've seen it in practice at uni, and it's what pushed me over to the Mac buying camp (As soon as I have some money) On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Andy H <andyhawkins@...> wrote: So I buy an intel Mac and finish iPhone game dev (don't want to / not successful), Lord Mortis said I can always install Windows it instead. This got me thinking. Could I make it dual boot instead and the best of both worlds? Andy H. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: pigmi-unsubscribe@... For additional commands, e-mail: pigmi-help@...
	Re: Mac no good ... but! by John Chillemi :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message Yep; OSX has a little tool called boot camp. It sets up an NTFS partion and all the dual boot trappings, ready for a windows install. After you install, you pop the OSX disk in and it's got all the appropriate drivers. (Hopefully not sounding too much like a mac evangelist, but i thought this was fairly classy.) If you prefer the ability to flip between them without a reset, there is always Paralells or VMware for running a Virtual PC. 2009/4/30 Andy H <andyhawkins@...> So I buy an intel Mac and finish iPhone game dev (don't want to / not successful), Lord Mortis said I can always install Windows it instead. This got me thinking. Could I make it dual boot instead and the best of both worlds? Andy H. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: pigmi-unsubscribe@... For additional commands, e-mail: pigmi-help@...
	Re: Mac no good ... but! by Will Dowling :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message > You can even (With the addition of VMWare Fusion or Parallels) boot your > windows install from INSIDE mac os x... I originally bootcamp'ed WinXP on my MacBook Pro, but have been making a concerted effort to switch over to OSX and use VMWare Fusion for everything I need from Windows. It's quite nifty actually, you get your windows applications running in a floating windows as if they were native OSX apps! The only reason I boot into WinXP on it now is to play games if I'm not at home. Highly recomended! :) Will Dowling T: +61 (0407) 421 559 F: +61 (08) 6364 4881 E: will@... --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: pigmi-unsubscribe@... For additional commands, e-mail: pigmi-help@...
	Re: Mac no good ... but! by Andy H-3 :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message Gee I missed a few words out of that last email :) Sry. Thanks this is great news. Parallels is good too, it means I can run ShiVa on Mac too. Andy H. MacOS is the only OS that can triple-boot MacOS, Windows and Linux by default. Either use Bootcamp to dual boot your system, or use Parallels to run Windows within MacOS. I've seen it in practice at uni, and it's what pushed me over to the Mac buying camp (As soon as I have some money) On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Andy H <andyhawkins@...> wrote: So I buy an intel Mac and finish iPhone game dev (don't want to / not successful), Lord Mortis said I can always install Windows it instead. This got me thinking. Could I make it dual boot instead and the best of both worlds? Andy H. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: pigmi-unsubscribe@... For additional commands, e-mail: pigmi-help@...
	Re: Mac no good ... but! by Simon Wittber-2 :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message On 30/04/2009, at 2:22 PM, Brendan Ragan <lordmortis@...> wrote: > Andy H wrote: >> So I buy an intel Mac and finish iPhone game dev (don't want to / not >> successful), Lord Mortis said I can always install Windows it >> instead. >> >> This got me thinking. Could I make it dual boot instead and the best >> of both worlds? >> > Windows XP - Yes. I've also run vista on my iMac. And ubuntu. -Sw. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: pigmi-unsubscribe@... For additional commands, e-mail: pigmi-help@...
	Re: Mac no good ... but! by Chris McCormick :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 02:25:10PM +0800, Reece Sheppard wrote: > MacOS is the only OS that can triple-boot MacOS, Windows and Linux by > default. Um, false. Chris. ------------------- http://mccormick.cx --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: pigmi-unsubscribe@... For additional commands, e-mail: pigmi-help@...
	Re: Mac no good ... but! by Reece Sheppard :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message Sorry, I didn't word that very well. By "default" I meant without needing to hack the OS. On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Chris McCormick <chris@...> wrote: On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 02:25:10PM +0800, Reece Sheppard wrote: > MacOS is the only OS that can triple-boot MacOS, Windows and Linux by > default. Um, false. Chris. ------------------- http://mccormick.cx --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: pigmi-unsubscribe@... For additional commands, e-mail: pigmi-help@...
	Re: Mac no good ... but! by AndyDent :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message On 04/30/2009, at 2:28 PM, John Chillemi wrote: > If you prefer the ability to flip between them without a reset, > there is always Paralells or VMware for running a Virtual PC. With VMWare at least, you can run the Virtual PC using the disk defined in your Bootcamp partition. That lets you boot native XP or whatever for playing games but have the same setup available most of the time whilst running OS/X. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: pigmi-unsubscribe@... For additional commands, e-mail: pigmi-help@...
	Re: Mac no good ... but! by Andy H-3 :: Rate this Message: Reply to Author \| View Threaded \| Show Only this Message Thanks for the advice guys!! Mac will be mine today. I will call it Mini-Mac : Andy H. On 04/30/2009, at 2:28 PM, John Chillemi wrote: If you prefer the ability to flip between them without a reset, there is always Paralells or VMware for running a Virtual PC. With VMWare at least, you can run the Virtual PC using the disk defined in your Bootcamp partition. That lets you boot native XP or whatever for playing games but have the same setup available most of the time whilst running OS/X. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: pigmi-unsubscribe@... For additional commands, e-mail: pigmi-help@...