Any Mac pro can tell do this two program stack in a Mac?
It should no problem for running both at the Mac OSX right ?

bootcamp is fully running on ur machine itself without booting up osx....

parallel runs inside osx side by side wif osx...

they wont stack as both r running on separate method... n u cant have both bootcamp n parallel running at the same time....

ROFL.. sorry no offense here.

Bootcamp is just like partition magic (if you familiar in windose side) but Bootcamp also contains some other stuff like the emulator BIOS part and winxp/vista drivers for your mac machines. As for Parallels, it a virtual pc. Parallels only runs on mac.. So how can you run parallels in other platforms(winxp, vista.. etc) once you using bootcamp to boot to winxp i assume. And why on earth you want run both at the same time? Just make me laugh.. sorry about that.. Btw, mind tell me what's your purpose behind?

I didnt mean running both of them simultaneously..
I mean the files of both programmes wont crash when both of them installed in Mac OSX..
I think my english is not so powerful to express my thoughts.. =/

xp files used during parallel will be stored in mac osx hdd

bootcamp is installed in another partition on ur hard disk... which got no contact wif the mac part...

so... no... they wont get mix together...

Err... Parallels can use your bootcamp drive to boot that particular os. So if parallels corrupted that bootcamp partition, say goodbye to that partition Anyway, best is install winxp/vista via parallels in its virtual hdd, but you need bigger hdd space

if in tat case, why someone would risk booting up xp via parallel from the bootcamp partition anyway?

it feels like doing something extra since parallel use a virtual hdd in osx...

Why? Because human are damn lazy... Save time and hdd space without installing winxp/vista again.

Let say you now install winxp via bootcamp, then you do not want to install winxp again via parallels. Why use Parallels? (i assume you ask that ) Because Human are damn lazy again. Lazy to shut down mac osx and boot to winxp, just to use some app like VB6. Get my point now?

hmm... it's true if u put it tat way...

but using parallel we cant get full power of our graphic rite?
i'm booting up to xp on bootcamp juz to play civilisation 4 coz i got better graphic n faster game play...

anyway... honght...
what purpose for xp in ur mac anyway if u r buying mac for ur daily life?? = =
most basic stuff found in xp found in apple as well

unless u mean things like Autocad which u cant live without, shouldnt u juz use a pc ??...

Guys, for me the only reason I would want to use Bootcamp is because I dont want to spend a few hundred bucks on Parallels. (though I have also already dumped Bootcamp partition, dont use Windows on my Mac anymore)

And those who bought Parallels, just forget Bootcamp, running Windows on Bootcamp sucks, poor battery life, poor heat management etc.

parallel lags if u only got 1G of ram...

i din tried on 2G, but it's still expensive tat u need to pay for the software n the ram upgrade to 2G....

but still... u wont feel the heat n the bad battery management if u r booting up to play some game or software tat u cant get in osx on the table rite??

normal xp batt on macbook when i watch anime n movie can last bout 2 - 2 1/2 hours.... isnt tat bad la...

Well..
Wat can i say is quite hard to switch from windows to mac suddenly..
For some applications..

Should have bought Parallels during PC Fair (RM199). Yet to have a chance to try it but I dont like Windows on Bootcamp.

When I used to have Windows on Bootcamp, the restarting and booting up part is already irritating enough without having to wait for XP to boot (so slow compared to OSX).

Heat is not something that I would feel, but rather the notebook itself, just dont feel right with it running hot. Battery lasting 2 to 2 half hours is considered poor for Macbooks, mine usually last at least 3 hours, with Wifi (browsing & chatting) and iTunes playing.

yea... it's kinda slow when waiting for the green bar keeps moving while booting up... osx juz took less than 15 sec for me to boot up...

i wont have xp in my comp if i can juz go into rehab n stop playing civilization 4 XD...

anyway... honght, hope ya like the switch ^^ u'll get used to it in no time...

It is not to be said hard.. Just that, sometimes you don't have any choice. I take games for an example. How many games do port for mac? And how many games use opengl instead of directx? Now got so-called directx10..

For me, i would say every OS got its own purpose, whether is winxp, linux or mac os. Cheer

I tried to configure the parallel to use my bootcamp hdd ad the bootup disk... but it comes out something telling me tat "windows could not start becoz of a computer disk hardware config prob"

i tried to solve it... but i'm stuck now... anyone using parallel to bootup the 'untitled' hdd which bootcamp created?

thax...

am planning to buy Macbookpro soon, just wanna know which is better for the MAc to run windows? Bootcamp or parallel, interms of the window performance. e.g. games

games of cos will be bootcamp la.. Parallels is virtual pc.. Emulate the whole OS (winxp) in mac osx.

thanks, i just saw another thread entirely regarding what i ask, haha....i guess i might use both bootcamp and parallel for MBP after i call my dad to get it for me from Malaysia (am sick of the window vista already)....the MBP here is like about RM1000++ more expensive here...using both together should be fine rite?

anyone knows ??