plan to buy Mac book soon and planning in running 2 OS
Mac OS and XP ..
heard by using parreral can be done so ... or the other would be the free-ware wan...
planing to buy this spec"

* 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 1GB memory --> upgrading to 2GB
* 120GB hard drive1
* Double-layer SuperDrive

the 13" model (black color)

advise guys ...
will u guys thinks this gonna work?


mac newbie, Alex

Yea it will work, only advise I could give is, do consider MBP instead if your budget allows. Nothing wrong with the Macbook, but you will love the Macbook Pro more! Haha..

MBP cost more.
my budget is around rm5k only.

whereby it can allowed me to buy that following spec only only.
S$ 2,229.00
if MBP is S$ 3,452.00 already ..
all in singapore dollar

how much is both the the computer selling in KL

Macbook Pro outgoing models are going for a steal from RM6,499:-

http://machines.com.my/

alrite mate.
btw u know anybodi repairs MAC?
i got a G4 here...got probelm

eerrm......

y wouldn't it work??it's something bought off the shelve....it shoul work...

if u want suggestions, please at least state what you intend to do with ur mac and then only ask for suggestions and questions like will this gonna work...

and there have been too many threads like this already....please do a seach b4 creating a new thread....

reason wanna try something new ..
i have been using IBM based PC ..
right since i planning to buy a new laptop ..
tot of trying MAC!

actually wondering between HP tablet and MAC ibook now!

im using macbook 13.3' white

2.0ghz
1gb ram
80gb hdd
and 2 os - mac and xp -(using bootcamp)

no problem at all...it will work..u dont have to worry about it..

I tried Windows XP and Vista through Boot Camp and Parallels Desktop before on the stock model Apple MacBook (RM 4399 model), no hitches. But there was a slight lag in Parallels running XP. BTW: Parallels couldn't install Vista on my Apple MacBook because too little RAM. In Boot Camp, all no problem except the Vista lag.

yes....it would be better if u've stated this in ur first post....

but the thing is, there are already tons of threads asking the same question.....

just a normal browse to the first 2-3 pages of apple byte and u'll find this
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/276594
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/421263
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/479516

so there is actually no reason to just open a new thread asking the same stuff......

I'm sorry for acting like this but apple byte's post count was taken away because of spam and unnecesary posts.....this thread, IMO, is unnecesary....

well this isn't any threat also.
the reason why i open my own threat ..bcuz i duwan interrupt peoples threat.

i don't see any spam in my threat also!

lokgotz, thanks advance for the threat, i'll take a visit on them.

neji02, u were reccomend to use bootbamp rather than parreral then; i see; so wanna ask another question izzit easy to use bootcamp to install XP?

Hi,

Juz go for ur decision..no need to worry..bootcamp 1.3 can support vista too..i'm running osx and vista with bootcamp 1.3..juz upgrade ur ram to 1gb.

thanks,

icicicic ..

letchuanna: wanan aks u izzit easy to use bootcamp to install XP?

Hi,

installing xp in macbook no problem at all..its all documentation in pdf file with boot camp.

but first, i'll reommend u to update ur Mac before installing Windows
just a pre-caution!

I did it all without reading anything. Follow your instinct. Quite easy to do it actually if you follow the on-screen words.

bootcamp ...is easy to use...but still, u need to read the manual before doing installation for XP....in order to prevent any problems happened...

anyway, parallel will share your ram to run your OS...let say, u hv 1GB ram in your mac. then it will be 512MB for Mac OS X and 512MB for xp...

since Vista need minimum 512MB, so...u need to be aware of this...but,recomend u to get original "XP" OS also...so that u can update your OS...or u might have other way to solve it...haha...

A lot of user which using windows OS in mac and complain the speed of windows is running slow in mac...actually, they did not update their windows...and they r using P****** software so this is the reason ...


btw, you will love to use Mac OS X ...unless u hv got some software which cannot be used in mac OS X...so u may need to switch to windows...

my advice...go for mac...

what's the reasons users want to have 2 OS on the same computer?

XP/Vista for games?
OS for serious works?

i disagree with you. P version or Ori version, both are same. It's not like the P version, all those libraries and etc, written in different ways which makes the whole thing slow like snail. Everything works the same way I suspect why they say slow, (1) might be GMA950 or (2) might be low ram. Other than that, everything is the same as normal generic pc, minus some hardwares of mac(isight cam) not working well in windows

There are some applications that don't run on the Mac. In my case I use VMware Console and Garmin Mapsource among others, both don't exist on OSX.

Games are definitely something that OSX lacks at this point in time, however the graphics on the Macbook aren't great to begin with for 3D games.