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MacOS X Parallels Desktop, VMware Fusion & Bootcamp, Discussion MultiOS digest guide MAC Only
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razr_sped
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 Dec 8 2009, 12:07 AM
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hi guys..jus a Q..m migrating to MBP after christmas..
as my company has volume licensing for XP n office, will need it for my work
i understood it will run well in PD..
lets say i bootcamp de xp, will i be able to access it via PD? (cant seems to find ans in this thread, not sure other)
or i still need another installation? a.k.a. 1 for bootcamp n 1 for PD
reason is i still play valve game, l4d n l4d2..that is best with bootcamp
but i jus need PD for my work
thx
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razr_sped
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Dec 8 2009, 01:05 AM
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» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « QUOTE(dvlzplayground @ Dec 8 2009, 12:44 AM) looks like u've done ur homework. kudos  its ur choice. u can make a separate windows installation in PD, or u can tell PD to make a virtual machine based on ur boot camp partition (in this case, obviously u have to boot camp 1st). if separate, it will be a brand new installation and have nothing to do at all with ur boot camp partition. legally u need 2 windows license for this. the advantage of this is u wont have to specify how big the windows partition is since no partitioning is involved. if u make VM from boot camp, it'll be exactly like ur bootcamp partition with all the programs u installed. also, whatever changes u make when running windows in PD, it will show up in boot camp. and vice versa. u'll only need 1 windows license here, n save disk space as well. but once u set how big the windows/bootcamp partition is, u cant change it (from what i know, maybe there are methods to do this). thx for de clarification, will be dedicating 120gb for de bootcamp s it's onli work related my office lappy only tak 30gb I think from de Dell they gave me though they change lappy every 4yrs but I'vei seen mac live longer then tat plus I jus love my valve acc..l4d series + HL series jus wanna make use as little space as possible fir de xp n office s long s I can PD it for my work n BC it for game in small space footprint is good enough This post has been edited by razr_sped: Dec 8 2009, 01:07 AM |
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razr_sped
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Jan 7 2010, 10:22 PM
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dear all..was still lookin to buy a MBP soon.. hopefully to be reveal during 26/1 anyway back to my Q.. was at apple store to check around the (student) price is there any difference between VMware and VMware academic? as de price is almost half of it, was cheaper then PD (i onli need it to access MS office, company license) thx
Added on January 8, 2010, 1:54 pmor anyone had tried virtualbox? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualBoxany feedback on this free SW? This post has been edited by razr_sped: Jan 8 2010, 01:54 PM |
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razr_sped
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Jun 1 2010, 07:44 PM
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QUOTE(JohnnyBeGud @ Jun 1 2010, 01:43 PM) I read somewhere that you need a second activation key from microsoft if we want to use our bootcamp system as a virtual machine. Is it true? no u dun...i had same key for bootcamp n VM |
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