declan Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 I want to ask people their reason to dual boot, mainly XP, is your main reason games or some software not available for os x or just cos you can. I rebuilt my pc to run os x and dump xp, though i still have a dedicated MCE box under tv, can't fault ms their. I killed my ibook, and now await a tower replacement from apple, till then my hackintosh will do, i have xbox and x360 for games. I know when i get a new mac the last thing i, and this is just me, is soil it with windows. Disclaimer. This is just a personal few, no offense is meant, no per... o bugger it, i have had enough of windows, used win 1 to xp they all $$£@$.. Seriously why do YOU want dual boot? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14096-your-motivation-to-dual-boot/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swad Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Well, when I get a MacBook Pro, I'll want to dual boot just so that I can run those few odd programs that don't have a Mac version. There are also a few apps I need for my job that I'll need to keep around. And, at this point, to have a native version of Photoshop, etc. That reason will diminish over time, though. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14096-your-motivation-to-dual-boot/#findComment-89756 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yossarian Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 I dual boot because I have hardware that won't run on OSx86. If and when I get my machine running 100% on OS X than I may have to reconsider my options. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14096-your-motivation-to-dual-boot/#findComment-89782 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Nightmare Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Gaming. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14096-your-motivation-to-dual-boot/#findComment-89877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyin916 Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 i might consider getting an intel mac mini when i get my tax return.. i plan to dual boot with xp mce. mce just because.. xp because i go to multimedia rich sites that use flash and flash 8 plugin isn't up to par on the mac in my opinion. multiple flash swf's running at the same time hogs cpu/memory on osx.. it doesn't do that on my mac quite well. i current have a g4 mini.. and suffers the same fate at the displays at the apple store.. -p Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14096-your-motivation-to-dual-boot/#findComment-89929 Share on other sites More sharing options...
davesacre Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 I am going to law school this fall, most likely to Temple. The exam software that they use is not compatible with OSX, and I'll be damned if I buy another laptop to take exams if I don't have to. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14096-your-motivation-to-dual-boot/#findComment-89984 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxvk Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 @davesacre buy a macbook pro or a new Intel-Ibook when it's released soon: Install the firmware update and use bootcamp;) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14096-your-motivation-to-dual-boot/#findComment-90110 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olaf Wagner Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 I need to dual boot due to the following MS apps that I need to use in my daily work: - Virtual PC (come on Microsoft, update the current version to be 'Universal') - InfoPath - DRM (Digital Rights Management - no support in Office Mac yet) Once these 3 items are taken care of, XP is gone! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14096-your-motivation-to-dual-boot/#findComment-90609 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitterSweet Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Games, and to use a decent version of MSN to webcam with my family in New Zealand. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14096-your-motivation-to-dual-boot/#findComment-90642 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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