Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Apple does not void the warranty if you use un-approved software. That sign was probably put there by some unhappy CompUSA employee. This is an urban legend. Bootcamp enables your computer to dual-boot either Windows or Mac OS. You have to choose. When it is running Windows, Mac OS is not there. This matters a little tiny bit; for example, if you have a Palm Pilot connected to a USB port on your computer and you want to run the Windows software for Palm Pilot, Bootcamp is slightly better because there is no ambiguity about whether the USB is supposed to talk to Windows or Mac. By contrast, Parallels lets you run Windows as an application window inside your Mac. This is what I do, and in general it works perfectly, but there's a little bit of fussing around you have to do when connecting peripherals like USB so that you get to choose whether the peripheral connects to Windows or to MacOS. Both Bootcamp and Parallels require that your Mac have an Intel processor. Windows on a Mac is exactly as stable as Windows on any other machine. There are no additional instabilities introduced by the Parallels or Bootcamp environment. (This was not true of Virtual PC, which was less stable than a real physical PC). I haven't tried Vista on my Mac. The vendor says it works (http://www.parallels.com/en/news/id,10311) Brian Reid > I'm not a Mac user but I have a question someone here can probably answer. > I've heard about running Windows on a Mac using Bootcamp, Parallels, or by > having a double-boot system if you have one of the Intel processor models. > But last night I saw a sign at CompUSA that said Apple would void the > warranty on any Mac found to be loaded with Bootcamp or any other > un-approved software. Can someone clear this up for me? > > First, what's the difference between Bootcamp and Parallels? Do you need > an > Intel processor to run Windows under them? Do you need either one if you > have an Intel processor Mac? How stable is Windows on a Mac? And finally, > how about Vista on a Mac? > > Honestly, I don't need to know any of this but I'm curious.