Which Windows for Mac?

[Owen Densmore]

This may be a bit odd a question, but..
   Which version of Windows should I use for my new Intel MacBook Pro?

Considerations include:

- Cost!  .. they're not cheap!
   (I *have* an old Win2000 Pro, but not sure its modern enough.)
   Related: Where to buy cheapest.

- Memory/Speed:
   I don't want to give over half my resources to Windoz!

- Compatibility with Mac:
   Probably Apple works better with some than others.

- Nicest: Is there a pleasant version to use?

     -- Owen

Owen Densmore   http://backspaces.net

[Owen Densmore]

Oops .. forgot to mention: I'll likely be using Parallels primarily.

     -- Owen

Owen Densmore   http://backspaces.net


On Dec 18, 2006, at 12:56 PM, Owen Densmore wrote:

> This may be a bit odd a question, but..
>    Which version of Windows should I use for my new Intel MacBook Pro?
>
> Considerations include:
>
> - Cost!  .. they're not cheap!
>    (I *have* an old Win2000 Pro, but not sure its modern enough.)
>    Related: Where to buy cheapest.
>
> - Memory/Speed:
>    I don't want to give over half my resources to Windoz!
>
> - Compatibility with Mac:
>    Probably Apple works better with some than others.
>
> - Nicest: Is there a pleasant version to use?
>
>      -- Owen
>
> Owen Densmore   http://backspaces.net
>
>
>
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[Douglas Roberts-2]

The Ubuntu version, 6.1 (Edgy), http://www.kubuntu.org/download.php.

I just loaded it on to my new IBM T60 dual core laptop.  Two thumbs up, so
far...

--Doug

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On 12/18/06, Owen Densmore <owen at backspaces.net> wrote:

>
> This may be a bit odd a question, but..
>    Which version of Windows should I use for my new Intel MacBook Pro?
>
> Considerations include:
>
> - Cost!  .. they're not cheap!
>    (I *have* an old Win2000 Pro, but not sure its modern enough.)
>    Related: Where to buy cheapest.
>
> - Memory/Speed:
>    I don't want to give over half my resources to Windoz!
>
> - Compatibility with Mac:
>    Probably Apple works better with some than others.
>
> - Nicest: Is there a pleasant version to use?
>
>      -- Owen
>
> Owen Densmore   http://backspaces.net
>
>
>
> ============================================================
> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
>

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[Nick Frost]

Owen Densmore wrote:

> On Dec 18, 2006, at 12:56 PM, Owen Densmore wrote:
>
>> This may be a bit odd a question, but..
>>    Which version of Windows should I use for my new Intel MacBook Pro?

Hi Owen;

I'm thinking you mean to run Windows via the Parallels virtual machine
within OS X.

I would suggest XP Professional.  Mainstream updates for Windows 2000
ceased in June 2005.  XP Home is to be avoided.  Windows Vista is too
new, so I think that should be avoided.  Anyway, you can't purchase
Vista until Jan 2007 (though the beta RC1 is out now).

I run Windows XP Professional SP2 within VMWARE under Linux (Gentoo) and
once set-up properly it runs fine, that is of course dependent on what
hardware one is using, but I know at least one person running XP Pro
successfully under Parallels on a Macbook (Intel).

You can get Windows XP Professional for $140 here;

  Microsoft Windows XP Professional With SP2B 1 Pack - OEM $139.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16832116059

Hope that helps.

-Nick

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[Marcus G. Daniels-3]

I don't use a Mac very much, but I've been using Vista beta & RC for a
few months and it seems fine.   Vista does work in current Parallels.  
Recently the needed changes were made to Cygwin for Vista so that
Unix-like tools work, which at least for me is important.

But, really, if you don't already know what version of Windows you want,
maybe you don't really need it at all?

P.S. Note that people run Windows all the time in vmware, but in order
to force people to buy their hardware, Apple has done their best to stop
MacOS X from running inside Linux or Windows. This is not to say that
vmware won't soon run _on_ MacOS X.  Someone figured out how to do it a
few months ago and Apple threated them until they took the information down!

[Carl Tollander]

I'm using XP pro, with the Parallels beta that uses XP through the
bootcamp partition.
Had some worries about the OEM version, but no major warts so far.

Now I have to figure out if there's anything I really need XP for.  :-)

Nick Frost wrote:

> Owen Densmore wrote:
>
>  
>> On Dec 18, 2006, at 12:56 PM, Owen Densmore wrote:
>>
>>    
>>> This may be a bit odd a question, but..
>>>    Which version of Windows should I use for my new Intel MacBook Pro?
>>>      
>
> Hi Owen;
>
> I'm thinking you mean to run Windows via the Parallels virtual machine
> within OS X.
>
> I would suggest XP Professional.  Mainstream updates for Windows 2000
> ceased in June 2005.  XP Home is to be avoided.  Windows Vista is too
> new, so I think that should be avoided.  Anyway, you can't purchase
> Vista until Jan 2007 (though the beta RC1 is out now).
>
> I run Windows XP Professional SP2 within VMWARE under Linux (Gentoo) and
> once set-up properly it runs fine, that is of course dependent on what
> hardware one is using, but I know at least one person running XP Pro
> successfully under Parallels on a Macbook (Intel).
>
> You can get Windows XP Professional for $140 here;
>
>   Microsoft Windows XP Professional With SP2B 1 Pack - OEM $139.99
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16832116059
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> -Nick
>
>  

[Giles Bowkett]

> Now I have to figure out if there's anything I really need XP for.  :-)

Isn't that the real question, what you're using it for? I mean the
right answer could be anything from "you ain't gonna need it" to "all
versions."

(Typical consultant answer I guess...)

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