Run Windows on an Intel Mac

booth said:
I hate Mac OS. Give me windows or even better Linux any day. However I wish I could use FCP and FCP's associated programmes.
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It's for me to understand how you can "hate" an OS, but wish you can run a program that runs in that OS.

Not trying to start at platform battle, but an operating system is just designed to run programs, and locate and organize files and apps.

To me, the OS X does it better than any other OS. Plus you get the Final Cut Studio suite.
 
Endurance_Man said:
Perhaps by that time it will have a blu-ray recorder in it. That would be the ultimate HVX200 companion.
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Only if it has a P2-compatible PCMCIA slot (or adapter). Without that, it's largely pointless for the HVX. With it, I'm buying one...
 
I will be testing this out on my MacBook Pro 2.0ghz the next few days, installing native Windows apps of the following: Photoshop CS, After Effects 6.5 Pro, and Avid Xpress Pro HD, as well some other utility apps.

I am going to run benchmarks (time permitting) against our dual 2.4ghx Xeons running the same renders/tasks. I'll post my findings within a week.

Oh, and now I'll bring my MBP to the Bootcamp. :)
 
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Barry_Green said:
Only if it has a P2-compatible PCMCIA slot (or adapter). Without that, it's largely pointless for the HVX. With it, I'm buying one...
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I agree.

I do understand Apple's move to the ExpressCard/34 protocol, but not without some adapter for existing PC card size cards, such as the P2.

I'd be moving to the Mactel PowerBook if it had a way to directly import p2 cards.
 
After running out and buying a Macbook last night, I only had enough time to install Windows (and even got a Blue Screen of Death!) and Visual Studio 2005. All software aside, I'm so impressed with the hardware itself. It's thin, light, very warm. OS X boots in like 12 seconds. Windows boots about the same, but I'm impressed at how responsive applications are, including Visual Studio 2005.

Will try Avid Xpress Pro HD tonight.
 
While we're on this thread, not only am I having to look for financing for HVX, now I have to look for $$$ for Intel Mac (bring up violin track). Seriously, has anyone had the chance to test DVRack Pro on the Intel Mac. If there was ever one reason to run Windows on a Mac it would be to give us Mac users the Serious Magic products.

Ned Soltz
 
Ned, Keep your eyes open for a Mac app that does what DV rack for the PC does, plus it should handle HD as well ;')
 
David S. said:
It's for me to understand how you can "hate" an OS, but wish you can run a program that runs in that OS.

Not trying to start at platform battle, but an operating system is just designed to run programs, and locate and organize files and apps.

To me, the OS X does it better than any other OS. Plus you get the Final Cut Studio suite.
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Right I quite like FCP, but I don't like the Mac operating system which it runs on. It looks pretty and all that, but recently I was forced to use them at a film festival that I was at, and it just wasn't as simple as using a PC. OS's for me should be practical, and if it's practical for you then that's great.

So I'd rather have a PC which runs software that I like AND is an operating system I can use on a day to day basis without getting frustrated, rather than an operating system that I don't like that has one piece of software that I'd use. I'd actually rather have a PC that I can boot up Mac OS + FCP on occasionally. Or even better FCP on PC which will never happen.

Though I'm lying because actually in a perfect world all software would run on Linux which I prefer to any of them. Each to their own and all that. Do you like super sour jelly sweets, because I love em :) It's not like I'm dissing your grandmother or anything like that, if it works for you use it, it doesn't work for me so I don't.
 
Booth, switching always takes time. Lets not start an OS war here, but generally you need to get used with an OS, so switching from OSX to Windows needs some time. ( and visa versa)
 
xray said:
Booth, switching always takes time. Lets not start an OS war here, but generally you need to get used with an OS, so switching from OSX to Windows needs some time. ( and visa versa)
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Not much time though.

I made the swtich right at the beginning of OSX and it didn't even take an hour to figure most of it out. I had been using OS9 machines prior, but would have never bought one.

My parents finally made the switch a little over a year ago. My mom was super hesitant because she was so used to windows, so not-computer literate. She bitched for about a day, and then fell in love....6 mos later my dad bought her a powerbook in addition to their tower...And my father, who was so anti-switching he'd get downright mean about it...I mean the guy read those 2000 pages microsoft tomes (and now OSX tomes) as light reading...knows the ins and outs with his eyes closed...He figured out OSX almost as fast as I did.

Anyway....again not to say one is better then the other, and not to start a fight.

But I made the switch with great ease.

And the even more important point is that my "set in their ways" parents made the switch, and did so in VERY quick manner.

OSX is a very simple UI, and very easy to get used to. Does not take much time at all.
 
It's funny, because I really don't like how a PC looks and feels.

Again, not a platform flame, but a preference. And some people can't stand the Mac's interface.

Others love linux. As long as they don't crash, accept viruses, and cause problems, I really don't care.

best wishes
 
I used OS9 quite a bit back in the day when I used a Media 100 at work. I got over my "fear" back then. I've since been writing software for Windows, but I consider myself "bi" when it comes to OS use. Both have strengths and weaknesses, thus my excitement to run both on the same hardware!
 
Well...If you go to macrumors.com a company just released a beta allowing you to boot winXP WITHIN OSX...no need for dual booting....apparently works quite well.
 
jeffyjones said:
Apple never objected to running Windows on their hardware, and said from the start they wouldn't do anything to prevent it.

It really is a win-win for Apple. They'll sell hardware for sure, and maybe make some new converts.
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It's more of a win-osx for Apple :)
 
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