Guild wars and mac

Woop Shotty

Woop Shotty

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

Ruthless Mafia [RM]

Mo/

16 Jul 2008 at 16:51 - 41
Quote:
Originally Posted by zamial
... isn't using bootcamp on a mac, loading windows still windows? If you need to do that, why not use windows to start with?
It's just a boot loader, it's using Windows without emulation, if that's what you mean, it's just on Apple's hardware.

Quaker

Quaker

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

16 Jul 2008 at 18:12 - 42
Actually, this brings up a question which I think I used to know the answer to, but I'm not sure anymore...

Is the Windows that you run on an x86 Mac a special "Mac Version" or just ordinary Windows XP? (From what I can Google I assume it's just regular XP)

Lord Sojar

Lord Sojar

The Fallen One

Join Date: Dec 2005

Oblivion

Irrelevant

Mo/Me

16 Jul 2008 at 18:15 - 43
Playing around with HTML, ignore me.

<font size=3 face="Lucida Handwriting"><font color="red"> Ordinary standard WinXP or Vista. Vista runs best on MACBook Pros compared to every other manufacturer, actually... ironic eh?</font> </font>

Quaker

Quaker

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Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

16 Jul 2008 at 18:34 - 44
Hmm, interesting. perhaps Vista doesn't need the BIOS emulation?

Lord Sojar

Lord Sojar

The Fallen One

Join Date: Dec 2005

Oblivion

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Mo/Me

16 Jul 2008 at 18:43 - 45
Shouldn't. Sara has Vista installed on her Macbook Pro without <font color="darkblue" face="Microsoft Sans Serif">BIOS</font> emulation.

lol, HTML is amusing.

Woop Shotty

Woop Shotty

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Join Date: Oct 2006

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Mo/

16 Jul 2008 at 18:46 - 46
No, there isn't anything special needed to run Windows on intel Macs. Boot Camp is a boot manager, assistant for partition, installation, and ease of driver installation (like drivers for the Apple keyboards and mice). The OS installs and works as it would on custom PC hardware.

Etta

Etta

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

Mancland, British Empire

17 Jul 2008 at 08:10 - 47
Quote:
Originally Posted by zamial
- most owners are a bunch of over paid, arrogant, rich jerk.
Fixed.

And.....I'm guilty as charges. lol

Bootcamp 2.1 is supporting windows 64 bit now btw. As to why I'm using bootcamp, it's mostly just for the novelty. I'm still jumping on the pc or console while waiting for premeire or director to finish the rendering.

Dark Kal

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2006

17 Jul 2008 at 09:36 - 48
Quote:
Originally Posted by zamial
Not to mention isn't using bootcamp on a mac, loading windows still windows? If you need to do that, why not use windows to start with? I am not attempting to poke fun at or upset the mac users with this post, I am however, trying to understand them a little better.
Maybe some people DON'T just use their computer for gaming? Macintosh has better programs for most things than Windows does from what I've heard.

Quote:
It seems that most schools/universities seem to push apple products on to the uneducated students, which I think is pretty harsh when they realize what they have.
School/universities don't consider "gaming" a necessity for school equipment.