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Hello all,
For a number of years I have used either Parallels, and the last few years --- Sun Virtual Machine to run W2K Professional and XP Professional on my Mac Core2Duo with 3 GB memory -- all has worked great.
Now -- I want to get some experience with Window7 - looking to buy Professional version. I did the Windows 7 compatibility test - it passed in Virtual Machine, just complained about the video that I would not have full compatability, etc....
Just wondering if anyone can offer some opinions ----
Would it be better to run Windows 7 Professional in Bootcamp --- this way the OS would get the full benefit of my hardware --- core2duo, 2.16 Ghz, 3GB memory, 120 GB HDD with 70 GB free ??
Or --- should I gamble and try running in virtual mode with Sun Virtual machine ?
It really does not matter if I boot up in Windows or Mac --- I will use the OS that I need at that time, I have no need to use both OS at the same time, that would not be an issue. I only use Windows when I need to access some online classes that I take where you "need" Windows, or --- with 7 if I want to "play around" with the OS. Otherwise --- I use Mac about 75% of the time.
Thanks,
Bob

I find that Windows 7 doesn't look that great without it's Aero theme, which is quite demanding in terms of the performance of your video card. Now, the issue with virtual machines is that they do not take full benefit of hardware acceleration for graphics. As a result, Win7 will be sluggish with Aero on if you run it under Parallels or other virtualization software. However, if you install it under Bootcamp, Win7 will perform much nicer. There may be one obstacle, though... that's free hard drive space. I believe, WIn7 would need at least 30 Gb on its partition, which will leave you only with only 40 Gb free under Mac OS. If you run it as a virtual machine, then it will be easier to redistribute free space between Mac OS and Win7, but either way, it may feel like paying $100 in nickels.
I would go for Win7 under bootcamp, play with it, and then delete it and install WinXP under virtualization software.
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