Lost in Windows World

There are other questions similar to this, but not exact to my point. Just got a MacAir. Never used Windows. My daughter plays games on her PC and wants to use the MacAir to play games. Not going to install Vista, based on all the posts. I was told I needed to install Windows OEM SP2 kit. Went to newegg.com. Lots of different types:
--XP Professional with SP2
--XP Professional 64Bit SP2C - OEM
--XP Professional With SP2C - OEM
--XP Home With SP2B 1 Pack - OEM
--XP Home Edition with SP2 - Retail
HELP!!! I just want to make sure that what I install can run high end game programs for my daughter.
Thanks!!
Jon

should we get the Home edition or the Pro edition of Windows.
Consult with the game's publisher to see if they support, or work better on, one particular version.
Can we buy the OEM? Do I have to spend $200 or can we spend less?
OEM versions of Windows are licensed only for the system with which they ship. You need a full retail copy of Windows to run on a Mac, either via BootCamp (requires XP Home SP2 or XP Pro SP2) or via virtualization (virtualization is more flexible in the versions of Windows most such apps can run).
Just so you know, she's probably not going to be able to run "high end" " "high graphics" games successfully on your Mac; the graphics chip isn't suitable for really high-end games, i.e. those with very complex animations. The Sims, though, generally aren't particularly demanding on the graphic processor, so from a hardware standpoint, Sims games should work OK.
Note as well that any installation of Windows, be it via BootCamp or via virtualization, is going to eat up a lot of your MacBook Air's hard drive. So you may want to rethink letting your daughter load and run a lot of games on your system.
Just FYI, AB was trying to be helpful and giving you the advice many if not most people here would have, so your rudeness to him was rather uncalled for.

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You see the MAC and the shared folders but you can't read or write on it
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FAQ
You may want to do more complicated things, but first ensure you can actually share files without security in place so you can identify the root cause of your possible problems
I want to password protect my windows shares: once you have done the relative set up in windows vista and ensured you can connect from another windows machine you will need to use user name and password of the Vista user to connect.
I want to password protect my MAC shared folders: Go into user account and disable guest access to shared folders is no shared folder has to be accessed without password otherwise leave it checked. Create a new user for sharing (better than giving away your password) so that this user only accesses the folders you want to share. In System preferences network select file sharing SMB and flag only the new user you have defined. Then go back to the folder section and set the permissions you like on the folder you want to share for this newly defined user.
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Last suggestion: Select Mac Help from the Finder's Help menu and search for "windows." There are numerous help articles. You can find the same articles at support.apple.com and searching for "windows network." Then narrow the product to Mac OS 10.6.

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