New to Bootcamp, should I use bootcamp to run my PC audio softs?
Hi I'm new to bootcamp. I'm planning to use my MBP to run PC audio softwares daws like sonar or cubase, with firewire audio interface. I don't know if this is a good idea, will this sound the same as a real PC? Will there be a lot of problems?
How about if I play a 3d big video game on bootcamp xp sp3 on my MBP, will it run as fast as the same cpu, memory, graphics card PC?
Thanks!
Hi,
running Windows natively (with BootCamp) on a Mac is like running Windows on any other given PC and it uses the available hardware to its full power.
There are some reports of trouble with Firewire interfaces and BootCamp Windows, so you should check the manufacturer website and forums for such reports.
BootCamp Windows is your only choice to run 3D video games.
The virtualization apps there are (Parallels, VMWare Fusion or VirtualBox) cannot handle these games in a satisfactory manner
Regards
Stefan
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