Running windows 7 & additional programs on macbook Pro

Evening all,
Im in the process of getting a new computer and very keen on finally getting on a macbook pro as do fair bit of design stuff etc(and i really want one!). Only problem is if i brought one i would also not have enough money straight away to replace my windows only programs like photoshop, indesign etc so would need to use windows on it with these programs.
Has anyone got any experience of doing this and is the performance affected? or will using photohshop via windows 7 on boot camp(think thats the name of it) be as quick, responsive as using mac version of photoshop?.

Mac's have been able to run MS Windows on them for several years now. You have several options for doing so, first is using Boot Camp which essentially turns your Mac into a PC. Boot Camp is included in OS X therefore the only expense you will have is for a license of MS Windows if you don't already have one. The upside is it provides the best performance, the down side is you cannot run MS Windows and OS X simultaneously. Another downside is as with any Windows machine that portion of the machine is susceptible to Virus's and other Windows malware so you need to protect it.
There are also virtualization applications that allow you to run Windows side by side with OS X, meaning you can run both simultaneously. The most popular options are using Parallels or Fusion which are direct competitors that do the same thing. The upside of this solution is the ability to run Windows and OS X at the same time, the downside is if you are playing 3D games, doing 3D virtualization or CAD/CAM performance will be slower than a stand alone Windows machine. Again because you will be running Windows that portion of the Mac is susceptible to the same problems any Windows box is. I would think you would have excellent performance using this solution with Photoshop and would recommend taking this route. I would also upgrade your RAM to 8 GB (don't buy it from Apple though) this will help performance too.
Roger

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