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POLL: How many people have Windows on their Mac?

Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by jackluo923, Apr 14, 2009.

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Yes......or......No

jackluo923, Apr 14, 2009

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does a virtual machine count? (A native install takes up too much space )

Chris27, Apr 14, 2009

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Chris27 said: ↑

does a virtual machine count? (A native install takes up too much space )

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Yes.. virtual machine counts. After all, Windows in Virtual machine is still Windows.

jackluo923, Apr 14, 2009

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Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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No, I do not .

Sam, Apr 14, 2009

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well, i did, i bootcamped the white macbook in 2006.
i think we may need to run a poll of how many ppl are using macs or had used macs on this forum first. macs has a low market share worldwide.

nomoredell, Apr 14, 2009

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Lyanowu Notebook Consultant

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I Don't.

Lyanowu, Apr 14, 2009

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Colton Also Proudly American

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I have a Boot Camp partition of XP, *ONLY* for 2 games though. Sam, I might have an extra copy of XP Professional if you want it!

Colton, Apr 14, 2009

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doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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maybe should ask how much its used.... sure i have Windows on there.. and besides just testing and playing with Windows I use it about once every 2 months

doh123, Apr 14, 2009

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Luke1708 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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I allocate 70GB to vista.

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windows 7 via virtualbox and dang, it runs hot

dlhuss, Apr 14, 2009

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Captain Fail Notebook Evangelist

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I don't. OSX all the way baby!

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Underpantman Notebook Virtuoso

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I do using VM, but I fire up XP like once a month if that.
99% of what I do is all on the mac, and if I could get that 100% I would
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Underpantman, Apr 14, 2009

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doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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Luke1708 said: ↑

I allocate 70GB to vista.

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I only give it 30.... and still never run out of space... just don't need it really, just like to have it for some games.... well currently only 1 game.. but never know, maybe more or less in the future. Even on my old MBP i kept Windows installed even though I didn't use it one time for about 10 months cuz I had no Windows games I wanted to play I couldn't run without Windows. Took a long time to patch/update everything after being off that long.

doh123, Apr 14, 2009

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cdnalsi Food for the funky people

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I used to, but now that I got my PS3, I don't have Windows at all.

cdnalsi, Apr 14, 2009

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I have XP on a 32 Gb BootCamp partition that I boot either at start up or in OS X through VMware Fusion. I need XP for work because our web based applications require IE.

steve p, Apr 14, 2009

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I want to force myself learning how to use OSX so I dont install Win.

haquocdung, Apr 14, 2009

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Why should I? Windows is the reason that I bought a Mac.

titaniummd, Apr 14, 2009

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I have vista in bootcamp and XP in parallels.

blazezaku, Apr 14, 2009

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no i dont, i have seperate gaming dekstop and another portable work laptop to take care of windows for me.

using windows on mac is messy.

wobble987, Apr 15, 2009

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got a free server 2008 installed, runs like a charm

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I don't know. After I got my mac, I found it so easy to use that I don't really use my windows desktop anymore. Besides I don't play game right now, so no need for windows.

Lyanowu, Apr 15, 2009

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