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    1645 - Windows 7 vs OS X vs Ubuntu 9.10

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by supertwit, Dec 13, 2009.

  1. supertwit

    supertwit Newbie

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    Hey all,

    I'm working abroad right now and I'm going to pick up my 1645 from home in a few weeks. I'm switching from a macbook to the 1645 and I was wondering if anyone has any experience with:

    1) The 1645 and Ubuntu 9.10 - i hear it has issues with turbo mode and so it actually runs slower native than it does under a VM in windows 7? Can anyone comment on this,

    2) Setting up a hackintosh install? I want to be able to access all my old pages and keynote files...though the other option is to set up leopard under VMware as well...but it would be interesting to install it on its own partition...anyone tried it?

    My ideal set up is looking to be Ubuntu (main) + Windows 7 (gaming) with Leopard under VMware for accessing old files.

    Thanks,
    AV
     
    supertwit, Dec 13, 2009
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  2. Ch00kz

    Ch00kz Notebook Consultant

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    I too also want to know this. I plan to main Ubuntu and use Windows for gaming etc etc.
     
    Ch00kz, Dec 13, 2009
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    look out its the fuzzz maaan
     
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    Ubuntu works fine, get x64 and it recognizes all 8 cores and all your RAM. Never ran benchmarks on it though. You can install Ubuntu without making a partition for it, and keep both Windows 7 and Ubuntu.
     
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    m1n05_4, Dec 13, 2009
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