Windows on MAC notebook?

I never had a MAC, only played with friends Apple notebooks.

I plan on getting a Mac during the first day of Christmas shopping. I think it's called black friday or whatever.

My questions are ....

I heard you can run Windows on a Apple notebook. Is this true?
Can I dual boot BTWN Tiger and Windows? And what about loading Vista?

I do plan on getting a high-end Mac. Maybe like 4GB ram and near of over 200gb HD so memory should not be a problem.

I would really like both OS's on one. Is this wise? Any problem? ETC:?

 

http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/

My buddy at school is running XP just fine on his macbook

 

Thanks, So I just got to make sure to get a intel based proccesor.

I wish I knew this 2 months ago. I would have gotten a MAC then instead of my aspire 5102

 

If you are planning on getting a notebook Mac (which is likely considering the topic of the forum), as far as I know, there isn't such a thing as a 200 GB hard drive on a Macbook or Macbook pro, but I could be wrong. I think there is still driver problems in XP on either notebook, but I haven't been watching as closely lately. I think i'd be wiser to just use a PC notebook for XP, and leave the Apple notebook with only Mac. There are still problems in XP on a Mac, PC notebooks are made for Windows (and there's a lot more to pick from), Apple notebooks are made for Mac, IMO don't use XP on a Mac. When I do get a Mac I will only use it with OS X because that's what it's made for. If you absolutely need XP and Mac at the same time and don't want to carry around 2 machines, go for it, otherwise, use a Mac for what it was made for, OS X.
These are my views, and if disagrees with me, so be it.

 

There are no longer any driver issues. It will work just as well as any other notebook. Also, I don't believe a 200GB notebook drive exists. I think the max available is 160 or 180. However, if you aren't going to use OS X, I would not go with an Apple. If you want both there is no other solution. One more thing, you can't get 4GB of RAM either. Even if the MacBook supported it, a 2GB DIMM is VERY expensive, if you can even find one.

 

I do plan on getting a Mac whether it supports windows or not.

I read thru the Bootcamp link and it does seem that you have to load in drivers to a cd and back in after windows install. (Something like that, I'll read about it more later) That does seem to hint some driver problems, but I think they will only be minor.(hopefully).


I'll give it a try.


I wish this was allowed Vice Versa. But I won't talk about that as people seem to get angry at loading a Apple OS on PC but are quick to install Bootcamp to load windows.

 

In case you weren't aware, it's because you cannot install an Apple OS on anything except an Apple. Apple does not allow it. Microsoft allows you to install Windows on hardware you want.

 

Yes, it does have you burn a CD of drivers, but there is no driver problems. Every computer needs drivers, they just usually have them as part of the restore disc so it is more transparent. Since with Boot Camp you need a real XP disc the drivers won't be there. Especially considering Apple uses proprietary drivers. So, to sum it up, the drivers cd is just so you don't have to find them yourself. You will be verry pleased with Boot Camp performance. You may also want to try Parallels.

 

There is no Mac notebook with 200 GB hard drive. So far, only a few notebooks have over 120 GB hard drive, and they're usually split between two hard drives. The highest-end Mac notebook is the MacBook Pro, which can only reach 120 GB - 5400 RPM or 100 GB - 7200 RPM. Also, I'm not sure, but I don't think the MacBook Pro can reach 4 GB. Please someone clarify that for me too.

It is illegal to run Mac OS X on a Windows computer, so that's why you rarely hear of anyone doing so, as kegobeer said as well.