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MindzEyeWRX02 · 04-10-2008, 11:18 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by iamgnat

Virtual PC (VPC) is Microsoft's emulator for PPC based Macs, if you get an Intel it doesn't work. Really that is OK though as even on the high end G5s, it made you want to rip your hair out due to how slow it was.

For Intel based Macs you have 3 options for using Windows, and they are all good. First you have Bootcamp (comes with 10.5) which allows you to boot directly into Windows (and x86 OS actually). Second you have Parallels and VMware which are virtualizers.

Bootcamp gives you the most performance, but Parallels/VMware give you the most flexibility (you run a virtualized instance of the target OS from within OSX). Unlike VPC which had to emulate Intel hardware, the virtualizers are fast as they give the target OS direct access to the real hardware.

Which option is best for you depends on what you want. Personally I live a Mac only existence, so I can't help there

That depends on the FE, but I believe all the current Mac ones offer some method to get back to the Finder without exiting the program first.

-dave

Thanks. I want to run OS as my platform, i was just wondering in case i wanted to datalog. I also think all the opensource tuning software for my car is PC, not to sure

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04-10-2008, 11:18 AM	#9
MindzEyeWRX02 Newbie Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Nor-Cal Vehicle: 2002 Subaru Impreza WRX Posts: 7 My Photos: ()	Quote: Originally Posted by iamgnat Virtual PC (VPC) is Microsoft's emulator for PPC based Macs, if you get an Intel it doesn't work. Really that is OK though as even on the high end G5s, it made you want to rip your hair out due to how slow it was. For Intel based Macs you have 3 options for using Windows, and they are all good. First you have Bootcamp (comes with 10.5) which allows you to boot directly into Windows (and x86 OS actually). Second you have Parallels and VMware which are virtualizers. Bootcamp gives you the most performance, but Parallels/VMware give you the most flexibility (you run a virtualized instance of the target OS from within OSX). Unlike VPC which had to emulate Intel hardware, the virtualizers are fast as they give the target OS direct access to the real hardware. Which option is best for you depends on what you want. Personally I live a Mac only existence, so I can't help there That depends on the FE, but I believe all the current Mac ones offer some method to get back to the Finder without exiting the program first. -dave Thanks. I want to run OS as my platform, i was just wondering in case i wanted to datalog. I also think all the opensource tuning software for my car is PC, not to sure.