Compatibility issues with using this Mac for pure Windows XP development???
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Posted by Peter Olcott on May 16, 2008, 6:13 pm
Please log in for more thread options http://store.apple.com/AppleStore/WebObjects/BizCustom?qprm=78313&node=home/shop_mac/family/mac_pro The only physical difference that I have heard so far is that the Mac has a different BIOS bootstrap loader. I need to know of any possible compatibility issues for any MS Windows based use, especially Visual Studio C++ / C# development. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Yoma on May 21, 2008, 8:51 am
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man, I have to tell you, the difference between MAC and PC are night and
> The only physical difference that I have heard so far is > that the Mac has a different BIOS bootstrap loader. I need > to know of any possible compatibility issues for any MS > Windows based use, especially Visual Studio C++ / C# > development. > > > day. The boot loader is just where it starts (other than the price). I would search to see if you can get MAC versions of the software you use, however, I doubt it. Now, you can run MS programs (now that Intel is part of the family)on a MAC.However, you still have the get the MS programs that are 'for MAC.' The only way to run pure MS is to partition the drive in the NTFS format so you can install Windows XP/Vista. That way you will be good to go and you can rest assure that you have just defeated the point of getting a MAC in the first place and waisted all that money for a (now) PC at a MAC price. Recommendation: get a souped up PC with high specs and STILL bank the extra cash or put it toward the software you want. Good luck, www.bytemecomputers.net | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Paul on May 21, 2008, 9:28 am
Please log in for more thread options Yoma wrote:
> Peter Olcott wrote:
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http://store.apple.com/AppleStore/WebObjects/BizCustom?qprm=78313&node=home/shop_mac/family/mac_pro
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>> >> The only physical difference that I have heard so far is that the Mac >> has a different BIOS bootstrap loader. I need to know of any possible >> compatibility issues for any MS Windows based use, especially Visual >> Studio C++ / C# development. >> >> >> > man, I have to tell you, the difference between MAC and PC are night and
> day. The boot loader is just where it starts (other than the price). I > would search to see if you can get MAC versions of the software you use, > however, I doubt it. > Now, you can run MS programs (now that Intel is part of the family)on a > MAC.However, you still have the get the MS programs that are 'for MAC.' > The only way to run pure MS is to partition the drive in the NTFS format > so you can install Windows XP/Vista. That way you will be good to go and > you can rest assure that you have just defeated the point of getting a > MAC in the first place and waisted all that money for a (now) PC at a > MAC price. > > Recommendation: get a souped up PC with high specs and STILL bank the > extra cash or put it toward the software you want. > > > Good luck, > > Yoma Yoma, the latest Macintosh computers, use Intel processors and an Intel chipset. The BIOS is EFI. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Firmware_Interface Apple has "Boot Camp" and "Parallels" as tools for operating with Microsoft Windows. Boot Camp allows the Apple computer to boot into Windows (WinXP SP2 for example). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Boot_Camp And that is the question Peter is asking. Once booted into Windows, how similar is the environment to an ordinary PC ? The answer should be, that it is very close. But I'm not in a position to say how close. The best place to get the information, might be on a Macintosh forum, where users have tested it. In addition to that closeness, people are also taking PC motherboards (like a motherboard based on Intel 945 chipset, with Intel processor), and loading MacOSX on it. So a transition in the other direction is possible as well (run Apple OS on non-Apple equipment). Paul | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Peter Olcott on May 23, 2008, 9:18 pm
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> Yoma wrote:
>> Peter Olcott wrote:
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http://store.apple.com/AppleStore/WebObjects/BizCustom?qprm=78313&node=home/shop_mac/family/mac_pro
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>>> The only physical difference that I have heard so far is >>> that the Mac has a different BIOS bootstrap loader. I >>> need to know of any possible compatibility issues for >>> any MS Windows based use, especially Visual Studio C++ / >>> C# development. >>> >>> >>> >> man, I have to tell you, the difference between MAC and
>> PC are night and day. The boot loader is just where it >> starts (other than the price). I would search to see if >> you can get MAC versions of the software you use, >> however, I doubt it. >> Now, you can run MS programs (now that Intel is part of >> the family)on a MAC.However, you still have the get the >> MS programs that are 'for MAC.' The only way to run pure >> MS is to partition the drive in the NTFS format so you >> can install Windows XP/Vista. That way you will be good >> to go and you can rest assure that you have just defeated >> the point of getting a MAC in the first place and waisted >> all that money for a (now) PC at a MAC price. >> >> Recommendation: get a souped up PC with high specs and >> STILL bank the extra cash or put it toward the software >> you want. >> >> >> Good luck, >> >> Yoma >
> Yoma, the latest Macintosh computers, use Intel processors > and an > Intel chipset. The BIOS is EFI. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Firmware_Interface > > Apple has "Boot Camp" and "Parallels" as tools for > operating > with Microsoft Windows. Boot Camp allows the Apple > computer to boot > into Windows (WinXP SP2 for example). > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Boot_Camp > > And that is the question Peter is asking. Once booted into > Windows, > how similar is the environment to an ordinary PC ? > > The answer should be, that it is very close. But I'm not > in a > position to say how close. The best place to get the > information, > might be on a Macintosh forum, where users have tested it. > > In addition to that closeness, people are also taking PC > motherboards > (like a motherboard based on Intel 945 chipset, with Intel > processor), > and loading MacOSX on it. So a transition in the other > direction is > possible as well (run Apple OS on non-Apple equipment). > > Paul The biggest potential issue that I foresee would be making image backups of both the XP and the Mac OS X partitions. Although there are some other compatibility issues, such as limited choice of hardware and operating systems, these should not be prohibitive. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Peter Olcott on May 23, 2008, 9:15 pm
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> Peter Olcott wrote:
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http://store.apple.com/AppleStore/WebObjects/BizCustom?qprm=78313&node=home/shop_mac/family/mac_pro
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>> The only physical difference that I have heard so far is >> that the Mac has a different BIOS bootstrap loader. I >> need to know of any possible compatibility issues for any >> MS Windows based use, especially Visual Studio C++ / C# >> development. >> >> >> > man, I have to tell you, the difference between MAC and PC
> are night and day. The boot loader is just where it starts > (other than the price). I would search to see if you can > get MAC versions of the software you use, however, I doubt > it. > Now, you can run MS programs (now that Intel is part of > the family)on a MAC.However, you still have the get the MS > programs that are 'for MAC.' The only way to run pure MS > is to partition the drive in the NTFS format so you can > install Windows XP/Vista. That way you will be good to go > and you can rest assure that you have just defeated the > point of getting a MAC in the first place and waisted all > that money for a (now) PC at a MAC price. > > Recommendation: get a souped up PC with high specs and > STILL bank the extra cash or put it toward the software > you want. > > > Good luck, > > www.bytemecomputers.net This is for commercial software development that has several hundred thousand hours invested in the MS Windows architecture. They are looking at dual boot so that they could run at some Mac software along side the Windows XP compilers. | |||||||||||||
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