Windows Vista Thread

[B-Ri]

i bought the damn macbook pro, but no parallels. Im just going to use Bootcamp and my XP disc. Partitioning like crazy though. You need one for osx, one for XP, and one so they can share files nicely. Now i have no need for my Powermac G4 or my Athlon 2700+ pc.

[cka]

I'm trying to fight the urge to buy Vista. Help.

so buy it, it's not gonna murder your grandma or anything

32bit oem version of home premium is only $100 or so

if you just wanna try it out download it off the internet but don't activate it, it'll run for 30 days

[bbobb]

Partitioning like crazy though. You need one for osx, one for XP, and one so they can share files nicely.

No you don't. You just need an OS and an XP partition. Just make the XP partition FAT32 and you're done.

[B-Ri]

No you don't. You just need an OS and an XP partition. Just make the XP partition FAT32 and you're done.

i read that windows xp didnt like fat32 too much, and that xp didnt read the HFS+, so i made the 30gb osx partition (leaving plenty of room for final cut studio when it arrives), 20gb for XP NTSF, and 61.5 FAT32 that both OSs can read.

[bbobb]

i read that windows xp didnt like fat32 too much, and that xp didnt read the HFS+, so i made the 30gb osx partition (leaving plenty of room for final cut studio when it arrives), 20gb for XP NTSF, and 61.5 FAT32 that both OSs can read.

Windows does fine on FAT32... it's not like you'll be using it much anyway.

[B-Ri]

im going to have to end up going to apple tomorrow, the disc drive makes scary noises when you load a disc in, and whenever i format a partition to FAT32 i get a B-Tree error. I hope they exchange it for a new one, i dont want to get fucked over by being handed a referb.

[cka]

if you want to save a few more bucks, use an upgrade edition of windows vista for a clean installation - 100% legal!

[Razor Ramon]

Before I plunge into the Vista pool, does it have its own DVD-encoder/decoder or will I need to buy (lolz) a separate program?

[kedawa]

FAT32 is useless if you have files bigger than 4GB (or is it 2GB?) because that's the limit on FAT32 file sizes.
Also, OSX has no trouble reading NTFS disks, but writing to them seems a bit flaky, at least when the NTFS partition is formatted in Windows 2000.

[bbobb]

Also, OSX has no trouble reading NTFS disks, but writing to them seems a bit flaky, at least when the NTFS partition is formatted in Windows 2000.

Yeah, that's the problem. OSX can't write to an NTFS drive.