A bit of a Mac Boot camp help PLEASE!

[sdmiddleton]

Hello,

I'm thinking of loading XP on the Imac to run some software, but was wondering if anyone with experience knew the answer to this???

I have a genuine copy of XP but the disc is Pre- Service Pack 2...As far as i'm aware you can't load pre service pack 2 discs onto boot camp to then upgrade to Service pack 2.. It seems like a chicken and egg scenario here. How would you recommend proceeding. I still have a PC, would i have to create a new boot disc or something on the PC side?

Your expertise will be greatly appreciated?

Many Thanks

S.

[existe]

Since you have a PC you can make a SP2 Image of XP into a new CD. It is called slipstreaming.

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/wi ... stream.asp

[sdmiddleton]

Many Thanks for that mate, that is an extremely comprehensive set of instructions - Will give it a shot!!!

[SubQ]

Is it better to run xp music apps on boot camp or parallels? regarding performance and stability.

[adventurepants_]

Is it better to run xp music apps on boot camp or parallels? regarding performance and stability.

boot camp. you would never want to run a multimedia app in an emulated environment like parallels.

[SubQ]

Ok. So how does it goes comparing with, i.e., Live on OSX? how much performance do you lose?

[adventurepants_]

checkout the performance testing thread on here somewhere.

I think people have done the exact test youre asking about. from memory, Live on XP via bootcamp performs slightly better than OSX on the same computer, but i think theres very little in it.

[SubQ]

good news!

thx

c