Question:
what will be the changes? mac os to windows xp os in terms of applications, isight camera,trackpad etc.?
anonymous
55 years ago
what will be the changes? mac os to windows xp os in terms of applications, isight camera,trackpad etc.?
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9 years ago
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kataz lyte
15 years ago
BEFORE YOU CAN ADD WINDOW XP,YOU WOULD OF TO FIND IF ITS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SYSTEMS,BEST TO DO IS FIND OUT WHO CERTIFIED IT, MAC, WINDOWS, or VISTA. IF WIN or VISTA THEN YOU CAN REPROGRAM IT WITH WINDOWS or VISTA.DON'T YOU KNOW WHEN BUYING SYSTEM, YOU MUST STICK TO THE WIDELY USE OS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BIGGEST PROBLEM WILL BE IF IT WILL RUN SMOOTH SAIL, WITH OUT FREEZING!!!!!!!!!!!1
Bond 5693
15 years ago
it won't run windows to my knowledge. Windows is for a bios supported computers. mac does not have a bios system. its built into the chipset. sorry to bring you bad news... But at least you can say you have used Both operating systems... thats more than 80 % of people. Best wishes
anonymous
15 years ago
The changes will be that you will get viruses, have a lot of hassels, and generally hate using Windows.



Why not be a trend setter and just use OS X? There's no real learning curve.



You won't want to put Windows 98 on a Macbook anyway. You'll most likely want to go with Vista or Windows 7.
Jeffrey S
15 years ago
Actually, you CAN install Windows on a macbook. You still need to have a valid Windows install disc and BootCamp (which should already be included with the mac os - I think in the "Utilities" folder, which is in the "Applications" folder) and it will guide you through the installation process. With BootCamp, you can choose to boot into either mac os or windows. All versions of windows are supported. (You can also buy "Parallels" which is like BootCamp, but lets you run windows os inside mac os, so both operating systems are running at once.)



Comparing mac os and windows xp on a macbook, the mac os will have slightly better integration of things like the iSight camera (because it has its own special app in mac os), but after you download all the new drivers for windows (BootCamp should tell you how) everything WILL still work in windows xp. The trackpad, keyboard, USB, DVD drive, etc. will all work the same in windows.



Actual applications are NOT compatible between mac os and windows xp. For example, there is a mac version of microsoft word, and a windows version. To use Word on both operating systems, you would have to buy two sets of microsoft office. This isn't usually a problem though, since you can just switch to the operating system with the right list of programs, so you only need to get an application for the operating system you plan to use it with.



Also, you want to make sure to get good anti-virus software, since windows is far more vulnerable than mac os, even on macbook hardware. For more basic differences between the operating systems themselves, you can search Google.


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