Hi Alex, What you might want to understand is that Bootcamp is, for all intents and purposes, running Windows natively. All the Bootcamp Assistant does for you is repartition your hard drive and install a boot manager so you can pick which system you want to use at any given time, and then you literally install Windows on that empty partition, like you would on a regular PC. The issue with Bootcamp's installation is that it isn't automated. You could create an unattended installation disk to handle that for you, but the process is not trivial. VmWare has a method of automating things so you can just put your WIndows CD in, type in your product key and twenty or twenty five minutes later you have a working Windows system with sound and everything. I've not done the Bootcamp thing myself, so others who have feel free to speak to how it performs. My VmWare machine runs quite happily though, and I've not noticed a speed drop. Admittedly, I'm not doing anything really intensive on the VM, but on new hardware the speed degradation shouldn't be a problem for most people. I think the accessibility issues with Bootcamp make VmWare a very attractive solution. Best, Zack. On Apr 2, 2011, at 5:05 PM, Alex Hall wrote:
> Hi all, > Just a quick question. If I win the lottery and get a mac, I will want > Windows on it to run things like audio games. I was told that vmware, > which seemed like a perfect solution, is slower than native windows > and is not a good solution due to its lack of speed. What have people > found when running windows via a virtual machine as far as speed? How > does it compare to bootcamp, and are there any problems with bootcamp > that would make it a less-than-ideal solution? How do both compare to > running windows natively? > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from GMail website) > mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
