This isn't about help with the install process, WGA or how to fix anything. It's an opinion thread. Computer involved is a Mac Pro quad 2.66 (2009) with the GT120 (which I'll upgrade to the 4870 in due course) and 6GB RAM.
I have a professional disdain for Windows but want to install it, and would like affirmation that I'm picking the right one. This is partly for work use when I'm testing Windows apps we've produced (20%) and gaming via dual boot (80%). I'll mostly be running OSX though.
My options are:
Windows XP Home (I already have a slipstreamed version I made when I had to install it on my laptop which has since been decommissioned). This is mine so I can use it forever. However, it's also lame because it can't detect half my hardware from what I can tell from previous posts.
Windows 7 RC (64 bit). Because everyone's doing it. And because I should be able to get more out of my hardware from what I understand.
I'd like Vista 64 ideally but I don't have it, and it feels like a bad time to be buying it IYSWIM.
I'm going to install on a dedicated 80GB drive to keep it completely separate from my OSX stuff. I thought about partitioning 30GB for XP Home, for Parallels and simple things, then using the rest for Windows 7 RC. When the RC expires I can go back to only having one install temporarily and then buy the best version of Windows 7 (assuming I like it). I only have version 3.0 of Parallels, hence being slightly afraid of installing Windows 7 RC alone as they don't seem to want to support it without me moving to 4.0. Should I just go for it anyway?
If anyone has any opinions on my proposed partition sizes along the lines of, "Whoa, that's way too small for that OS", that is useful to know.
Does my plan sound sensible?
Thank you
I have a professional disdain for Windows but want to install it, and would like affirmation that I'm picking the right one. This is partly for work use when I'm testing Windows apps we've produced (20%) and gaming via dual boot (80%). I'll mostly be running OSX though.
My options are:
Windows XP Home (I already have a slipstreamed version I made when I had to install it on my laptop which has since been decommissioned). This is mine so I can use it forever. However, it's also lame because it can't detect half my hardware from what I can tell from previous posts.
Windows 7 RC (64 bit). Because everyone's doing it. And because I should be able to get more out of my hardware from what I understand.
I'd like Vista 64 ideally but I don't have it, and it feels like a bad time to be buying it IYSWIM.
I'm going to install on a dedicated 80GB drive to keep it completely separate from my OSX stuff. I thought about partitioning 30GB for XP Home, for Parallels and simple things, then using the rest for Windows 7 RC. When the RC expires I can go back to only having one install temporarily and then buy the best version of Windows 7 (assuming I like it). I only have version 3.0 of Parallels, hence being slightly afraid of installing Windows 7 RC alone as they don't seem to want to support it without me moving to 4.0. Should I just go for it anyway?
If anyone has any opinions on my proposed partition sizes along the lines of, "Whoa, that's way too small for that OS", that is useful to know.
Does my plan sound sensible?
Thank you
