Windows on Mac decisions

[brian9271]

I was thinking of downloading Windows on my Mac

Any advantages and disadvantages points of Windows on Mac would be nice so that I can make a decision, thanks.

 

[aaronw1986]

Advantage: you can run software made for Windows...
Disadvantages: You need a copy of Windows. It takes up hard drive space.

 

[brian9271]

Hey if you get Windows on your Mac, and get a virus, that will screw your Mac up right?

 

[aaronw1986]

Hey if you get Windows on your Mac, and get a virus, that will screw your Mac up right?

They are separate partitions. So no. Unless you install software specifically so Windows can write to the OS X partition, which then it could. Be under normal circumstances, it cannot affect the OS X partition. If you get a virus that can't be fixed, you can just reformat the Windows partition.

 

[brian9271]

So the Windows partition will be affected and not the Mac partition, right, and if you removed the Windows partition, everything will be fine on your Mac?

 

[Neil321]

Hey if you get Windows on your Mac, and get a virus, that will screw your Mac up right?

Na,in the unlikey event a windows virus did migrate across OS X wouldn't
understand it,the only need for Mac AV would be to scan e-mail attachments
so you dont forward them onto your windows buddy's

edit brian9271 you are correct in the above statment#5,just think of it as like having to separate
OS's but on the same machine

 

[brian9271]

Great, thanks for the help, now I'm going to see how to get Windows for free, although I might not install it just yet, I gotta see what the pro's say.

 

[pastrychef]

So the Windows partition will be affected and not the Mac partition, right, and if you removed the Windows partition, everything will be fine on your Mac?

Yes, you are correct. The Mac OS X side of things will be fine.

 

[Mr. Zarniwoop]

Any advantages and disadvantages points of Windows on Mac would be nice so that I can make a decision, thanks.

The advantages and disadvantages of the most popular approaches to Windows on Mac: Boot Camp, CrossOver, Parallels, VMware Fusion in three bullet points each!