[DM-MUG] Parallels and running Win [ick!]

[Matthew W.]

You also need to make sure it's not an older version. Should be XP  
with Service Pack 2. I have yet to test pre-XP SP2 versions, but it's  
not recommended. For basic needs, XP Home should be fine and cheaper  
too, from $120. I would probably get XP Pro too, Bryan, but you and I  
are not basic users.

If anyone can post to the list the truly useful differences between  
Pro and Home, I'd sure appreciate it. (John Todd?)

Matthew

On Aug 24, 2006, at 1:05 PM, Bryan Baker wrote:

> I'd recommend finding a full retail version of XP Pro. OEM versions  
> aren't supposed to work afaik (at least w/ bootcamp), upgrade  
> versions will likely require an existing windows install, at this  
> point there's little point in running an older version of Windows -  
> and XP Home is fairly crippled, so I'd recommend going w/ XP Pro,  
> but YMMV - I guess I feel that if you're going to do it, might as  
> well be as well covered as possible. Expect the win license to be  
> up to about $300 or so (I was just looking, thinking about trying  
> to get some Macbooks in here)
>
> On Aug 24, 2006, at 12:45 PM, Jerry Heiselman wrote:
>> Both products (Parallels and Bootcamp) will run any version of
>> Windows, so it's really up to you.  You may be hard pressed, however,
>> to find anything other than WinXP, although you may still be able to
>> get a hold of Win2000 from eBay or something similar.
>>
>> --
>> Jerry



Matthew Wheeler
Acting Vice President
Des Moines Macintosh Users Group
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