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  1. February 5th, 2009, 09:35 AM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by rik View Post
    Or just run it in a virtual machine. Virtualbox allows you to do this with no partitioning required. And it's FREE FREE FREE!

    Did I mention that it's free?

    www.virtualbox.org
    I need to test the 3D rendering app I am working on on Mac/Windows, so I'm a bit worried anything like a virtual machine or Wine might skew my performance testing.

    How does a virtual PC work with saving stuff?
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    isn't boot camp part of the latest OS avail with a new mac?....hmmmm
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    Quote Originally Posted by PIPER View Post
    isn't boot camp part of the latest OS avail with a new mac?....hmmmm

    Yes. Unbox that mac of yours, update the OS, and then configure a bootcamp partition and load XP/Vista/Windows-7 on it.

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