Solve : Two OS on same computer?

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Answer» Is it possible to run MAC OS and Windows OS on the same computer?VMWare Workstation will let you: http://www.vmware.com/products/ws/So will a Mac, I believe.Thanks for the quick response. I will try the website. Try Virtual PC also.Thanks. I have looked at both sites and neither says anything about MAC and Windows OS on the same computer. ONE is a windows website.I know it has something to do with partitioning my hard drives, but the problem is that my computer brand new out of the box(about the same time XP was released) did not come with an OS program disc. It came with XP, but I had to burn a copy of my hard drive, well, how do I know that actually worked without trying it, and will I be stuck if it doesn't work? I am guessing it would be easier at this point to buy a new computer with the OS that I want, but would still like to know if MAC and Windows can run on the same computer. Sorry if this sound repetitive. http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Vmware_how_toJust curious...why a MAC OS ? ? Even in a Virtual setup it's going to be a struggle to get it up and running...thanks for all the quick responses. I was wanting something other than Windows, because of all the problems i've had with it, and thought if I could use the windows based computer and just install MAC on it, it might work. I wasn't sure of how to go about doing that. I was thinking maybe of doing away with XP and strictly using MAC OS, but wasn't sure if the computer I already had would accept the MAC OS. This is the first place where I have been able to find the most and best answers, and can't thank you guys enough. do you think I could use this computer to run MAC OS withouth the XP on it? Besides MAC OSs are cheaper than windows.Quote from: luvmyputer on September 13, 2009, 02:20:19 PM Besides MAC OSs are cheaper than windows. lol wut?Not the computers, the OS is cheaper, so my MAC user friends have said. LOL I am just sick of all the problems that come with using Windows. on the other hand... you have to pay for updates... those things add up. Or they do if Apple is doing their job. The reason they are acclaimed as "more secure" is not because they are "more secure" but rather because they are less targeted; same story with Linux. Additionally the "problems" you face with windows won't necessarily go away, especially if you try to run a Mac OS on hardware not specifically desgned for it. UNLIKE windows the Mac OS is... well designed for Mac computers, and therefore is far less robust with hardware changes. I might also add that it's hardware/driver incompatibility that cause most windows issues (not counting badly written software) so it stands to reason that since Mac OS has far less (probably no) testing with non-standard hardware configurations and windows is TESTED extensively on thousands of machine configurations which one will have more issues with slightly deviant hardware.Quote (not counting badly written software) Explain please. What do you mean? Somewhere Bill Gates said that Apple should license its software. Was that in Hard Drive?

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Is it possible to run MAC OS and Windows OS on the same computer?VMWare Workstation will let you: http://www.vmware.com/products/ws/So will a Mac, I believe.Thanks for the quick response. I will try the website. Try Virtual PC also.Thanks. I have looked at both sites and neither says anything about MAC and Windows OS on the same computer. ONE is a windows website.I know it has something to do with partitioning my hard drives, but the problem is that my computer brand new out of the box(about the same time XP was released) did not come with an OS program disc. It came with XP, but I had to burn a copy of my hard drive, well, how do I know that actually worked without trying it, and will I be stuck if it doesn't work? I am guessing it would be easier at this point to buy a new computer with the OS that I want, but would still like to know if MAC and Windows can run on the same computer.
Sorry if this sound repetitive. http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Vmware_how_toJust curious...why a MAC OS ? ?
Even in a Virtual setup it's going to be a struggle to get it up and running...thanks for all the quick responses. I was wanting something other than Windows, because of all the problems i've had with it, and thought if I could use the windows based computer and just install MAC on it, it might work. I wasn't sure of how to go about doing that. I was thinking maybe of doing away with XP and strictly using MAC OS, but wasn't sure if the computer I already had would accept the MAC OS. This is the first place where I have been able to find the most and best answers, and can't thank you guys enough. do you think I could use this computer to run MAC OS withouth the XP on it? Besides MAC OSs are cheaper than windows.Quote from: luvmyputer on September 13, 2009, 02:20:19 PM

Besides MAC OSs are cheaper than windows.

lol wut?Not the computers, the OS is cheaper, so my MAC user friends have said. LOL

I am just sick of all the problems that come with using Windows. on the other hand... you have to pay for updates...

those things add up. Or they do if Apple is doing their job. The reason they are acclaimed as "more secure" is not because they are "more secure" but rather because they are less targeted; same story with Linux.

Additionally the "problems" you face with windows won't necessarily go away, especially if you try to run a Mac OS on hardware not specifically desgned for it. UNLIKE windows the Mac OS is... well designed for Mac computers, and therefore is far less robust with hardware changes. I might also add that it's hardware/driver incompatibility that cause most windows issues (not counting badly written software) so it stands to reason that since Mac OS has far less (probably no) testing with non-standard hardware configurations and windows is TESTED extensively on thousands of machine configurations which one will have more issues with slightly deviant hardware.Quote

(not counting badly written software)

Explain please. What do you mean?

Somewhere Bill Gates said that Apple should license its software.
Was that in Hard Drive?

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