void.no.spam.com@gmail.com wrote:
> Could there be any possible issues with running Windows XP or 7 on a
> Mac? Or is Windows 100% compatible with Mac hardware?
Macintosh computers come in many flavors and generations. For
example, I have an old Quadra here, running a Motorola 68K
family processor. No, no version of Windows will install directly
on that. The driver situation would be a disaster (Nubus, not PCI).
On a later machine, a G4 (PowerPC processor), I run windows via
using Virtual PC for Macintosh. That works fine and allows running
a Windows OS in a standalone window. I run MacOS 9, MacOSX, and
Virtual PC for my other OS options.
The third generation of processors for Mac, is Intel.
(68K CISC, PowerPC RISC, Intel x86.) Since the Intel processor
is the same as the ones used on PCs, that should give you more
options for OSes. I think BootCamp, gives you dual booting.
Note they mention that BootCamp comes with drivers, which would
be an important component of installing an OS. Make sure
the driver support is there, for whatever OS you want
to use.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boot_Camp_(software)
This one, allows running MacOSX and Windows at the same time.
I'm guessing this is similar to Virtual PC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallels_Desktop_for_Mac
It is also possible to run MacOSX for Intel, on top of PC
type equipment. There are lots of people out there
doing Hackintosh experiments, which you can find with
a search engine. They discuss which hardware platforms
are "good enough" to support booting either kind of OS.
So you can also do this kind of dual booting, in the
opposite direction.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackintosh
Paul