Win + Mac

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I just recently bought a new MacBookPro.

Guy in the shop offered to install Windows for another xx bucks. Ok. Parralels and ok, it works.

 

By now, I use it for almost half a year.

But never used Windows on MacBookPro.

 

I caught myself thinking why would people install Windows on Mac?

 

Your reason - if you do:

 

1. to do ...

[rabblefish]

I just recently bought a new MacBookPro.

Guy in the shop offered to install Windows for another xx bucks. Ok. Parralels and ok, it works.

 

By now, I use it for almost half a year.

But never used Windows on MacBookPro.

 

I caught myself thinking why would people install Windows on Mac?

 

Your reason - if you do:

 

1. to do ...

 

1. Games - You have to admit that the selection of games available to Mac users just plain old sucks. Sure the bigger titles are generally available, and you can find ports for others, but it's just easier and cheaper to use Winblows for gaming

2. CAD & Animation programs - most of the big titles are PC only. You won't find any AutoDesk apps i.e AutoCAD, MAYA, 3D Studio Max, or SolidWorks available for OS X.

3. Development - If you're a developer, you'll definitely want/need alternate platforms to test your work on.

4. To use Apps that simply have no Mac equivalent/version - I sell a hell of a lot of Macs at my university's computer shop, and quite a few students/faculty use very specialized software that is only available for Windows. They usually gobble up VMWare Fusion and Parallels, or hound us to help them set up Bootcamp.

 

I'm not trying to be an apologist for TinyLimp (ha ha! Get it? TinyLimp? Microsoft?) products. I love my Macs, and you couldn't pay me to go back to a 100% Winblows environment. However, as amazing as OS X is, it simply can't do everything...