dragonpool Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 In order to run windows and mac osx in a single laptop, it seems to me the best option is to buy a mac machine, but not a mac capable winpc, simply because both of the systems are original, but not hacked. I've gathered enough money for a top-level macbook pro, but my only concern is how fast Vista performs natively on it? How much does a 7200RPM 100GB Hard disk outperform a 5400RPM 160GB? Which Nivida mobile graphics card is the X1600 mostly close to? Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36872-how-vista-performs-in-macbookpro-17-c2d/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirmanPika Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 Vista runs speedily on the CD2 MacBook Pros. As for video its about the same as an nvidia 7600. Not sure on the 7200 vs 5400 though. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36872-how-vista-performs-in-macbookpro-17-c2d/#findComment-269589 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sev7en Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Installed it with no issue on my MBP C2D 17" powered by the 7200rpm 100Gb HDD model and it is faster as light Of course, Vista is memory hungry... RAM hungry I mean for that it sports great performance on latest MBP (within 2Gb of memory as default configuration). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36872-how-vista-performs-in-macbookpro-17-c2d/#findComment-275708 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonpool Posted January 14, 2007 Author Share Posted January 14, 2007 (edited) It costed me a lot of effort and time to get Windows XP and Vista installed natively and both bootable in my new MBP C2D. The next thing I want to try but dare not to try is to load Windows XP (or Vista) in Parellels. At this moment, I press Alt(Option) key to choose OSX or Windows. If I choose Windows, the system then goes to Windows XP drive and load the NTLDR letting me choose XP or vista, I'm not sure if the Parellels will damage this procedure. Has anyone have any experience of triple-booting with XP and Vista installed and load XP or Vista in parellels? I'm also curious about what Parelles installs in Windows drive. Does it affect the boot procedure? Edited January 14, 2007 by dragonpool Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36872-how-vista-performs-in-macbookpro-17-c2d/#findComment-275817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numberzz Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 My C2D(look @ my sig) gets a base score of 5.1. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36872-how-vista-performs-in-macbookpro-17-c2d/#findComment-275839 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonpool Posted January 21, 2007 Author Share Posted January 21, 2007 My C2D(look @ my sig) gets a base score of 5.1. Mine is C2D 17", standard version, i.e, C2D2.33GHz, 160GB HD 5400, 2GB 667 RAM, 256MB X1600, but the Vista Experience Index base score is 4.7, which comes from Memory and Hard disk. And the Graphics index and the Gaming graphics index are both 4.9. I used both bootcamp graphics driver and Catalyst ATI driver, the score was the same. I'm wondering how you could get base score of 5.1? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/36872-how-vista-performs-in-macbookpro-17-c2d/#findComment-281019 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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