
I don't know what the specs are on either of his systems, but I'm sure his PC is fairly top of the line.

He took it to his Mac and it opened in a matter of seconds. A designer I work with tried to open a 1GB+ file on his PC and it froze. I really like the Mac OS, but more importantly it is the speed. Was he confused, or is such a thing available? I understand this probably wouldn't help with fonts, but they aren't the main issue.

I didn't get the impression that installing Windows itself was necessary.
#Making the switch from mac to pc install
My friend told me that there was a free program available that would allow me to install and run any Windows application on the MAC OS. Maybe it wasn't BootCamp that I was thinking of. The downside is that you would have to be running Windows as the OS in order to do this. This option of course would enable you to utilize your exisiting Windows apps and fonts.
#Making the switch from mac to pc mac os x
Good luck with whatever choice you make.Ħ0GB video iPod | PowerBook G4: 1.67, 1.5GRAM, 80GB HD, SD | 13" Black MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.6) I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe.īasically using will allow you to dual boot an intel based Mac to run Windows XP. Feel confident that everything you need is on your new Surface. Move photos, files, and mail from Mac to Surface. Your new Surface will work great with your iPhone, music, and apps. Using Surface with iPhone, iCloud, and iTunes. If you truly love the Mac then perhaps you may want to consider a little research to see if the apps/fonts you need to use are available for Mac. We know that moving your things and learning new software can be nerve-racking, and we’re here to help you through it. If that is the case then it does seem to defeat the purpose of buying a Mac in the first place when almost any PC will accomplish the tasks you require. So basically what it sounds like you're looking to do is buy a Mac and run Windows on it to use your apps/fonts. I suspect that much of what you fell in love with on your friends iMac included using OS X. Basically usingīoot Camp will allow you to dual boot an intel based Mac to run I'm not certain if I understand you correctly so I will apologize in advance if I have this wrong.

My question is this: If I use BootCamp on an iMac will my programs run as efficiently (or close to) as they would have if everything was Mac-based. I recently used a friend's brand new iMac (2 GHz Intel Core Duo) and fell in love!
