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rolf

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Windows XP on macbook... the joy!

I always use win XP on my macbook... here's my experience:
- The laptop goes to sleep just once, the first time you close the lid. Then if you open it again and close it again it wont sleep until you restart.
- Any usb device plugged in after the computer wakes up from sleep will not be recognised...
- No right click (but I have a little app that turns ctrl-click into right click)
- Sound randomly goes mute and i have to restart (not too often though)
- Windows doesnt shutdown properly, i have to use the power button
- Sometimes windows wont start... the screen will stay black just before the login screen
- A couple of bluescreens
- Camera doesnt always work in msn
- Cursor looked like a scrambled cube a couple of time (display corruption)

Other then that... it works fine :) most of the time. The most annoying are the sleep and usb problems. I dont really care about the rest... i just have to restart from time to time.

Last edited by rolf (September 25 2008)

WizaRd

Member

Re: Windows XP on macbook... the joy!

you must have a lot of patience to support all this

battikh

Member

Re: Windows XP on macbook... the joy!

Other then that... it works fine :) most of the time.

other than that? is there anything left?

samer

Admin

Re: Windows XP on macbook... the joy!

I assume you're using the latest BootCamp (ships with leopard) and not the Beta one.

I recommend you get into virtualization if what you do is not CPU/RAM intensive.

Personally, I only use Windows for a handful programs. I don't have to shut down the virtual machine, suspending it does the job.

check out VMWare Fusion (version 2 just got released!)

karim

Member

Re: Windows XP on macbook... the joy!

I always use win XP on my macbook... here's my experience:
- The laptop goes to sleep just once, the first time you close the lid. Then if you open it again and close it again it wont sleep until you restart.
- Any usb device plugged in after the computer wakes up from sleep will not be recognised...
- No right click (but I have a little app that turns ctrl-click into right click)
- Sound randomly goes mute and i have to restart (not too often though)
- Windows doesnt shutdown properly, i have to use the power button
- Sometimes windows wont start... the screen will stay black just before the login screen
- A couple of bluescreens
- Camera doesnt always work in msn
- Cursor looked like a scrambled cube a couple of time (display corruption)

Other then that... it works fine :) most of the time. The most annoying are the sleep and usb problems. I dont really care about the rest... i just have to restart from time to time.

sounds like my average day with my plain (no mac) XP installation...

karim soubra

Member

Re: Windows XP on macbook... the joy!

the problem lies in the drivers and that the win  you installed must me copy
update the drivers
get a better copy of win

mir

Member

Re: Windows XP on macbook... the joy!

7asset karim 3ala shway 7a y2oul :
w bala na2 ba2a

and karim y are you blaming it on the drivers and windows (software) it could be a hardware problem u know !