Experience with Mac's BootCamp anyone?

[David McNally]

Hi Mark.

I suggest that you use VirtualBox. I've been using it for years whenever I
need to use Windows XP, and it's always perfect. However, if you use
VirtualBox, you should install the VirtualBox Guest Additions. The Guest
Additions really make it much easier.

I've never used VirtualBox on a Mac, and most of my computer-using
experiences are from Windows and Ubuntu, but running it in VirtualBox on a
Mac shouldn't be very different from using it on Windows (I don't know why
it would be). I used to use an Ubuntu guest in VirtualBox with a Windows
host back when I didn't know my way around Ubuntu and didn't want it as a
default OS, and it always ran smoothly back then.

Another thing you might want to do is contact Apple directly and ask them
this question. They should be able to answer the question quickly and pretty
well (Apple generally has pretty good customer service). They'll be able to
tell you officially whether Boot Camp is able to run non-Microsoft operating
systems.



On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Mark C. Miller <mr.mcmiller at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> The school I teach at is replacing my computer lab with Macs with
> BootCamp.  I've already discovered that BootCamp will only run Vista (not
> sure about Windows 7, but definitely not XP.
>
> So I'm going to have a choice when I power the computer up between
> windows and Mac OS X.  You'll notice what's missing from this puzzle?
> Ubuntu!
>
> I'd like to know if Wubi will install under Windows when BootCamp is
> used.  Even better, can BootCamp handle OS X, Windows and Ubuntu as three
> separate OSs?
>
> I can't find much on the web about BootCamp and Ubuntu other than a
> couple of articles that said you could use instead of Windows.
>
> Replies from folks with experience or better search skills are much
> appreciated.
>
> mcm
>
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