switching from windows to mac and from mac to windows???

gsaj18 · #1 08-04-2007, 04:00 PM

i set up my xp home edition and am using windows on my mac...

NO, i dont wanna get parallels but i was wondering how i can switch back to my mac programs and back from mac to windwos....

Thank you

gsaj18 · #2 08-04-2007, 04:58 PM

bump....ill give $1 on pstars to whoever can figure this out for me

Diomed · #3 08-04-2007, 05:09 PM

Ship the dollar to PapaBearTurk $1. Holla

Answer: You can't. It one OS or another unless you use a virtual machine (Parallels)

gsaj18 · #4 08-04-2007, 05:18 PM

why cant i just switch off btwn the 2?

Diomed · #5 08-04-2007, 06:07 PM

Because that's not how it works. You are using two operating systems. Both cannot be running at the same time. There is no way to both at the same time unless your running a virutal machine. I'll answer anymore questions via PM

gsaj18 · #6 08-04-2007, 06:26 PM

no no i dnt wanna use at the same time...I just wanna play pstars on one and then everything else on the other...switch off, how do i do this diomed?

Diomed · #7 08-04-2007, 06:45 PM

Dude if you have a messenger feel free to pm your name. All I'm saying is you can't play on Stars on Windows and use the Mac Os to do other stuff. Its all or the other. Dude just use parallels you can use both at the same time. It's 10x better and easier to set up. Ship the dolla for more info.

doublec · #8 08-04-2007, 08:06 PM

If you have installed XP on your Mac using bootcamp, then you need to reboot and restart XP whenever you want to run your windows programs (like Stars). And then reboot back into the Mac when you're done.

As Diomed said, you'll need something like Parallels or VMWare to be able to run Mac and Windows programs side by side. This works great if you have enough memory.

Diomed · #9 08-04-2007, 08:15 PM

Yes I've said it for a few days that Parallels is the [censored]. I have 2 gigs of ram and run both of these at the same time when I am playing. I think you are just making things much more complicated then it is. And if you truly want to get things going and things going quickly go to google and type. I don't know much about computer and I figured out how to get Parallels, how to make it work, and how to make it work good. It takes some time for anything but nobody here is gonna be walking you trhough the complete process in just a few posts.

$50 bucks and I'll get you running within an hour with everything. But thats just what I would make at the tables anyways. Holla.