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Old October 19th, 2008, 11:29 PM
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Originally Posted by ziomatrixacs View Post
All jokes aside I was going to get XP so I could do the intensive things a mac cant do, like heavier games and run windows only programs that have no equvilent to a mac.

What would be the advantage of running Q and XP on my Ibook?
The only advantage would be to run that one particular app for which there is no Mac equivalent. However, games and other intensive applications are definitely a no go due to the slow speed of the emulation. For that, you're better off having a spare PC available somewhere at home.
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