Windows XP on early 2009 Mac Mini

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Windows XP on early 2009 Mac Mini

How is Windows XP performance on the latest Mac Mini? Is it comparable to a PC with a 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo? I'm planning on getting the cheaper model and maxing out the RAM myself. If I'm running Parallels, can I expect reasonable performance while having OS X and XP running at the same time? I'm not talking about playing modern games or editing big movies, just a few apps that aren't available for Mac (or I don't have for Mac yet).

G5

Posted on Mar 11, 2009 9:26 AM

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Mar 11, 2009 12:26 PM in response to squierjosh

Yes, XP will work just fine. I have had XP running on my 1.83 GHz Mini through VM, Parallels, and Boot-Camping-it, and I thought that all three worked well for the basics (Internet and I got a free copy of Office 2007 Ultimate that I wanted to use on it). The 2009 Mini has the new graphics, a faster processor and FSB, and if you're maxing out the DDR3 memory, it should be "blazing"!

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Mar 11, 2009 5:01 PM in response to supermanguy87

Supermanguy87, I have a question about running Windows in Boot Camp. I currently run Windows on my IMac with Fusion. 3-D games require much patience to play this way, is running this under Boot Camp any better?

Billy

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squierjosh Author

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Mar 13, 2009 1:44 PM in response to billyt1963

From what I understand, you should get full speed under Boot Camp, since Windows is actually using the hardware, not a virtualization of the hardware.

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Mar 13, 2009 2:01 PM in response to squierjosh

Thanks for the reply.

Billy

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