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MacPro and Bootcamp

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bob63

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When using bootcamp to dual boot OSX and WinXP on a MacPro, is it possible to use XP Home, or do you need XP Pro. I'm just wondering how XP Home would handle 2 dualcore processors.
 
As far as I know, XP Home only works with one processor socket, though it does work with dual cores. You'd need XP Profesional.
 
I've had some replies to the same question on another Mac specific forum. Users there report that XP home does work but will only show 2 CPU's (one socket). This is what I was expecting, but I'd been concerned that because of the second socket XP home wouldn't boot at all. As I'd only be using XP for games this is not really a limitation.
 
If you buy the OEM version, Pro isn't all that much more expensive. Buying a Mac Pro and running XP Home on it sounds like a waste.
 
Black Morty Rackham said:
If you buy the OEM version, Pro isn't all that much more expensive. Buying a Mac Pro and running XP Home on it sounds like a waste.
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Agreed. If you're gonna use Boot Camp, spring for Pro. Even if all you're gonna do is play games on it, you'll still wish you'd bought Pro once more multi-threaded games come out.
 
The problem is I've already got a copy of home. I don't see the point in buying a copy of pro to run games which is the only thing I need Win for in the first place.
 
Black Morty Rackham said:
Cross out the "SATA HD speed in" and you've got it! ;)

(Sorry, I just had to.)
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I'd laugh if it wasn't clearly Apple's fault and not that of XP.
 
Windows SATA speed on any other of the Xeon 5100 workstations being offered by Boxx or Dell is normal, while on the Mac Pro, SATA drives run somewhat faster than an internet connection.
 
Oh. That's pretty bad. I wonder why that is. I mean, it's all pretty standard parts. Intel chipset. Foxxcon logic board. What is there that would screw it up?
 
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