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> And if I need to do anything for Windows, I just use Boot Camp. In my head I imagine 90% of Mac users that use Boot Camp just need it to play PC games. :) Th
by pwython 10y ago
> And if I need to do anything for Windows, I just use Boot Camp.
In my head I imagine 90% of Mac users that use Boot Camp just need it to play PC games. :) Then again, I suppose there's still really specific obscure software out there that is Windows only (or Win/IIS devs that prefer Mac hardware). Which reminds me, I wonder if I'll ever see 3ds Max on MacOS.
- justin66 10y agoGiven the high quality and low cost of VMWare Fusion, I tend to assume the same thing.
- mulletbum 10y agoI know for me the big take away for having bootcamp is PowerShell. I work in Office 365, so the modules aren't built to work with it yet, even though there is a working version of PowerShell. Other than that, a couple interactions with Active Directory always cause me problems, so it is easier to just have a Windows Installation hanging out.
- Raphmedia 10y agoYou wouldn't game on a laptop anyway and you should build your own tower PC for anything serious (which limits you from using OSX).
- nl 10y agoThe only reasons I've considered using Boot Camp is for MS Project and Visio. There are reasonable substitutes for Visio now, but damn a MS Project substitute is needed (and no, that thing in LibreOffice doesn't really work).
- willyt 10y agoMSProject -> Omniplan ?
- rietta 10y agoMy reason to have Bootcamp is literally to get Elgato Game capture, used to capture the presenter's screen real time, support in OBS so that I can livestream a Bsides conference once a year. I use an old Canopus firewire SD video to live transcode the camcorder in that setup. I tried to do this in Parallels, but it just didn't work. Turns out live video composition and broadcasting needs the bare metal.
- hashhar 10y agoAny serious CAD or simulation software is not easily available on MacOS.