Hi guys,
I am in the market for a new laptop--a MacBook in particular. I am wanting to use it mainly to run Windows 7 Home Premium in Boot Camp, so I can go back and forth and eventually get to using OS X more. I have JAWS 14, Microsoft Office, Sound Forge, and a few other programs here and there that I want to run. I have a large audio recording and music database, some of which can be transferred onto external storage if necessary.
I am considering getting either the 2013 13" MacBook Air with the 1.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor, 4GB ram, and 256 or 512GB SSD...or the 13" MacBook Pro with the 2.9GHz dual-core Intel Core i7 processor, 8GB ram, and 750GB hard drive.
My concern is mainly about performance. I have JAWS 14, which in my experience is rather memory-intensive. I also use Microsoft Office (mostly Outlook), Sound Forge, iTunes, and a few other miscellaneous programs. I currently have a Toshiba Portege R835 (2011) with an Intel Sandy Bridge i5 processor, and it runs JAWS fine. I am just concerned about that slower processor in the MacBook Air.
So, I am looking for recommendations, please. Does anyone have any experience using Windows with JAWS and other programs on a MacBook Air/pro? If so, how did it run?
Thanks,
Michael
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Which Mac?
Thanks Brian
mac and windows
Yes, but...
agreed, but ...
MacBook Air Processor
macbook air
Running Windows Via Bootcamp
Good Q!
mac air
So confusing!
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Parallels 9
so, can I do this?
I have an early 2014 MacBook Air with 4 gigabytes of ram. I have looked in the about this mac dialog and found the appropriate place to see if my memory is upgradable, and it says no. so, is it a bad idea to install windows using bootcamp because I don't have enough ram on this machine? Anything I can do to make it so I can run windows seven natively on here? Thanks for your help.
Heafty MACs
I run a pretty hefty MAC. Windows has no problems in VMware Fusion 6. I have a late 2013 MACBook pro with 8GB of memory, I74 quad core (4 hardware processors, 8 virtual threads), and a 256GB sad. It also has a 17.5 inch retna display.
Installing with bootCamp
Hi Joanne.
Yes, you can install with bootCamp and use windows 7 natively.
I currently do this, i will note though, with the macbook air 2013 and 2014, you need to install windows through bootCamp. I know there are talking windows environments but they don't work on the macbook air 2013/14.
It's less of a headache to just ask for sited assistance! Good luck!