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Which Windows to run on my Mac?

Published by Chris Johnston on April 13, 2007 08:58 pm under General

I have Parallels for my Mac. Now all I need is a version of Windows. I own Windows 2000. I need to buy either XP or Vista if I want something more up to date. I am not sure when Microsoft’s support of 2000 is suppose to run out. The problem is that I can’t decide which OS to install and am looking for some advice. Here are my requirements:

* It needs to be able to log into a Domain
* Needs to run under the latest release of Parallels
* It would be nice if it looked cool alongside OS X

Okay, the only real requirement is that it can log into a Windows Domain. And I am not sure that Windows Vista Ultimate can do that. I really don’t want to move back to Windows 2000 (something about not liking to go backwards), but I am not sure that Vista Ultimate can meet my requirements and XP Pro is getting hard to find.

Any suggestions?

2 Comments so far

  1. Marty Andrews on April 14th, 2007

    Why do you need to choose? You can install as many VM’s as you like. Install Windows 2000 *and* Windows XP. Use them for a while until you figure out which you like better, then delete the other one.

  2. Chris Johnston on April 14th, 2007

    Cause Windows 2000 I own and XP or Vista I need to buy. I am not sure which one to spend the money.

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