• Apple OS X

  XP on iMac partition

  Posted by Rob Hindley on April 22, 2009 at 7:00 am

  Just trying to understand how Windows works on a Mac…

  Is Windows (in its many variants) in ’emulation’ even when it runs on a separate partition on the hard drive?

  I am involved in running multimedia at our church but the leader seems to have a liking for running everything to the data projector off the XP platform on the iMac. I am keen to run everything from OSX and ditch Windows Media in favour of Quicktime (which opens nicely in full screen mode automatically from the preferences).

  Alan Okey replied 17 years ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Alan Okey

  April 27, 2009 at 10:25 pm

  [Rob Hindley] “Is Windows (in its many variants) in ’emulation’ even when it runs on a separate partition on the hard drive? “

  No. When you set up a separate Windows partition using Boot Camp Assistant, you are in essence creating a completely separate computer. When you boot to Windows XP, your iMac is a PC, running Windows natively.

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