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Is it safe / possible to use a Windows 7 in a Mac with BootCamp for development?


The title pretty much sums it up. I would use VS2010 for SilverLight, WPF, Windows Phone 7, etc. I just want to know if there's any compilation problems, or potential bugs you wouldn't see on a PC, or you name it. Just want to make sure before I buy. Thing is I'm thinking about buying both a MacBook pro and a PC Laptop, but if I can get both Windows and MacOS for software development (I would also do iPhone, iPad development) in a single computer that would be just great.

Thanks!


Solution

  • Running Windows (or Linux, or anything else for that matter) in BootCamp is exactly the same as running on a regular PC. The only real difference is that Macs use EFI and has to emulate BIOS, but that pretty much only affects the boot process.