Looking at buying a new laptop for uni next year, and im looking at a mac book pro 13'. I know they can run windows via boot camp, and ive read a lot about it, except i still don't completely understand it.
It partitions your drive into a windows and mac partition or something. Does that mean you cant transfer documents between them? For example, if i had a uni assignment and i needed to print it off, and the printer was a Windows printer, would i be able to save the document done in Snow Leopard (done in microsoft word) into the Windows partition, and then boot up windows and print it off through windows. [ i know that example is pretty incorrect, but just using it as a bad example - basically i want to know if you can access compatible files eg word documents from the other partition]
Basically, i want a mac cos i think they are pretty sweet, but im a little worried about the compatibility of Mac's with uni assignments and sharing notes etc. So im just wondering how useful boot camp is in alleviating any compatibility issues etc.
It partitions your drive into a windows and mac partition or something. Does that mean you cant transfer documents between them? For example, if i had a uni assignment and i needed to print it off, and the printer was a Windows printer, would i be able to save the document done in Snow Leopard (done in microsoft word) into the Windows partition, and then boot up windows and print it off through windows. [ i know that example is pretty incorrect, but just using it as a bad example - basically i want to know if you can access compatible files eg word documents from the other partition]
Basically, i want a mac cos i think they are pretty sweet, but im a little worried about the compatibility of Mac's with uni assignments and sharing notes etc. So im just wondering how useful boot camp is in alleviating any compatibility issues etc.