Okay, so I'll be starting school in January, and down the road I'll be using Macs and such for school, BUT I don't just want to buy an overpriced MacBook and whatnot if I'll only be using it for projects.

Is it possible to get a regular laptop and put two operating systems in it so I can just switch on and off for games/work?

You can but only by breaking the law, which I'm sure isn't condoned on this forum.
MacBooks are totally worth the money.

"Okay, so I'll be starting school in January, and down the road I'll be using Macs and such for school, BUT I don't just want to buy an overpriced MacBook and whatnot if I'll only be using it for projects.

Is it possible to get a regular laptop and put two operating systems in it so I can just switch on and off for games/work?"

"Emilio said:

"Okay, so I'll be starting school in January, and down the road I'll be using Macs and such for school, BUT I don't just want to buy an overpriced MacBook and whatnot if I'll only be using it for projects.

Is it possible to get a regular laptop and put two operating systems in it so I can just switch on and off for games/work?"

Yes, you could bit it requires a lot of extra work and in order to get a PC that would run OS X and not have it freak will take about $600. It would be far easier to just get a MacBook and then use Bootcamp."

Creating a Hackintosh is neither ridiculously expensive nor unfeasible.

MacBooks run games like absolute shit through Bootcamp.

The new MacBooks now have better integrated graphics (NVidia GeForce 9400M) than their predicessors, however, I don't know if I'd want to game on it - always depends what you want to play I guess.  That being said, hardware 3D acceleration is supported under Bootcamp.

Macs are worth it.
And you can run windows on macs through Bootcamp.
Granite they are not the best for gaming.

Yea mac are good if your still new to computers.
Its a good way to get started into home computing.
But if you already know what your doing, its then just waste of good money.

Running Boot camp is no different to running windows on a PC with the specs of your mac. The new Macbooks contain Nvidia GeForce 9400M cards so it's nothing to scoff at.

"Running Boot camp is no different to running windows on a PC with the specs of your mac. The new Macbooks contain Nvidia GeForce 9400M cards so it's nothing to scoff at."

Depends on what type of gaming you want to do. I've never understood gaming on any laptop. I will always have a desktop for PC gaming. Having said that though Bootcamp is pretty good for gaming. As long as we're not talking Crisis or anything like that. I mean remember PC World's Award for Laptop that ran Vista the best? Yeah, it was a MacBook Pro.

Get a macbook, and you can use bootcamp. Buy a windows XP or Vista disc, and run bootcamp, and install windows on the mac. Then when you startup press option, and choose your operating system.

ya but its not legal, buy a Mac and dual boot that

When you buy buy a Mac you are not buying a computer, you are buying a lifestyle!

The problem is that MacBooks are still overpriced when compared with Windows laptops.  The 9400 is an ok card but it's not great for gaming.  If you get the Pro I think you get a 9600.  Much better but still not top of the line.  You also have to factor in the price of Vista if you want to use a MacBook.  That's an extra $100-$200 on top of the Mac.

That said, if you really want OS-X and Windows a Mac is your best best.  It is NOT easy to get OSX onto a PC.  This is on purpose.  Apple does not want you putting their OS on a Windows PC.  I saw a CNet how-to video on it and it's definitely not for the faint of heart.

"The problem is that MacBooks are still overpriced when compared with Windows laptops.  The 9400 is an ok card but it's not great for gaming.  If you get the Pro I think you get a 9600.  Much better but still not top of the line.  You also have to factor in the price of Vista if you want to use a MacBook.  That's an extra $100-$200 on top of the Mac.

That said, if you really want OS-X and Windows a Mac is your best best.  It is NOT easy to get OSX onto a PC.  This is on purpose.  Apple does not want you putting their OS on a Windows PC.  I saw a CNet how-to video on it and it's definitely not for the faint of heart."

yes you can. most mac's use windows anyway, its called bootcamp. Also, you can run mac on a PC specially since mac is using intel chips now. just look up hackintosh. If that sounds complicated, just download VMWare.

Yes you can but it's VERY confusing and annoying to do so, my brother did it a while back and took it off because it didn't run very well and there were some incompatible drivers, no updates from apple, and some programs just didn't run too properly on it. My reccommendation is to get a Macbook Pro, little overpriced but an amazing laptop, seriously, it also has a 9800M GT which is a great video card for mobile gaming