Hi all, i just bought the new macbook pro and just want to know if i can install Vista or Xp on it?
Hi all, i just bought the new macbook pro and just want to know if i can install Vista or Xp on it?
Yes.
Windows on Intel Macs
There are presently several alternatives for running Windows on Intel Macs.
1. Install the Apple Boot Camp software. Purchase Windows XP w/Service Pak2, Vista, or Windows 7. Follow instructions in the Boot Camp documentation on installation of Boot Camp, creating Driver CD, and installing Windows. Boot Camp enables you to boot the computer into OS X or Windows.
2. Parallels Desktop for Mac and Windows XP, Vista Business, Vista Ultimate, or Windows 7. Parallels is software virtualization that enables running Windows concurrently with OS X.
3. VM Fusionand Windows XP, Vista Business, Vista Ultimate, or Windows 7. VM Fusion is software virtualization that enables running Windows concurrently with OS X.
4. CrossOver which enables running many Windows applications without having to install Windows. The Windows applications can run concurrently with OS X.
5. VirtualBox is a new Open Source freeware virtual machine such as VM Fusion and Parallels that was developed by Solaris. It is not as fully developed for the Mac as Parallels and VM Fusion.
Note that Parallels and VM Fusion can also run other operating systems such as Linux, Unix, OS/2, Solaris, etc. There are performance differences between dual-boot systems and virtualization. The latter tend to be a little slower (not much) and do not provide the video performance of the dual-boot system.
See MacTech.com's Virtualization Benchmarking for comparisons of Boot Camp, Parallels, and VM Fusion. Boot Camp is only available with Leopard or Snow Leopard. Except for Crossover and a couple of similar alternatives like DarWine you must have a valid installer disc for Windows. You must also have an internal optical drive for installing Windows. Windows cannot be installed from an external optical drive.
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I assume that you don't have the installation discs, so:
1. Reboot
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(Type these commands very carefully)
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You can mount various ways, if you have a router and both are on your LAN network I believe u use the Go menu in your new Mac to mount your old one.
You can also use a cable directly between the two. I did this years agonwith ethernet but I bet USB or even FireWire is possible.
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I hope this is not a redundant issue; I didn't see it in the search results.
I just bought a new MacBook Pro today from my Apple Store, that was supposed to have a 160 GB hard drive with Leopard already installed.
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Can anybody help someone like me -who has obviously been out of the loop in terms of keeping up with the upgrades- understand what is going on with this stuff?
This stuff being:
-the actual amount of HD space I can expect to get from "160" GB
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My CS3 Design Premium suite takes up about 5 gigs total. The Master collection will be more, I'm guessing 7 gigs maybe?
Bottom line, 160 gig harddrives are puny really. I just bought a 17" MBPro 2 days ago, paid a cool $3,000 for it with tax. For that kind of cash, Apple should really be putting 200 or 250 gig drives in as standard. They retail for only a few bucks more than the 160s...
I have a 7200 RPM 200 gig drive ready to go whenever I feel like re-installing all my apps and such.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1751
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