Is it possible to run all OS and programs on Mountain Lion?
Greetings!
I have set myself the following challenge and wondered if it was technically possible to do the following:-
On a single mid-2012 MacBook Pro (with optical drive built in) running OS 10.8.5 as the main OS and obviously totally within the law of my country I would like the ability to run:
§ Power PC applications;
§ All Mountain Lion programs;
§ Any Linux program;
§ Windows 7 or later;
Note 1: I have already purchased Mac OS Snow Leopard Server and await it's delivery…
Note 2: I am happy to buy an OEM copy of Microsoft Windows…
Note 3: Microsoft Windows is sadly a necessity due to my University not supporting anything else for it's specialist software which I require for my studies.
Note 4: I would use Ubuntu Linux
Note 5: I have absolutely no desire to ever run Mavericks at all…
Thus, I would like my MacBook Pro to simply run any program I care to use, is this realistically possible?
Please accept my apologies if this is posted in the wrong section, I was a little unsure in which community to post this.
Thank you in advance,
CK
Thank you,
I shall do just that, as soon as I've purchased an OEM of Microsoft Windows…
Is there anything I should be aware of, other than to keep a back up of everything before I start, please?
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