Looking to buy windows 7
Hi guys.
I got a macbook pro (may 2012).
Gotta install windows on that.
I couldnt find windows 7 in the market.
Could anyone help me in finding windows.
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
Microsoft has stopped selling Windows 7 because of the Windows 8 release, but you can find Windows 7 on some physical stores. If you don't find it, you can buy Windows 7 retail on Amazon, for example, Home Premium (most of the users doesn't need Windows 7 Ultimate or Professional) > http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Windows-7-Home-Premium/dp/B002DHGMK0/ref=sr_1_4? ie=UTF8&qid=1358183826&sr=8-4&keywords=windows+7
If you need help to install Windows 7 on your computer, see > http://www.apple.com/support/botcamp. Also, check if you have to install it on Boot Camp or a virtual machine > https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3321
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Looking to run windows on my MBPro through Bootcamp or Parallels, but would like to use a downloaded Windows 7, is it possible to install without the Windows Disc?
Need to set up a workstation on my MBPro that will only run on Windows. Im willing to use Bootcamp or Parallels to see what works best. Need to get this set up this week to enable working from home on my MB - rural and hoping to buy Windows 7 online - am I able to get windows working through either bootcamp or Parallels without the actual Windows disc? Bootcamp set up guide calls for a disc.Welcome to Apple Support Communities
First, the answer to your question is yes, it IS possible to install Windows in Parallels without a disc, using an .iso image file.
Boot Camp since OS X 10.8 also installs Windows without a disc: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4889551?tstart=0
Parallels has complete documentation, series of forums, and a knowledgebase. You can also download the current release of Parallels 9 and try it for free for a few weeks before you decide to purchase it.
The Parallels Desktop for Mac product page: http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/
The Desktop for Mac forums: http://forum.parallels.com/forumdisplay.php?58-Parallels-Desktop-for-Mac
Documentation: http://www.parallels.com/support/desktop-virtualization/desktop/#c12970
The Knowledgebase for Desktop for Mac: http://kb.parallels.com
The primary difference between a Boot Camp installation and a Parallels installation is that in the Boot Camp installation, you're installing Windows into a separate partition on your internal mass storage device (hard drive or SSD) and then rebooting your Mac directly into Windows.
In Parallels, you're always running OS X on the Mac and Parallels is running a Windows virtual machine.
Not to get too technical here, but it is also possible for Parallels to run an installed Windows Boot Camp partition as a virtual machine. If you're evaluating system performance with a trial copy, that might be the way to go, because you only have to install Windows once on Boot Camp as a dual-boot system, then install Parallels Desktop and run the Boot Camp partition as the virtual machine.
There is a performance difference between the two, with the Boot Camp Windows installation being faster, but without the convenience of running both Mac and Windows applications simultaneously offered by Parallels. Sometimes that convenience outweighs a performance hit.
I can't give you more Mavericks and Parallels 9 specifics, because I'm currently running Windows 7 with Parallels 7 on OS X 10.8.5. Parallels 7 will not run on OS X 10.9 Mavericks.
I've been using Parallels (to run a few old rarely-used WIndows applications with features that would require a steep learning curve and major expense to purchase and learn a similar Mac app) occasionally since Parallels 3 and Windows XP. With each new release of OS X, each new release of Parallels, and each new Windows release, there are ALWAYS 'early adopter' bugs that get worked out over time.
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Verizon Employees Actively Discouraging customers from Buying Windows Phones
My wife and I both decided to buy Windows phones this time around. We had previously been Android people but wanted to try something different. We walked into our local corporate store (somewhere in TX) and when we told the salesman what we wanted (weren't interested in, but WANTED) he told us "you don't want those". We tried for a few minutes to convince him that YES, we did want those and when that didn't work we eventually had to go and get a manager in order to actually purchase the things we came in for.
After looking at all of the forums outside of Verizon it seems that this is the normal experience.
This is unacceptable. I don't care if you want to buy an iPhone, a Nexxus, an Icon, or an HTC One M8. There is no excuse for this kind of behavior. VZW needs to take a good look at their culture and remind their employees that they are a vehicle for delivery to the public, not gatekeepers. We need to let the CEO know about what is going on in his stores.
You can contact Mr. Daniel S. Mead (CEO) by going to www.verizon.com/about/leader/contact/73.
Maybe if enough of us say something they'll try to at least pretend they appreciate our money.
Also, it would be really great if he would consider releasing the WP 8.1/Cyan update which is already sitting in VZW's hands at some point.Yea, I've posted about this very thing before. As the techie in the family and for all my friends, everyone comes to me before they purchase any tech gear (as well as having me for their free support hotline. ) When I take people into Verizon and discuss the pros and cons of each of the phone operating systems as well as the devices themselves, I give the individual the choice as to which device they purchase. But if the person chooses a Windows Phone, almost every time the Verizon staff actively tries to push them towards Apple or Android. There's even been times that Verizon told us that there is no such thing as a Windows Phone. Just a few days ago, I took someone in and they wanted the Icon. The clerk said there was no such thing. I took them over to the wall and showed it to them. They became quite angry and unprofessional. I grabbed the manager and she didn't care. The person still wanted the Icon and when they brought out the phone, they brought out the iPhone and tried to set us up with that.
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looking to buy an ipad but the only problem is that the printer that i have only prints using a wire. is there a product that i can buy so i can use the same printer??
It might be less hassle to buy a new printer.
List of supported AirPrinters.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4356
printing to a non-airprinter from an iPad
To print from the iPad, your going to have to install some more software:
-- install a printer app on the ipad. many printer makers have iPad applications for their printers. Look in the app store
-- install enabling software on a computer which you have connected the printer
For a comprehensive list of links, see Texas Mac Man list:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/21291967#21291967
There are iPad Print Applications supplied by printer manufactures -- usually free. Check for your prineter.
Helper app -- /print n share
Print directly to the widest range of network or WiFi printers available in any app. Alternatively print via your computer to ALL printers including USB & Bluetooth printers. View read and display large PDF, Office & iWork files. Easily transfer & store files from the Cloud or your computer.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/print-n-share/id301656026?mt=8
Software for your computer's printer:
Mac and Windows
FingerPrint
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-57368414-233/fingerprint-turns-any-printer- into-an-airprint-printer/
Makes any printer AirPrint® compatible so you can print from an iPad® or iPhone®.
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I'm looking to buy just the single app plan for the individuals. Does that also come with license for 2 computers as well? (I have a work computer and a laptop)
Cloud License allows 2 activations http://www.adobe.com/legal/licenses-terms.html
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I've been a Windows user all my life (except for using Mac OS at school and I like it a lot). I'm looking to buy a Macbook within the next month or two.
But I have a few questions (I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the right place but since I am buying a Macbook...)
Anyways:
1) Maybe this is a dumb question but do I need antivirus software on a Mac?
2) Will my Microsoft wireless keyboard and mouse work with a Mac?
3) When is the new Mac OS X Leopard supposed to come out. I have read late March and I want to know if it is worth waiting for or if I should just buy one with the current OS on it?
Thanks in advance! Can't wait to get my MacbookHi littlevish, currently you only need antivirus on a mac so if you do come across an infected file and forward it to a PC user it wont infect them. I recommend the free clamxav (http://www.clamxav.com/).
Your MS kb and mouse should be mac compatible but it depends on MS for mac drivers, not all of them have drivers available.
No one knows for sure when Leopard will be released. Steve J said in the spring. Its up to your particular needs. Do you have a big project that requires a Mac coming up or are you just wanting one to play around with?
I can tell you that by waiting until Leopard is released you will get it on the Macbook and as an added bonus it may be faster better specifications. But then again maybe not!
I can tell you you will love it!
Regards,
Gusg
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Hello!
I'm looking to buy a wireless router and adapter for my 2 pc's. My sister has a BEFW11S4 and we hooked it up to my computer (last year) that's running on Windows 98 and networked my nieces laptop (XP) to it. Both worked fine! I bought another computer with XP and we tried to run all 3 on it (with an additional adapter) and it wouldn't work! As long as the router was on the Windows 98 computer it worked fine! We called the Linksys people and 2 different people said that this router would not work on Windows 98 but it DID! They said I'd have to upgrade the 98!
I'm now looking to purchase one for myself BUT I'm wondering if it's worth it if it won't work on the 98. Should I try it and put the router on the 98 and use an adapter on my new XP?
Just curious!
AngelWings00OTAKUS_06,
Being new to the router side of computers, are you saying just hook up the router to my 98 and use the wireless adapter on my XP? Here's another dilemma I'm having, the XP is what my cable modem is attached to, so therefore I'd have to install (drill a hole in the floor or wall) and move it to the 98?
I'm sorry as you can tell I'm not an expert on routers and that's why I came here looking for answers!! lol
AngelWings00
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AngelWings00 wrote:
Hello!
I'm looking to buy a wireless router and adapter for my 2 pc's. My sister has a BEFW11S4 and we hooked it up to my computer (last year) that's running on Windows 98 and networked my nieces laptop (XP) to it. Both worked fine! I bought another computer with XP and we tried to run all 3 on it (with an additional adapter) and it wouldn't work! As long as the router was on the Windows 98 computer it worked fine! We called the Linksys people and 2 different people said that this router would not work on Windows 98 but it DID! They said I'd have to upgrade the 98!
The router would work on your 98 computer. But if you are considering to have Wireless Internet connection, it would not work on plain 98... It will only work on 98 SE and above because this is the minimum requirement for a wireless computer...with a wired connection it will have no problems... hope that part is clear...
I'm now looking to purchase one for myself BUT I'm wondering if it's worth it if it won't work on the 98. Should I try it and put the router on the 98 and use an adapter on my new XP?
Just curious!
AngelWings00
Have the 98 computer just wired on the router, if you want to go wireless, you can do that on the XP computer.... ayt?! -
Looking to buy a MP Retina - A few questions!?
Hi, first time I have posted on here, looking to buy a 15" Macbook pro with retina display, 16gb ram and 2.6 ghz. I know a bit about laptops but not in depth so a few of these questions might seem a bit stupid.
1. On my current laptop when I watch Videos online, HD or standard, the fan gets loud and it heats up alot making the video choppy so I need to pause it and wait until it cools down a bit. Does the same apply to a laptop of this spec or will it run the videos much better without getting too loud and warm?
2. I also play Football Manager 13, again on my current laptop, the fan gets loud and makes the game run slow can I expect the pro to run it very well and fairly easily while doing other things, like being on skype and just general browing?
3. How good is the graphics card in the pro, I am not looking for anything amazing as I know macs arent known for the gaming experiance just something that can run a few games on a reasonable level.
4. Are apples office applications any good compared to MS office, mainly numbers and pages?
5. Does the Retina display make videos look worse that are not optimized for it, or do videos just look the same and HD videos will look better?
6. Lastly, in terms of futureproofing can i expect this laptop to last at least 4 years in terms of being powerful enough to accomodate future software programs such as autocad and other programs?
ThanksHello, and welcome.
1. That just sounds like an overheating CPU (doens't mean it's a bad CPU necessarily), most likely (very) old laptop. This kind of stuff will not happen even on a $400 laptop (windows) being sold nowadays. It definitely won't get loud because playing HD vids is not a taxing task for the CPU/RAM/Video Card in the retina MacBook Pro.
2. You will not have a problem running FM13 + the OS + skype + multi-tab browsers, at the same time. Generally, when you want to have multiple things going on at the same time, your computer gets slow because of two reasons: your hard drive cannot retrieve the data you request fast enough, and the computer has used up all of its RAM resources and is trying to dump non-critical RAM content to your hard drive which in turn gets back to the first problem I mentioned.
3. The video card that's in the 15" retina MBP is NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M. It has a 3DMark score of 2190 - definitely not a gamer rig. Here's a comprehensive list of games this laptop's video adapter can handle: http://community.futuremark.com/hardware/gpu/NVIDIA+GeForce+GT+650M/games
4. Office applications are comparable to that of Microsoft's, if you stick to simple stuff (for example, writing math equations in Pages is the biggest headache). However, there's a steep learning curve due to the multi-pane interface Apple employs. Esentially, you have a different layout, different shortcuts, different effects in Keynote. There's also Office for mac which is probably the silliest solution Microsoft has come up with: an office Suite that doesn't share the same features with its windows counterpart. If you save a file in Word on the Mac and then open it up in Windows most of the stuff is in the right place - but quite a bit of your layout and formatting gets messed up. Heck, even on Windows, if you format a document in Word 2013 and open it up in Word 2007 it will be different. So, don't have great expectations of being compatible with your windows buddies, it's going to be a pain most of the time.
5. I have no idea, I did not play with a retina display enough. Logically speaking though, I would expect the vidoes to be much more enlarged when you full screen on that display as opposed to a 1080p one. HD videos will also be up-scaled, but not quite as much. So overall, I expect video to look a little less than crisp (not in the sense of being able to notice individual pixels...) on the retina display. But go ahead and test it out on a mac at the apple store - fire up a youtube video.
6. This is probably Apple's first step towards alienating people who know the least bit about hardware. I refuse to buy a retina MacBook Pro because I can't even upgrade my RAM. Everything is soldered onto the logic board, which means that in 1 year from the point when you buy your mac, if the RAM fails, they'll replace the whole logic board/mother board rather than the relatively cheap RAM stick. And worse of all, you'll have to pay the premium for that, since your warranty will have expired. So if you're looking at upgrading RAM/HDD in this machine down the road, I'm afraid you're out of luck. This machine will be obsolete in a year or so (Apple releases updates to their MacBook Pro lines every year or so), and in 2 years expect to be left out of some features. For example, 2010 MacBook Pro owners cannot use AirPlay mirroring with their shiny new Apple TV in 2012.
And here's some extra information for you to consider: You're paying a really high premium for hardware that's not worth that much. Just as a reference point, I put 16GB of RAM in my 2011 MBP for $120. If I were to upgrade from Apple, I would have paid $200 for 2x4GB (because Apple does not officially say that the laptop works with 16GB of RAM).
If you're looking to game some, just get a serious Alienware gaming laptop or an MSI one for way less and way more powerful, and more future-proof than the retina MBP. For example, most of those gaming laptops come with 2 HDD bays which allow you to RAID 2 SSDs (that translates into mind-blowingly fast boot ups, game loading screens will be a thing of the past).
In my opinion, there's only 2 advantages of owning a MBP over any other comparable laptop:
1. Looks (it's very well crafted) and battery life (well designed power saving features, more than battery capacity)
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Been looking to buy a MBP for some time and made several posts here about them.
I've just been paid my monthly sales bonus (a nice £700) so I'm ready to purchase myself a TOTR MBP 17".
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Do Apple accept VISA Electron as a valid payment option?Also forgot to ask what delivery option are their?
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Here's the dilemma - the computer in question is a Windows XP machine. Does AppleTV play nice with Windows XP?
I also have a MBP that shares iTunes library with the desktop PC. Will AppleTV see both computers/iTunes libraries? They should stay synced but I don't know what to expect from this kind of setup.
Do the videos that AppleTV will play have to be in iTunes, or can I have a directory full of videos instead of importing all of them to iTunes?I don't have a windows machine so I can't answer that question. ATV will see both libraries as long as they are both under the same account.
The videos have to be in iTunes and the computer must be on to use home-sharing (streaming from computer to apple tv).
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Is a new OS likely to be a tad unstable?
Likely, no. Unlike Windows Vista this is not a major overhaul and rebuild but a progression of software releases. For stability this is a huge advantage for Apple and more importantly, us users. But as with all major software releases there will be issues of one type or other which range from cosmetic, to marginally annoying and then to very serious which can be crippling.
While I don't expect very many major issues, if any, it's not a given, even with Apple, as some will attest to with even minor updates.
Ultimately the "risk" is dependent on how mission critical your system is. Personally, I never upgrade to a new OS, which even includes minor updates, until I see what issues are going around and with what applications. Only then will I be happy to make the move. The .2 updater is the magic one for me which usually comes a few months later. Plenty of time to prepare my transition, to ensure all of my software is fully comaptible and to choose carefully when it suit me best.
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How do I find out if my iphone is a 3G or 3GS? I bought it used. I'm looking to buy and install a new battery. I hve seen batteries and the tool kits for sale on ebay. I replaced the motherboard in my MacBook Pro 17" so the iphone battery is not very daunting. I just ned to make sure I buy the right one.
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I am looking to buy a new all-in-one Printer.
I have been using the Epson RX620 for a little over a year and have had great print results. Unfortunately I get a warning message yesterday that the printer needs servicing and nothing will work. After getting much less than desirable results from their Customer Support I am moving away from Epson, after three different Epson printers.
I have heard many good things about Canon printers. We will be printing bunches and bunches of photos(two small daughters + graphic artist wife = many, many photos). I am presently looking at the Canon MP600. Any goods or bads about said printer?
We do want a printer that can use cheap cartridges so HP is out of the question. Any other recommendations is appreciated.
Thanks in advance for your replies.
NickThe only thing that ****** me off about Epson is that they shut down their toll free phone tech support!
I had to rely on their email support to set up my new Epson printer (CD/DVD loading tray) which wasn't so bad as it was very detailed & hands on. I just couldn't understand their manual. I was having one of my "senior moment" days.
Those Canon printers are handsome! I almost ended up getting one. But, the Epson printers won because they are the only ones who can print directly on CD/DVDs & all the software is included. -
I am looking at buying a MacBook Air over the Pro mainly for the 12 hour battery. Just wondering if battery is compromised by upgrading to 8mb and upgrading to I7 Intel dual core. I am not very tech savvy so apologies if dumb question
If both computers were configured identically, then they would both lose the same amount of battery life with respect to the same starting configuration - comparing apple to apples. I don't know how much the added RAM, etc. would reduce battery life, but it would be less for both models.
Battery life is a tricky subject because most mfgr.s like to suggest as long a life as possible, but often do so under a set of conditions that are not common to most users. Apple is no different. Their computers do have good battery life, however. But not likely as long as what is in the ads for the typical user. -
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