Windows 7 on late 2006 MBP?

Does anyone know if Windows 7 will run on a 2.33GHz MBP? This is the 17" model from late 2006 with the "MacBookPro2,1" model identifier. I'm mulling the idea of getting a copy of Win7 under the cheap student pricing. I don't currently have Boot Camp set up on my computer, so I can't run the compatibility checker Microsoft provides.

Hi,
should be no problem.
Fact might be that Windows 7 will provide all needed drivers itself for all non-Apple-specific hardware components of your MBP.
Regards
Stefan

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any help would be greatly appreciated
B

Hi briantriniti-
Yes, I have heard of this happening with external drives. Seagate external firewire drives are notorious for this phenomena. Any drive with a plastic case will tend to produce more noise.
There are things you can try to do to mitigate the noise, but most likely it will always be there. One thing to do is use a high-quality cable with ferrite "beads" on both ends.
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Luck-
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Which HDD in Late 2006 Macbook Pro

I've just read about the HDD repair extension program (http://www.apple.com/nl/support/macbook/hd/repairextension/)
Unfortunately this doesn't apply to the MacBook Pro. Though my MBP suffered from the same symptoms about 2 years after I bought it. Does anyone know what type of harddrive the late 2006 MBP come with? I wonder if it's the same as in the faulty MacBooks.

Here's the drive my December 2006 MacBook Pro came with:
HITACHI Travelstar 7K100 HTS721010G9SA00 100GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache 2.5" SATA 1.5Gb/s
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16822146053
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You updated AMD graphic driver too to 11.8+ right? not just Apple's.
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Boot from Windows DVD and run memtest and also do system check
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Rollback drivers works well, too
Some had trouble after NetFrame 4? update in Windows (but not on my 3 computers)
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AppleHFS.sys has been known to be trouble. HFS allows for filenames that NTFS won't.
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Having problems connecting iMac(late 2006) running 10.7.5 to a Samsung Flat Screen TV using separate audio/speaker cable and HDMI standard cable, mini-DVI to HDMI video converter. TV displays generic Apple galaxy background and "some" windows (e.g. screen resolution choices). It does not show Mail or Safari menus. System preferences' display "gathered" the Samsung and chose its resolution. I did not find a way to select the Samsung as my display.
In addition to having old hardware, we have Verizon FIOS providing internet and TV access. Is there any way to make this work for us? We would like to stream video (Netflix) and view shows from the Web. Do we need Apple TV to do this? Or is it not possible with our old iMac? My husband thinks that our Airport could be a factor.
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Lately, I have been seeing a lot of posts with users trying to use their Macs/iMacs to mirror their streaming video from their Macs to an HDTV.
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HT5634 iMac (Late 2006 20") with IOS Lion installed Windows 8 via BootCamp4, Then Upgrade to 8.1 Pro. Worked with warning message until today. How do I get out of Windows 8.1 to get back to IOS Lion.

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beestmode,
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HT5639 how to install bootcamp on windows 7 64 bit on late 2006 imac

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Windows 8, 64-bit
Windows 7, 64-bit
Windows 7, 32-bit
Windows Vista, 64-bit
Windows Vista, 32-bit
Windows XP, 32-bit
iMac (27-inch, Late 2012)
5
5
iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012)
5
5
iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2011)
5
5
4
iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011)
5
5
4
iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011)
5
5
4
iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010)
5
5
4
iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2010)
4
4
iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) 1
4
4
iMac (27-inch, Late 2009) 2
4
4
4
4
4
iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2009)
4
4
4
4
4
iMac (20-inch, Mid 2009)
4
4
4
iMac (20-inch, Early 2009)
4
4
4
iMac (24-inch, Early 2008)
4
4
4
iMac (20-inch, Early 2008)
4
4
4
iMac (24-inch, Mid 2007)
4
4
4
iMac (20-inch, Mid 2007)
4
4
4
iMac (24-inch, Late 2006)
4
4
4
iMac (17-inch, Late 2006, CD)
4
4
4
iMac (20-inch, Late 2006)
4
4
4
iMac (17-inch, Late 2006)
4
4
4
iMac (17-inch, Mid 2006)
4
4
iMac (17-inch, Early 2006)
4
4
4

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