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    Vista with BootCamp?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by DITTON, Sep 15, 2007.

  1. DITTON

    DITTON Notebook Guru

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    Is it possible? Does it work alright? I was thinking of just picking up a OEM copy of Vista Home Basic just so I can run my Windows app's. Would the drivers contained in BootCamp work alright for Vista?
     
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    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yes, you can run Vista on the MacBook via Boot Camp.

    From Apple's Boot Camp requirements:

     
    Sam, Sep 15, 2007
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    DITTON Notebook Guru

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    Sweet, thanks man! Have you had any experience with BootCamp?
     
    DITTON, Sep 15, 2007
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    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    No :p. I don't use Boot Camp, Parallels or VMware Fusion on this MacBook. I can't afford even a Windows license :eek:.
     
    Sam, Sep 15, 2007
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    lol... iam using vista with bootcamp... and i have no complaing about it
     
    jczet4, Sep 15, 2007
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    I've used boot camp with both Windows XP Pro and Vista and both run magnificantly on the MBP. I ran the Windows Vista Experience performance tool on the MBP and it scored a whopping 4.8 as the base score. That's incredible for a notebook. However, if you attempt to run Vista virtually using Fusion it doesn't run very well unless you have something more than 2 GB of memory installed. I'm looking into getting more memory just so I could do that, and other memory hogging stuff. Also, when running windows xp or vista through boot camp the temperature is a bit higher than what you'd get in Mac OSX.
     
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    A lot of recent notebooks cap at 4.8...mostly because of the RAM. On the other hand, I've seen some notebook scores get over 5 on RAM, which is...surprising...

    So I'm upgrading from Vista Business to Ultimate as I type, and it is one horrendously long process......

    I wanna check out dreamscape and the MUI though...the MUI especially can be quite useful.
     
    taelrak, Sep 17, 2007
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    Xander Paranoid Android

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    Do you mean DreamScene?

    I tried that a while back and it does look really cool. I think it adversely affects system performance though. It's the equivalent to looping HD video and then simultaneously using your computer for other tasks; not horrible, but not ideal either.
     
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    Ah yes, that was it...it's not something I'll keep on for long - just more for curiosity's sake.

    Now that I'm looking at it though, the MUI might not be as useful as I thought - does it change the system locale for nonUnicode characters?
     
    taelrak, Sep 17, 2007
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    I am a PC guy with a new 15 MBP 2.4ghz. I am waiting for a single 2 gb stick for a total of 3 to install XP pro. I personally shied away from a PC because of Vista. That is why I am waiting for SP1, to buy and install on my Mac.
    But, I am having SERIOUS withdrawals from the lack of software that is incompatible because .exe are verboten!!!
    I should have the stick within a week, I will give my impressions then. I also will be running Supreme Commander, which will arrive around the same time.

    Living in Cuba is a *****, when it comes to delivery times! Also a reason why I bought Mac, as they are more reliable than the next on my list.

    Good luck
     
    woodsea, Sep 17, 2007
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