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    Windows 7 on Aluminum Macbook

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Colton, Jan 16, 2009.

  1. Colton

    Colton Also Proudly American

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    Hi, I was wondering how I could use Windows 7 on my MB, without fully dedicating it to a partition on my HDD, because I already have Windows XP Pro as my Boot Camp. I mainly just want to test it out, without installing it completely.
     
    Colton, Jan 16, 2009
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  2. diggy

    diggy Notebook Deity

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    Download a trial version of Parallels and install it. I think the trial version is about 15 days.

    On the other hand, I'm going to install it on my iMac and give it a test. I had Vista Business on it previously, but I got rid of it about a month ago.
     
    diggy, Jan 16, 2009
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  3. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    I thought I had read that W7beta will only install over Windows Vista, and that you must also have installed SP1 prior to beta installation, and that it would not on any other platform....
     
    ClearSkies, Jan 16, 2009
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  4. HLdan

    HLdan Notebook Virtuoso

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    No, Windows 7 does not need any version of Windows preinstalled in order to install, it's a full copy.
     
    HLdan, Jan 16, 2009
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