Say if i buy a MBP, is it possibel to run Windows Vista on MBP? or is bootcamp only compatible with XP?
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vista is most likely not supported by apple
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The MBP is all intel inside - if it can run Windows XP, I would say by extension that it should Windows Vista but there might be tweaks needed to be made on Boot Camp or Virtualization. Is the Vista platform so much more different than XP - I mean current top line PC laptops should be able to run Vista.
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yer or na?
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From what I've been reading, some folks have gotten Vista beta to install on MBP + Bootcamp but failed at getting it to run stably or load the OS after install.
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I think you have to upgrade to Lepord to be able to have Vista run smoothly on any MacIntel because it'll have an updated version of BootCamp - other than that, it should be able to run Vista no problem.
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Please try not to double post.
About your Vista question: MS is still unclear about what the exact specifications are of running Vista - I would presume 1GB RAM, a dedicated GPU and a recent CPU (which Centrino does fall under) is alll that it needs to run at full speed with all the eye candy enabled.
Windows Vista on MacBook Pros with Bootcamp
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by farqueue, Apr 27, 2006.