um, with boot xp/OSX...is there something where you can have vista or is that against M$ rules now?
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You mean on a Mac?
If so I'm not sure, but I'm currently running XP and OS X in VM under Vista so I use all 3, occasionally Ubuntu as well. -
There's nothing against it in M$ rules, no. Boot Camp doesn't support installing Vista yet, but if you install XP first you can upgrade to Vista. That said, not sure if that'd be such a great idea since the only drivers made for the hardware are for XP - dunno how backwards compatible Vista is in regards to drivers.
Either way, Vista support will be in Boot Camp in the future - if nothing else it will come after Boot Camp is out of the beta stage I'd imagine. -
You're probably referring to that EULA thing about virtualization. I never read into it too much, but I believe it was just saying that you couldn't use the same Vista license on hardware and in a VM unless you bought the Business or Ultimate editions. That would mean you couldn't have Vista in Bootcamp, and seperately installed in Parallels.
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As far as legally using, I dont' think there is a problem.
I don't know if bootcamp supports vista, but you CAN do a dual boot or even tri boot without using bootcamp. There is another program that allows you to do this, and a friend of mine who is doing sys admin (assistant, mainly in charge of macs) is working on getting tri boot to work on some new imacs. He already has vista working. I'll try to find out what program he was using and post it in a new thread. -
As for Boot Camp and Vista, it would be best to wait. It can be done, but I doubt the drivers work properly.
noob question
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by RedSensiStar, Mar 7, 2007.