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    vitrualize or not

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by stealthsniper96, Jul 24, 2008.

  1. stealthsniper96

    stealthsniper96 What Was I Thinkin'?

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    I wanna download the vista trial to play around with it but it keeps talking about virtualizing. Do I need to use vmware to virtualize it or can I install it in bootcamp and run it that way?
     
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    Thomas McLovin

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    Bootcamp doesnt virtualize it, its a full windows install on your HDD.
     
    Thomas, Jul 24, 2008
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    Yea I know. What I meant was does that have to be virtualized or can I run it through bootcamp.
     
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    The download is for a virtual machine image of Windows Vista, and not a setup package that Boot Camp could use. You won't be able to use Boot Camp with it unfortunately. You would have to use Microsoft Virtual PC 7.0 for Mac, which I do not think is free, or use one of the free ones available that are floating around on the web (Virtual Box is one that you can try).
     
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