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    Experience with Vista on the Mac Pro???

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by latestgood, Sep 5, 2008.

  1. latestgood

    latestgood Notebook Consultant

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    Hi,

    I will be attending grad school in UCLA. The school requires Vista. However, I recently bought Mac Pro (not impressed. LOL). I am going to use parallel to install VISTA but I heard that there are problems with networking and aero not working correctly in the MAC. Is this correct? Can I run the Vista same way as if I installed it into regular PC and will everything work? Would I be able to install the programs/drivers and stuff that supports vista?

    Thank you,
     
    latestgood, Sep 5, 2008
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  2. McGrady

    McGrady Notebook Virtuoso

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    Lol, sorry I cannot help you as I am unfamiliar with Macs. I just wanted to comment on UCLA requiring Vista. LOL. That's very peculiar, I guess because your going there for Grad school and the software you use are only Vista compatible?
     
    McGrady, Sep 5, 2008
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  3. Ayle

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    Why don't you use bootcamp instead of parallels?
     
    Ayle, Sep 5, 2008
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  4. Hawkshark

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    Agreed, use bootcamp, with that and the provided drivers you wont have any problems whatsoever. I applaud UCLA for requiring vista but i curious about why your Mac Pro hasn't impressed you... Those are pretty awesome machines, with alot of power.
     
    Hawkshark, Sep 5, 2008
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