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void.no.spam.com@gmail.com
Flightless Bird
Could there be any possible issues with running Windows XP or 7 on a
Mac? Or is Windows 100% compatible with Mac hardware?
Mac? Or is Windows 100% compatible with Mac hardware?
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DL
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your kidding, right?
<void.no.spam.com@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Could there be any possible issues with running Windows XP or 7 on a
> Mac? Or is Windows 100% compatible with Mac hardware?
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> Could there be any possible issues with running Windows XP or 7 on a
> Mac? Or is Windows 100% compatible with Mac hardware?
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Bigguy
Flightless Bird
On 01/05/2010 15
5, void.no.spam.com@gmail.com wrote:
> Could there be any possible issues with running Windows XP or 7 on a
> Mac? Or is Windows 100% compatible with Mac hardware?
Depends on the Mac
I'm running OSX, XP and Win7 on a Macbook Pro (unibody).
Main problem is the keyboard is missing some useful keys (page up/down)
and the trackpad doesn't do right clicks...
With an external mouse it works well enough.
Guy
5, void.no.spam.com@gmail.com wrote:> Could there be any possible issues with running Windows XP or 7 on a
> Mac? Or is Windows 100% compatible with Mac hardware?
Depends on the Mac
I'm running OSX, XP and Win7 on a Macbook Pro (unibody).
Main problem is the keyboard is missing some useful keys (page up/down)
and the trackpad doesn't do right clicks...
With an external mouse it works well enough.
Guy
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Bruce Chambers
Flightless Bird
void.no.spam.com@gmail.com wrote:
> Could there be any possible issues with running Windows XP or 7 on a
> Mac? Or is Windows 100% compatible with Mac hardware?
No, it's not compatible with Mac hardware, at all. It's possible to
use Windows on a Mac only by using it in a sort of "virtual machine, by
using Boot Camp, available only in newer versions of the MacOS X.
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> Could there be any possible issues with running Windows XP or 7 on a
> Mac? Or is Windows 100% compatible with Mac hardware?
No, it's not compatible with Mac hardware, at all. It's possible to
use Windows on a Mac only by using it in a sort of "virtual machine, by
using Boot Camp, available only in newer versions of the MacOS X.
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Help us help you:
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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin
Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell
The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot
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Shenan Stanley
Flightless Bird
void.no.spam.com@gmail.com wrote:
> Could there be any possible issues with running Windows XP or 7 on a
> Mac? Or is Windows 100% compatible with Mac hardware?
Mac hardware... *grin*
Now - with Intel Macs - the difference between a Windows PC and a Macintosh
is basically a hardware check by OS X proving the hardware was sold by
Apple.
Windows will run fine on a Macintosh with no other operating system
installed. I have a friend that has a Macintosh laptop and desktop and has
not booted to OS X on either one in a year or more - one doesn't even have
OS X installed at all - it has Windows Server 2008 R2 installed.
Now - as for *why* you would want to do this - I have no explanation. You
spent more for hardware you could have gotten for a lot less in the same
configuration.
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MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> Could there be any possible issues with running Windows XP or 7 on a
> Mac? Or is Windows 100% compatible with Mac hardware?
Mac hardware... *grin*
Now - with Intel Macs - the difference between a Windows PC and a Macintosh
is basically a hardware check by OS X proving the hardware was sold by
Apple.
Windows will run fine on a Macintosh with no other operating system
installed. I have a friend that has a Macintosh laptop and desktop and has
not booted to OS X on either one in a year or more - one doesn't even have
OS X installed at all - it has Windows Server 2008 R2 installed.
Now - as for *why* you would want to do this - I have no explanation. You
spent more for hardware you could have gotten for a lot less in the same
configuration.
--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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Paul
Flightless Bird
void.no.spam.com@gmail.com wrote:
> Could there be any possible issues with running Windows XP or 7 on a
> Mac? Or is Windows 100% compatible with Mac hardware?
Macintosh computers come in many flavors and generations. For
example, I have an old Quadra here, running a Motorola 68K
family processor. No, no version of Windows will install directly
on that. The driver situation would be a disaster (Nubus, not PCI).
On a later machine, a G4 (PowerPC processor), I run windows via
using Virtual PC for Macintosh. That works fine and allows running
a Windows OS in a standalone window. I run MacOS 9, MacOSX, and
Virtual PC for my other OS options.
The third generation of processors for Mac, is Intel.
(68K CISC, PowerPC RISC, Intel x86.) Since the Intel processor
is the same as the ones used on PCs, that should give you more
options for OSes. I think BootCamp, gives you dual booting.
Note they mention that BootCamp comes with drivers, which would
be an important component of installing an OS. Make sure
the driver support is there, for whatever OS you want
to use.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boot_Camp_(software)
This one, allows running MacOSX and Windows at the same time.
I'm guessing this is similar to Virtual PC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallels_Desktop_for_Mac
It is also possible to run MacOSX for Intel, on top of PC
type equipment. There are lots of people out there
doing Hackintosh experiments, which you can find with
a search engine. They discuss which hardware platforms
are "good enough" to support booting either kind of OS.
So you can also do this kind of dual booting, in the
opposite direction.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackintosh
Paul
> Could there be any possible issues with running Windows XP or 7 on a
> Mac? Or is Windows 100% compatible with Mac hardware?
Macintosh computers come in many flavors and generations. For
example, I have an old Quadra here, running a Motorola 68K
family processor. No, no version of Windows will install directly
on that. The driver situation would be a disaster (Nubus, not PCI).
On a later machine, a G4 (PowerPC processor), I run windows via
using Virtual PC for Macintosh. That works fine and allows running
a Windows OS in a standalone window. I run MacOS 9, MacOSX, and
Virtual PC for my other OS options.
The third generation of processors for Mac, is Intel.
(68K CISC, PowerPC RISC, Intel x86.) Since the Intel processor
is the same as the ones used on PCs, that should give you more
options for OSes. I think BootCamp, gives you dual booting.
Note they mention that BootCamp comes with drivers, which would
be an important component of installing an OS. Make sure
the driver support is there, for whatever OS you want
to use.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boot_Camp_(software)
This one, allows running MacOSX and Windows at the same time.
I'm guessing this is similar to Virtual PC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallels_Desktop_for_Mac
It is also possible to run MacOSX for Intel, on top of PC
type equipment. There are lots of people out there
doing Hackintosh experiments, which you can find with
a search engine. They discuss which hardware platforms
are "good enough" to support booting either kind of OS.
So you can also do this kind of dual booting, in the
opposite direction.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackintosh
Paul
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Bud Vitoff
Flightless Bird
On 5/1/10 10:11 AM, in article 842uk5F33eU1@mid.individual.net, "Bigguy"
<bigguy@under_radar.com> wrote:
>
> Main problem is the keyboard is missing some useful keys (page up/down)
>
Fn key plus up/down arrows work for me.
<bigguy@under_radar.com> wrote:
>
> Main problem is the keyboard is missing some useful keys (page up/down)
>
Fn key plus up/down arrows work for me.
T
Twayne
Flightless Bird
In view of some of the silly and vague advice already given, I'd just like
to offer Paul a KUDOS for a clear, concise response to the OP.
If the OP doesn 't understand it all, and many people won't, at least
the words/components needed to do a search engine search are there for the
OP.
OP: Pay most attention to Paul's post; it's good.
Good job, Paul,
HTH,
Twayne`
n news:hri0p0$s61$1@speranza.aioe.org,
Paul <nospam@needed.com> typed:
> void.no.spam.com@gmail.com wrote:
>> Could there be any possible issues with running Windows XP
>> or 7 on a Mac? Or is Windows 100% compatible with Mac
>> hardware?
>
> Macintosh computers come in many flavors and generations.
> For example, I have an old Quadra here, running a Motorola
> 68K family processor. No, no version of Windows will install
> directly on that. The driver situation would be a disaster
> (Nubus, not PCI).
> On a later machine, a G4 (PowerPC processor), I run windows
> via using Virtual PC for Macintosh. That works fine and
> allows running a Windows OS in a standalone window. I run
> MacOS 9, MacOSX, and Virtual PC for my other OS options.
>
> The third generation of processors for Mac, is Intel.
> (68K CISC, PowerPC RISC, Intel x86.) Since the Intel
> processor is the same as the ones used on PCs, that should give you
> more options for OSes. I think BootCamp, gives you dual
> booting. Note they mention that BootCamp comes with drivers, which
> would be an important component of installing an OS. Make sure
> the driver support is there, for whatever OS you want
> to use.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boot_Camp_(software)
>
> This one, allows running MacOSX and Windows at the same
> time. I'm guessing this is similar to Virtual PC.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallels_Desktop_for_Mac
>
> It is also possible to run MacOSX for Intel, on top of PC
> type equipment. There are lots of people out there
> doing Hackintosh experiments, which you can find with
> a search engine. They discuss which hardware platforms
> are "good enough" to support booting either kind of OS.
> So you can also do this kind of dual booting, in the
> opposite direction.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackintosh
>
> Paul
to offer Paul a KUDOS for a clear, concise response to the OP.
If the OP doesn 't understand it all, and many people won't, at least
the words/components needed to do a search engine search are there for the
OP.
OP: Pay most attention to Paul's post; it's good.
Good job, Paul,
HTH,
Twayne`
n news:hri0p0$s61$1@speranza.aioe.org,
Paul <nospam@needed.com> typed:
> void.no.spam.com@gmail.com wrote:
>> Could there be any possible issues with running Windows XP
>> or 7 on a Mac? Or is Windows 100% compatible with Mac
>> hardware?
>
> Macintosh computers come in many flavors and generations.
> For example, I have an old Quadra here, running a Motorola
> 68K family processor. No, no version of Windows will install
> directly on that. The driver situation would be a disaster
> (Nubus, not PCI).
> On a later machine, a G4 (PowerPC processor), I run windows
> via using Virtual PC for Macintosh. That works fine and
> allows running a Windows OS in a standalone window. I run
> MacOS 9, MacOSX, and Virtual PC for my other OS options.
>
> The third generation of processors for Mac, is Intel.
> (68K CISC, PowerPC RISC, Intel x86.) Since the Intel
> processor is the same as the ones used on PCs, that should give you
> more options for OSes. I think BootCamp, gives you dual
> booting. Note they mention that BootCamp comes with drivers, which
> would be an important component of installing an OS. Make sure
> the driver support is there, for whatever OS you want
> to use.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boot_Camp_(software)
>
> This one, allows running MacOSX and Windows at the same
> time. I'm guessing this is similar to Virtual PC.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallels_Desktop_for_Mac
>
> It is also possible to run MacOSX for Intel, on top of PC
> type equipment. There are lots of people out there
> doing Hackintosh experiments, which you can find with
> a search engine. They discuss which hardware platforms
> are "good enough" to support booting either kind of OS.
> So you can also do this kind of dual booting, in the
> opposite direction.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackintosh
>
> Paul
B
Bud Vitoff
Flightless Bird
On 5/1/10 10:11 AM, in article 842uk5F33eU1@mid.individual.net, "Bigguy"
<bigguy@under_radar.com> wrote:
> Main problem is the keyboard is missing some useful keys (page up/down)
> and the trackpad doesn't do right clicks...
>
I'm new to the Mac world, so I may be off base here, but ...
I have an iMac with OS X 10.6.3, and I can do page up/down using fn with
up/down arrows, and right-clicks using control-click.
FWIW, there's a scary list of Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts at
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343?viewlocale=en_US
<bigguy@under_radar.com> wrote:
> Main problem is the keyboard is missing some useful keys (page up/down)
> and the trackpad doesn't do right clicks...
>
I'm new to the Mac world, so I may be off base here, but ...
I have an iMac with OS X 10.6.3, and I can do page up/down using fn with
up/down arrows, and right-clicks using control-click.
FWIW, there's a scary list of Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts at
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343?viewlocale=en_US
G
graham
Flightless Bird
On 2010-05-01 2253 +0800, void.no.spam.com@gmail.com said:
> Could there be any possible issues with running Windows XP or 7 on a
> Mac? Or is Windows 100% compatible with Mac hardware?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boot_Camp_(software)
53 +0800, void.no.spam.com@gmail.com said:> Could there be any possible issues with running Windows XP or 7 on a
> Mac? Or is Windows 100% compatible with Mac hardware?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boot_Camp_(software)
B
Bert Hyman
Flightless Bird
In news:2010050312571628581-graham@giganews graham <graham@giganews> wrote:
><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
><meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css">
><title></title>
><meta name="Generator" content="Cocoa HTML Writer">
><meta name="CocoaVersion" content="1038.29">
><style type="text/css">
What?
--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN bert@iphouse.com
><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
><meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css">
><title></title>
><meta name="Generator" content="Cocoa HTML Writer">
><meta name="CocoaVersion" content="1038.29">
><style type="text/css">
What?
--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN bert@iphouse.com
J
Juan I. Cahis
Flightless Bird
Dear Bruce & friends, Boot Camp is not a virtual machine, if you have
a Boot Camp partition on a Mac, you boot directly from it. Of course,
you should have the video, mouse, etc, windows Apple supplied drivers
installed, as in any windows installation.
And you don't need MacOS X to install Boot Camp, you can do it
manually (as I did) if you know how to partition your hard drive
correctly for Boot Camp.
Bruce Chambers <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote:
>void.no.spam.com@gmail.com wrote:
>> Could there be any possible issues with running Windows XP or 7 on a
>> Mac? Or is Windows 100% compatible with Mac hardware?
>
>
> No, it's not compatible with Mac hardware, at all. It's possible to
>use Windows on a Mac only by using it in a sort of "virtual machine, by
>using Boot Camp, available only in newer versions of the MacOS X.
Thanks
Juan I. Cahis
Santiago de Chile (South America)
a Boot Camp partition on a Mac, you boot directly from it. Of course,
you should have the video, mouse, etc, windows Apple supplied drivers
installed, as in any windows installation.
And you don't need MacOS X to install Boot Camp, you can do it
manually (as I did) if you know how to partition your hard drive
correctly for Boot Camp.
Bruce Chambers <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote:
>void.no.spam.com@gmail.com wrote:
>> Could there be any possible issues with running Windows XP or 7 on a
>> Mac? Or is Windows 100% compatible with Mac hardware?
>
>
> No, it's not compatible with Mac hardware, at all. It's possible to
>use Windows on a Mac only by using it in a sort of "virtual machine, by
>using Boot Camp, available only in newer versions of the MacOS X.
Thanks
Juan I. Cahis
Santiago de Chile (South America)
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Nil
Flightless Bird
On 03 May 2010, Bert Hyman <bert@iphouse.com> wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:
> In news:2010050312571628581-graham@giganews graham
> <graham@giganews> wrote:
>
>><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
>>charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type"
>>content="text/css"> <title></title>
>><meta name="Generator" content="Cocoa HTML Writer">
>><meta name="CocoaVersion" content="1038.29">
>><style type="text/css">
>
> What?
He's offering you some Cocoa. Don't be rude, just take it.
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:
> In news:2010050312571628581-graham@giganews graham
> <graham@giganews> wrote:
>
>><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
>>charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type"
>>content="text/css"> <title></title>
>><meta name="Generator" content="Cocoa HTML Writer">
>><meta name="CocoaVersion" content="1038.29">
>><style type="text/css">
>
> What?
He's offering you some Cocoa. Don't be rude, just take it.
M
Michael
Flightless Bird
"Nil" <rednoise@REMOVETHIScomcast.net> wrote in message
news:Xns9D6D69D83FC0Bnilch1@130.133.4.11...
> On 03 May 2010, Bert Hyman <bert@iphouse.com> wrote in
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:
>
>> In news:2010050312571628581-graham@giganews graham
>> <graham@giganews> wrote:
>>
>>><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
>>>charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type"
>>>content="text/css"> <title></title>
>>><meta name="Generator" content="Cocoa HTML Writer">
>>><meta name="CocoaVersion" content="1038.29">
>>><style type="text/css">
>>
>> What?
>
> He's offering you some Cocoa. Don't be rude, just take it.
He's mad because no marshmallows were offered.
--
"Don't pick a fight with an old man.
If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."
news:Xns9D6D69D83FC0Bnilch1@130.133.4.11...
> On 03 May 2010, Bert Hyman <bert@iphouse.com> wrote in
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:
>
>> In news:2010050312571628581-graham@giganews graham
>> <graham@giganews> wrote:
>>
>>><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
>>>charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type"
>>>content="text/css"> <title></title>
>>><meta name="Generator" content="Cocoa HTML Writer">
>>><meta name="CocoaVersion" content="1038.29">
>>><style type="text/css">
>>
>> What?
>
> He's offering you some Cocoa. Don't be rude, just take it.
He's mad because no marshmallows were offered.
--
"Don't pick a fight with an old man.
If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."
H
HeyBub
Flightless Bird
void.no.spam.com@gmail.com wrote:
> Could there be any possible issues with running Windows XP or 7 on a
> Mac? Or is Windows 100% compatible with Mac hardware?
Somehow this reminds me of Samuel Johnson's famous observation:
"A woman in the pulpit is like a dog raised up on its hinder legs. It is not
surprising that it does it poorly, but rather that it would want to do so at
all."
> Could there be any possible issues with running Windows XP or 7 on a
> Mac? Or is Windows 100% compatible with Mac hardware?
Somehow this reminds me of Samuel Johnson's famous observation:
"A woman in the pulpit is like a dog raised up on its hinder legs. It is not
surprising that it does it poorly, but rather that it would want to do so at
all."
M
mycomputer@mydesk.com
Flightless Bird
On Sat, 01 May 2010 16:11:12 +0100, Bigguy <bigguy@under_radar.com>
wrote:
>On 01/05/2010 155, void.no.spam.com@gmail.com wrote:
>> Could there be any possible issues with running Windows XP or 7 on a
>> Mac? Or is Windows 100% compatible with Mac hardware?
>Depends on the Mac
>
>I'm running OSX, XP and Win7 on a Macbook Pro (unibody).
>
>Main problem is the keyboard is missing some useful keys (page up/down)
>and the trackpad doesn't do right clicks...
>
>With an external mouse it works well enough.
>
>Guy
This problem will soon be solved after Steve Jobs and Bill Gates beat
the hell out of each other. Whichever one lives after the beating
will determine which hardware will continue being manufactured in the
future.
You can place bets now. Who will live, Jobs or Gates?
wrote:
>On 01/05/2010 15
5, void.no.spam.com@gmail.com wrote:>> Could there be any possible issues with running Windows XP or 7 on a
>> Mac? Or is Windows 100% compatible with Mac hardware?
>Depends on the Mac
>
>I'm running OSX, XP and Win7 on a Macbook Pro (unibody).
>
>Main problem is the keyboard is missing some useful keys (page up/down)
>and the trackpad doesn't do right clicks...
>
>With an external mouse it works well enough.
>
>Guy
This problem will soon be solved after Steve Jobs and Bill Gates beat
the hell out of each other. Whichever one lives after the beating
will determine which hardware will continue being manufactured in the
future.
You can place bets now. Who will live, Jobs or Gates?
B
Bob I
Flightless Bird
mycomputer@mydesk.com wrote:
> On Sat, 01 May 2010 16:11:12 +0100, Bigguy <bigguy@under_radar.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>>On 01/05/2010 155, void.no.spam.com@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>>Could there be any possible issues with running Windows XP or 7 on a
>>>Mac? Or is Windows 100% compatible with Mac hardware?
>>
>>Depends on the Mac
>>
>>I'm running OSX, XP and Win7 on a Macbook Pro (unibody).
>>
>>Main problem is the keyboard is missing some useful keys (page up/down)
>>and the trackpad doesn't do right clicks...
>>
>>With an external mouse it works well enough.
>>
>>Guy
>
>
> This problem will soon be solved after Steve Jobs and Bill Gates beat
> the hell out of each other. Whichever one lives after the beating
> will determine which hardware will continue being manufactured in the
> future.
>
> You can place bets now. Who will live, Jobs or Gates?
>
My money's on Bill, Jobs is doing good just being vertical, and the
"mac" is already converted over to Intel.
> On Sat, 01 May 2010 16:11:12 +0100, Bigguy <bigguy@under_radar.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>>On 01/05/2010 15
5, void.no.spam.com@gmail.com wrote:>>
>>>Could there be any possible issues with running Windows XP or 7 on a
>>>Mac? Or is Windows 100% compatible with Mac hardware?
>>
>>Depends on the Mac
>>
>>I'm running OSX, XP and Win7 on a Macbook Pro (unibody).
>>
>>Main problem is the keyboard is missing some useful keys (page up/down)
>>and the trackpad doesn't do right clicks...
>>
>>With an external mouse it works well enough.
>>
>>Guy
>
>
> This problem will soon be solved after Steve Jobs and Bill Gates beat
> the hell out of each other. Whichever one lives after the beating
> will determine which hardware will continue being manufactured in the
> future.
>
> You can place bets now. Who will live, Jobs or Gates?
>
My money's on Bill, Jobs is doing good just being vertical, and the
"mac" is already converted over to Intel.