noob question/ attn, mac users

[greeneyedboy]

how do i do it on a mac????? I feel so dumb for asking this question, I was told it could me done. :frown:

 

[RMSe17]

If you have one of the macs that has an Intel processor in it, then you can run Windows on it. (If you got it new in the last couple years, it would have an Intel Processor in it).

There are two ways to do it,
1. Selecting which OS to run when you turn on your laptop by using BootCamp.
2. Run Windows while inside of MacOS X operationg system, requires third party software such as Parallels or VMWare Fusion.


I assume you are asking for #1. In this case, if you have MacOS 10.5 Leopard, BootCamp should be in your Utilities folder.
If you have MacOS 10.4 Tiger, then things are a little harder. You would have to hunt down BootCamp 1.4 Beta on the internet. Then, set your computer clock back by 1 year, and then run the installer for it.

P.S. Once you install Windows, if you have MacOS 10.5, the drivers and stuff are on your Apple System CD. Otherwise, you are prompted to create a driver CD from bootcamp 1.4 (if you have MacOS 10.4).

Another note, if you create a partition larger than 32GB for Windows, or during Windows install convert the partition to NTFS, you will not be able to write to that parition from MacOS X (in case you want to transfer files over between systems)

 

[KeithP]

RMSe17 pretty much covers it.

For additional information, here is the Apple support page for Bootcamp: http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/

You just need an Intel Mac running Leopard (OS X 10.5.x)

-KeithP