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Re: Windows XP for Boot Camp? - MGS_forgot_password - 05-10-2006
Well, if all else fails, here is a FULL version of XP Home for $90:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16837102059
...and the slashes in step 18 are correct - in "Win98\ SE/win98/", the "\ " means that there is a space between "98" and "SE" in that directory name.
Re: Windows XP for Boot Camp? - sscutchen - 05-10-2006
Thanks, MGS_
Re: Windows XP for Boot Camp? - chas_m - 05-10-2006
XP Home is a nightmare. If you must run XP at all, you MUST run XP Pro SP2.
I should think a full, LEGAL copy is pretty easy and inexpensive to obtain. Old copies of Mac OS X are easily found at a fraction of the retail price from legitimate sellers ranging from Amazon to Megamacs, and that's not even counting the auction sites.
Try harder.
PS. Be aware that this is all wasted money -- running Windows on an Intel Mac is like running Classic on a G5 -- possible, and some people do -- but they soon drop it.
Re: Windows XP for Boot Camp? - onthedownlow - 05-10-2006
First off, you have to run XP SP2 on an Intel Mac. Boot Camp will not let you install any other flavor (as-is now).
How can you say people soon 'drop it' on an Intel Mac? It just recently became available (easy/official) for the masses to do it. Where are the numbers you are pulling? lol
Running both OSes on my MacBook Pro 17" (160GB drive...LOVE IT, LOVE IT. Sure, the BC Beta has some bugs (though works as advertised), but I'm running XP, to me, around a 98% satisfactory rate. I will not be dropping it, ever. So nice to have both OSes in one portable.
Re: Windows XP for Boot Camp? - sscutchen - 05-10-2006
At UT in EE school, my son will need to run LabView, a windows-only application. He can run it on machines in the EE labs, but that is a PITA. He also wants to play CounterStrike with his friends.