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<blockquote data-quote="sonofzaire" data-source="post: 1836277" data-attributes="member: 403588"><p>Thank you so much for your reply. The only reason why i wanted to install win7 to an external drive is because the mac i am using is ooooold (OSX 10.6.8). I believe my brother bought it in 2009 and he doesn't want to upgrade the osx because of compatibility with pro tools 9. I was not aware of the limitations of installing bootable windows software between mac and windows. Based on the youtube videos, it seemed that it was possible. I could install win7 using boot camp or a VM software as you mentioned but then i wouldn't be able to use windows in the same capacity as i would like to..for example..install my pro tools..all my windows based music plugins etc...according to you..if i am not mistaken, the right way would be for me to just go buy a brand new computer. I was leaning in that direction already.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sonofzaire, post: 1836277, member: 403588"] Thank you so much for your reply. The only reason why i wanted to install win7 to an external drive is because the mac i am using is ooooold (OSX 10.6.8). I believe my brother bought it in 2009 and he doesn't want to upgrade the osx because of compatibility with pro tools 9. I was not aware of the limitations of installing bootable windows software between mac and windows. Based on the youtube videos, it seemed that it was possible. I could install win7 using boot camp or a VM software as you mentioned but then i wouldn't be able to use windows in the same capacity as i would like to..for example..install my pro tools..all my windows based music plugins etc...according to you..if i am not mistaken, the right way would be for me to just go buy a brand new computer. I was leaning in that direction already. [/QUOTE]
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