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Apple Computing Products:
Running Windows on your Mac
Does bootcamp come with the new macbook??
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<blockquote data-quote="NanoBite" data-source="post: 253207" data-attributes="member: 13565"><p>The thing is that the EFI firmware architecture that the Intel Macs use was <em>originally</em> designed to replace BIOS in PC's, and give some great Mac like features to PC's, but then M$ dropped the idea because it was too costly - Catch-22 - </p><p></p><p>....Microsoft are driven by low prices not innovation.....!</p><p></p><p>So EFI has backward compatability support for MBR which is used on all BIOS PC's to record where the partitions are on a disk.</p><p></p><p>So you have the possibility to install Windows XP SP2 on a Mac using Boot Camp. Boot Camp will do it all for you and repartition your HD for Windows to be installed.</p><p></p><p>You need the latest version of Windows XP which will include Service Pack 2.</p><p></p><p>Make sure to back up all your data first.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NanoBite, post: 253207, member: 13565"] The thing is that the EFI firmware architecture that the Intel Macs use was [i]originally[/i] designed to replace BIOS in PC's, and give some great Mac like features to PC's, but then M$ dropped the idea because it was too costly - Catch-22 - ....Microsoft are driven by low prices not innovation.....! So EFI has backward compatability support for MBR which is used on all BIOS PC's to record where the partitions are on a disk. So you have the possibility to install Windows XP SP2 on a Mac using Boot Camp. Boot Camp will do it all for you and repartition your HD for Windows to be installed. You need the latest version of Windows XP which will include Service Pack 2. Make sure to back up all your data first. [/QUOTE]
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