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macbook to load windows vista off external drive
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<blockquote data-quote="Kash" data-source="post: 347455" data-attributes="member: 23444"><p>The only way you can install Vista on an external hard drive would be through Parallels as Boot Camp requires you to partition the main drive. </p><p></p><p>So you could technically carry around the Vista image on your external hard drive and use it between computers. However, you should know that Parallels doesn't offer 3D support (yet) so you won't get all the bells and whistles that Vista offers, such as Aero glass windows. Also, Vista is a resource hog, so unless you have 2GB of RAM on your Macbook, Vista is going to be very sluggish. </p><p></p><p>I installed Vista on my Macbook via Parallels and even with 512MB of RAM dedicated to it, it was a pain to run. You would need to give it at least a gig for it to be somewhat usable, which means you need 2GB to leave some RAM for OS X.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kash, post: 347455, member: 23444"] The only way you can install Vista on an external hard drive would be through Parallels as Boot Camp requires you to partition the main drive. So you could technically carry around the Vista image on your external hard drive and use it between computers. However, you should know that Parallels doesn't offer 3D support (yet) so you won't get all the bells and whistles that Vista offers, such as Aero glass windows. Also, Vista is a resource hog, so unless you have 2GB of RAM on your Macbook, Vista is going to be very sluggish. I installed Vista on my Macbook via Parallels and even with 512MB of RAM dedicated to it, it was a pain to run. You would need to give it at least a gig for it to be somewhat usable, which means you need 2GB to leave some RAM for OS X. [/QUOTE]
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