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<blockquote data-quote="IvanLasston" data-source="post: 1085792" data-attributes="member: 145676">Pretty much any disk that comes with a computer now is only a restore disk for that computer.&nbsp; You cannot use it to install windows on anything else - and it really doesn't install windows on the original computer - it restores the factory state of windows.So unfortunately the only legal way to install windows on a Mac, be it through bootcamp, or a virtual machine, is to have a licensed copy.&nbsp; No virtual machine comes with a license for windows.&nbsp; So you don't need a virtual machine to install windows on a Mac.&nbsp; You can use bootcamp.&nbsp; But you need a windows disk and license to install into either a VM or bootcamp.&nbsp; Plus since windows xp - all legal installs need to authenticate back to Microsoft so even if you had a windows install disk for another computer - if it was activated and you tried to install in a new computer - it would stop you and say too much hardware has changed - please call Microsoft.Hey schweb - I'm curious - did you switch from Parallels 5 to VMware 3.0.1?&nbsp; And if you did what is keeping you there?&nbsp; I found VMWare to be significantly slower than Parallels 5 so performance for me is why I switched to Parallels.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="IvanLasston, post: 1085792, member: 145676"] Pretty much any disk that comes with a computer now is only a restore disk for that computer. You cannot use it to install windows on anything else - and it really doesn't install windows on the original computer - it restores the factory state of windows. So unfortunately the only legal way to install windows on a Mac, be it through bootcamp, or a virtual machine, is to have a licensed copy. No virtual machine comes with a license for windows. So you don't need a virtual machine to install windows on a Mac. You can use bootcamp. But you need a windows disk and license to install into either a VM or bootcamp. Plus since windows xp - all legal installs need to authenticate back to Microsoft so even if you had a windows install disk for another computer - if it was activated and you tried to install in a new computer - it would stop you and say too much hardware has changed - please call Microsoft. Hey schweb - I'm curious - did you switch from Parallels 5 to VMware 3.0.1? And if you did what is keeping you there? I found VMWare to be significantly slower than Parallels 5 so performance for me is why I switched to Parallels. [/QUOTE]

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