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Running Windows on your Mac
Win XP install gets stuck & I cant do anything
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1246614" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>The support DOC is outdated.</p><p></p><p>The reason XP is not supported on new Macs is because there are no XP Windows drivers for the new hardware. As you may or may not know, the Windows driver model changed when Vista was published; Windows 7 uses the same driver model as Vista. And that driver model is not compatible with XP.</p><p></p><p>Technology moves forward not backwards. Apple is not obligated to provide XP drivers for their newer hardware. Besides that, Windows 7 is more secure, can run in true 64 bit mode (64 bit version) and is better supported by MS.</p><p></p><p>You can still run XP on the latest Mac hardware but only if you use virtual machine software. (Parallels, Fusion, VirtualBox)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1246614, member: 46727"] The support DOC is outdated. The reason XP is not supported on new Macs is because there are no XP Windows drivers for the new hardware. As you may or may not know, the Windows driver model changed when Vista was published; Windows 7 uses the same driver model as Vista. And that driver model is not compatible with XP. Technology moves forward not backwards. Apple is not obligated to provide XP drivers for their newer hardware. Besides that, Windows 7 is more secure, can run in true 64 bit mode (64 bit version) and is better supported by MS. You can still run XP on the latest Mac hardware but only if you use virtual machine software. (Parallels, Fusion, VirtualBox) [/QUOTE]
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