vista or xp on mac mini?

pribar · 03-03-2007, 04:38 AM

i have heard about it with the intel motherboard, but will it erase the osx partition? and if it does, great! i would love to have that running vista or just plain old xp, can anyone help?

jedijeff123 · 03-03-2007, 05:03 AM

nope, it creates another partition for xp or vista

ps
DON'T GET VISTA!!!!!!

Rambo · 03-03-2007, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by pribar

i have heard about it with the intel motherboard, but will it erase the osx partition? and if it does, great! i would love to have that running vista or just plain old xp, can anyone help?

It's called BootCamp.

http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/

I would personally only run XP on it though. Is it the G4 Mac Mini? Or the new Intel one?

pribar · 03-04-2007, 05:02 AM

actually, just gathering info, but it will be the new intel oneif any at all. bootcamp is what i will go with if i do want to use my zune on the computer. i am also looking into the imac, 17 inch, the faster processor one, and i have a ddr2 3 gig memory, one 3 GIG piece, and i spent 260 dollars on it, so i think i will be happy with what it will do for my next computer. i don't planon getting vista for at least 4 more months, but it is a nice program, though the drivers need tweaked for everything. might just get the most powerful imac and part it up for vista. it really is a nice OS

Rambo · 03-04-2007, 08:48 AM

I just realised you can't run BootCamp on a G4 Mac Mini anyway, so it'd be best to get the Intel Mac Mini

pribar · 03-04-2007, 09:55 PM

good good

tlarkin · 03-04-2007, 10:18 PM

I just run virtual machines of widnows xp and vista on my macbook pro. I use an application called Parallels which allows me to do this. You can go into full screen mode and its just like running windows. I do have xp physically installed a 15gig partition but never ever use it.

Rambo · 03-04-2007, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by tlarkin

I just run virtual machines of widnows xp and vista on my macbook pro. I use an application called Parallels which allows me to do this. You can go into full screen mode and its just like running windows. I do have xp physically installed a 15gig partition but never ever use it.

Yeah, that's the best way IMO. It's like switching between two OS's instantaneously. Very cool, very fun, very easy.

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pribar Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 45	vista or xp on mac mini? i have heard about it with the intel motherboard, but will it erase the osx partition? and if it does, great! i would love to have that running vista or just plain old xp, can anyone help?

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jedijeff123 Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: in a hole in botswana. No, seriously. it has good wi-fi. Age: 14 Posts: 581	nope, it creates another partition for xp or vista ps DON'T GET VISTA!!!!!! __________________ Intel Pentium D 915- ocing to 3.2 or 3.4,ECS Elitegroup 945-P Xpress V1.0 -ATI Radeon x700Pro 256mb PCI Express 16x -PQI Turbo 2gb 4CAS DDR2 667-WesternDigital 80gbX120gb both SATA 7200rpm-DVD/CD burner w/ LightScribe-Raidmax Scorpio ATX868 Case (2x80mm, 2x80mm on PSU 2x80mm) Aluminum HDD Heatsink and Fan-Acrtic Silver 5 Thermal Compound-Hanns G 19" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358

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pribar Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 45	actually, just gathering info, but it will be the new intel oneif any at all. bootcamp is what i will go with if i do want to use my zune on the computer. i am also looking into the imac, 17 inch, the faster processor one, and i have a ddr2 3 gig memory, one 3 GIG piece, and i spent 260 dollars on it, so i think i will be happy with what it will do for my next computer. i don't planon getting vista for at least 4 more months, but it is a nice program, though the drivers need tweaked for everything. might just get the most powerful imac and part it up for vista. it really is a nice OS

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pribar Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 45	good good

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tlarkin VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 6,056	I just run virtual machines of widnows xp and vista on my macbook pro. I use an application called Parallels which allows me to do this. You can go into full screen mode and its just like running windows. I do have xp physically installed a 15gig partition but never ever use it.