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    Any updates on Windows VISTA on MacBook Pro???

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Jude24to25, Mar 10, 2006.

  1. Jude24to25

    Jude24to25 Notebook Guru

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    Okay, so we all know that Windows XP thus far cannot be loaded on a MacBook Pro since:
    1. the macbook uses EFI instead of BIOS, and
    2. Windows XP does not support EFI.
    However, do we know of anybody trying to load Windows Vista on on a macbook? (since supposedly Vista supports both EFI and BIOS) Everybody tends to only talk about XP, but I would like to find out about Vista.
     
    Jude24to25, Mar 10, 2006
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  2. 64bit

    64bit Notebook Consultant

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    Don't quote me on it yet, but I believe only the 64bit Version of Vista will support EFI, but your macbook sports a 32bit only processor so it can never run Vista 64.

    I feel for you but I think for now you are out of luck.
    If Apple would have put a Turion in the macbook pro, then you would have been able to install it.

    http://www.amdboard.com/turion_64_notebook.html
     
    64bit, Mar 10, 2006
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  3. theokandroid

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    Won't know till it gets here.
     
    theokandroid, Mar 10, 2006
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    ericssonboi Notebook Guru

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    ericssonboi, Mar 10, 2006
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  5. Jude24to25

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    Hmmm... That's interesting. Unfortunate, yet interesting.
     
    Jude24to25, Mar 10, 2006
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    Now that people have hacked XP to run on Macbook Pro, it looks like in the future it may be possible to run the 32 bit Vista as well...fingers crossed
     
    fenderboy, Mar 18, 2006
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    i havent heared of a mbp getting hacked, only i mac.
     
    raiderlax27, Mar 19, 2006
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  8. RadcomTxx

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    somebody has done it to there macbook. i guess there are some driver issues, especially with the video card.
     
    RadcomTxx, Mar 19, 2006
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  9. ccbr01

    ccbr01 Matlab powerhouse! NBR Reviewer

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    its official and it actually works. the 13 grand prize has been won. all they did was make an efi boot loader for the mac mini. ( http://onmac.net/) is the site of the step by step process on how to do it.
     
    ccbr01, Mar 20, 2006
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  10. Aero

    Aero PC/Mac...Whatever works! NBR Reviewer

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    Yup but still tons of things dont work, one being the webcamera :(
     
    Aero, Mar 20, 2006
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  11. ccbr01

    ccbr01 Matlab powerhouse! NBR Reviewer

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    yeah, but the major breakthrough has been made. patch drivers will take about a month to be out on the web
     
    ccbr01, Mar 20, 2006
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  12. Aero

    Aero PC/Mac...Whatever works! NBR Reviewer

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    Yup ofcourse :D. No windows without the drivers o_O
     
    Aero, Mar 20, 2006
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