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    MacBook Air : XP or Vista ???

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Tinderbox (UK), Jan 19, 2008.

  1. Tinderbox (UK)

    Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING

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    Hi.

    I know nothing about Mac`s

    Can the MacBook Air, run XP or Vista as it has an INTEL core2duo processor.

    I suspect most of the other hardware will be the same as a micrsoft notebooks.

    regards

    John.
     
    Tinderbox (UK), Jan 19, 2008
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  2. Justin Adriel

    Justin Adriel Notebook Geek

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    I would like to know that answer to this one too.

    It definitely can run Windows due to boot camp, but the question is, which Windows version is better. I'm thinking that if Macbook Air would run XP more efficiently than Vista, then I'd go for XP then just skin it to make it look like Vista, hehe.
     
    Justin Adriel, Jan 19, 2008
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  3. duffyanneal

    duffyanneal Notebook Deity

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    You should be able to run Windows via Bootcamp or Fusion/Parallels. XP would be preferable over Vista since Vista is more resource intensive.
     
    duffyanneal, Jan 19, 2008
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  4. Arquis

    Arquis Kojima Worshiper

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    Well, it's running leopard so it has Boot Camp. So of course it can. I think XP would run better. But XP runs better on ANY machine.
     
    Arquis, Jan 19, 2008
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  5. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    It won't have any problems running Windows through Boot Camp, other than the small hard drive meaning both partitions will be small. However, I want to note that purchasing a Mac for the sole purpose of running Windows may not the best idea financially.
     
    Sam, Jan 19, 2008
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