Officially a switcher!

Got my MBP this morning. This thing is a beauty. Not to mention that it's fast
Anyway, I think I would need a few more days to figure this out. I also need to find my Win XP CD somewhere.
Oh, I also ordered additional memory from Newegg. Should be here in a couple of days.

Thanks for all the help. This forum has been great.

 

Glad you like it! Don't forget Sam's stickies at the top. They are very helpful.

 

Congrats, drew97! Good to hear .

Of course, almost a tradition now, I recommend these two guides from Apple that are helpful to switchers:

http://www.apple.com/support/switch101
http://www.apple.com/support/mac101

 

Great choice, drew. I know you'll be happy with your new machine. Geez, you may even like yours as much as Sam likes his Mac! That would make a happy story, no?

 

Why do I always get involved in these things?

 

These (Mac stories) are good things, Sam - you just come to mind when they're told.

 

congrats on the MBP, drew97. You'll absolutely LOVE it... heck, I don't own one and I love it

 

Congrats on becoming a "switcher" but you can't truly refer to yourself as a "switcher" when in the same sentence you mentioned pulling out your XP disc. If you are going to run Windows then you are not officially a "True Switcher". Switching means you are switching OS's.

 

I don't think anyone could truly "switch" from XP to OS X. OS X gaming is weak, and a lot of us still rely on Windows XP and the markets favoritism towards it as a gaming platform.

So, I may not be a switcher, but I'm 95% switcher, which is about as switchy as some of us can get. *laughs*

 

Ok, I guess I am 80% switcher. This is my first time using Mac so bear with me. Couldn't find my XP CD but found my Vista Premium upgrade CD. Anyone can give me an idea how to run a boot camp? Somehow after the partition process ended, it does not recognize the Vista boot CD.

 

Boot Camp only works with the following variations:

Windows XP SP2 (32bit)
Windows Vista Home Basic (32bit)
Windows Vista Home Premium (32bit)
Windows Vista Ultimate (32bit)

64bit versions and "upgrade" versions aren't compatible.

To install Windows, launch Boot Camp. It may ask if you want to partition or install Windows. After you choose to install Windows, it will ask you to insert the Windows CD/DVD. Than from there, the system will begin the process of installing Windows, which works just like it would on a PC.

After installation is complete and you're on the Windows XP desktop, insert the Leopard DVD to install the drivers.

It's best to stay with the default drivers included on the Leopard disk, unles they're updated through Apple Update in Windows. Also, for better performance and/or compatibility, you can upgrade the graphics driver. Just remember to uninstall "NVidia Drivers" from Add/Remove Programs, reboot, than install the newer driver. I use 169.09, for Crysis.

 

I have just switched and will resist to install XP. I wil play CIV4 and C&C 3 No more XP! Why? Because I can.

 

One thing to note is that when you get to the point in the Windows installation process where you choose the partition on which to install the OS, you must also format it. Do not select the option to leave the current file system in tact. Always format. If you don't, the OS will install but not be able to boot.

To avoid any conflicts with system files or registry data, I would recommend downloading Driver Sweeper from Guru3D.com and using that when uninstalling video drivers. Use control panel add/remove programs to remove the NVIDIA drivers, reboot in safe mode, then run Driver Sweeper, reboot, and install the updated drivers.

You can also update the Realtek HD audio drivers as well. Realtek puts out updates almost once a month. While I have no problems with the drivers included on the Leopard CD, you may have an application where audio is giving you issues. In that case, you can uninstall the audio drivers from the control panel and just update with the new ones.