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    Vista 64bit with Bootcamp

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by SGT Lindy, Dec 10, 2007.

  1. SGT Lindy

    SGT Lindy Notebook Consultant

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    Does it work?

    I am going to make the switch and get a Macbook. I have to support Macs in my mostly Windows consulting job.

    Anyhow I want to dual boot Vista mostly then OS X when needed. I would like to use Vista 64bit. Does it work with boot camp?
     
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    Arquis Kojima Worshiper

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    The Mac drivers arent made for the 64-bit version. It will work (i think) but all your special keys like the shortcut, volume, screen brightness, keyboard brightness and eject button won't work. The drivers for them only work on the 32-bit version.
     
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    fildaben Notebook Geek

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    question is, are you going to put 4 gigs of ram to even utilize the possible potential of 64bit? You may/will run into driver issues, ie not supported or available.
     
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  4. SGT Lindy

    SGT Lindy Notebook Consultant

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    Oh well 32 bit it is. Maybe I will someday spend more time on OS X?

    Does fusion work well. Could I use my Zune..and Zune 2.0 software while in OSX if fusion used by Vista partition?
     
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    SGT Lindy Notebook Consultant

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    Yes. I am going take the 250gig HD and 4gigs in my sig out of my HP and put it in the black macbook. I do alot of VM work....have a whole windows domain with Exchange servers and all for testing.

    I will take the macbook ram and HD and put them in the HP and sell it.
     
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    dbam987, Dec 10, 2007
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