Vista Retail on MBPRO via bootcamp?

I'm going to go with Vista Ultimate for bootcamp....now how would this work? Would Vista run just as Vista runs on any other laptop? How would I install it? What else do I need to know?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116473

 

Yes, that will work with the Mac notebooks, just like any other notebook. Just use Boot Camp Assistant!

 

vista would run just like a 'PC' computer.. it runs as hell is great

 

Retail copy will work fine.

From OS X, use BootCamp and follow the instructions.

Basically, you will partition the drive, create a drivers CD and install Vista into the partition.

At boot, press OPTION to be presented with a firmware menu to select an OS for boot. Otherwise the default OS will boot, which is OS X and can be changed to Vista f you so desire.

Vista is a drive HOG. 40GB would be the minimum I'd allocate to the partition, and 60 is more like the ideal minimum.

 

It says it works with 32 bit versions of vista...so ultimate is out?

 

No, it'll work. I believe 32bit and 64bit OS are now packaged on the same DVD.

 

Don't even try 64 bit. I dont think any of your drivers will work if you do.
When you are setting bootcamp assistant it tells you everything you need to know. It even asks you if you want to print out the whole thing which is like 60 pages full of instructions and information. I know from experience.

I installed vista ultimate on my macbook. I hope you have a big HD because I set mine to 32gb partition for vista and after installing the OS I had about 22gb.
Plus updates is going to be alot. I think another 4.5gb of HD space just for language packs(which is an optional update where you can select which extra languages you want installed.) I dont have SP1 yet though because my copy of windows is not quite legal. but a retail cd should work just fine.

And dont be alarmed if your laptop gets hotter on vista because vista is a hog of cpu/hd/ram ....basically everything. Which Im sure you already know but if you didnt

 

Why ultimate? I bought and installed Home Premium (OEM) and saved some cash by doing so.

I chose to get the 64bit version, because I have 4GBs of RAM. Installation was quite painless. Yes, I had to hunt for some drivers, but now everything works except iSight. But then again, I only game on Vista, so...

 

Picking Home Premium would be a better idea. $100 for the ability to join advanced networks and Texas Hold 'Em is a lot.

It's not that Vista causes the hardware to generate more heat. It's because the drivers for Windows doesn't do power management as well (most notably the video card).

 

I would switch the drivers to new ones from Laptopvideo2go.com. You will get much better performance. Does Powermizer work on Macs in windows?

 

I like Ultimate, for a few extra bucks I figure why not. Is there an OEM version of Ultimate? What are limitations of OEM versions?

Also...does dual booting slow down the system in general? Its not running BOTH OS at once correct? I don't want to bog this thing down...I found OEM Ultimate for 179 on new egg...that seems very reasonable. Does that mean I cant do a CLEAN install every few months?

 

Newbie Question.
I have Vista business OEM 64Bit copy & i wanna know what are the drivers i need to put vista on my penryn MBP.

BTW I'll use Vista for (Medicore)gaming & Visual C++ \JAVA programming.My MBP will arrive this week.

 

Dual booting do not slow down in any way. BootCamp allow to install Windows on a new artition and you have to decide which OS do you want for your next reboot in case do you decide to change, always you can press alt ( option) on booy to select the partition to boot from.

 

For the 64-bit version of Vista, you will have to hunt down some drivers. Its certainly possible to run it on the MacBook Pro, as many have posted in other threads.

The only problem with OEM versions of Vista is that they only come with either the 32-bit or 64-bit edition of Vista. Also, I think they also restrict it so that it can only be installed on one machine, even if you throw that computer away in the future and put the same license on a new machine.

Speed-wise, if using Boot Camp to setup Vista on a Mac, Vista runs very well. Only thing is that it tends to run hotter and drain the battery faster, but for general use you can muster 3 to 4 hours of battery life. I went back to XP on my MBP because I tend to run VMware Fusion to do work in both Mac OSX and Windows. Vista running virtually isn't a great idea, unless you can devote 2 GB of memory for it, on top of the 1 GB that Leopard needs.

 

One thing to keep in mind is that the license for Vista home does not allow it to be run virtualized; you need business or ultimate for that. So if you want to run your boot camp partition in Parallels or Fusion you need to buy at least Vista business if you want to be legal.

 

Thanx dbam

Vista OEM copy comes with my Desktop PC & i never activate it (Actually I never open the OEM box,I use retail XP for my desktop.So i think Vista business OEM will work on my MBP )

 

im gonna go with OEM Ultimate.

 

Just a quick question will windows xp pro sp2 work on the macbook pro?

 

Yep, works like a charm. Its very speedy on the MBP. Even if you run it virtually with VMWare Fusion.

 

Oh, yeah. I forgot that limitation. IMO the other stuff that comes with Ultimate (bit locker etc.) isn't worth paying for... at least it isn't for me.

 

microsoft recently lifted that restriction. You can now use any version of vista as a guest operating system.