Quote: Originally Posted by rotuts in the NYTimes and other sorces they say you need to buy a new copy of Windows XP for around $200 dollars. is this true? can the reinstall C…

My wife put this on her Macbook Pro and it works great. I'm calling it her Wacintosh. I haven't decided if that means Windows Macintosh or Wacky Macintosh :-)

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Wacintosh certainly sounds better than Mindows

re: using the Dell disk - I had an old Samsung restore disk that came with an old laptop. When ever I put it in a PC, it came up 'This is not a samsung PC', but it works fine as a …

Quote: Originally Posted by Maflynn XP Pro (non upgrade) is 299 XP Home is 199. First you need to have a SP2 xp disk. You need SP2 for an easier install but I have XP PRO…

Posted this before but here it is again: I tried this on my macbook pro 2.16 after updating the firmware as instructed. Initially it said that I couldn't install because the targe…

Installed it on mt MBP 1.83 and initially got the error that disk needs to be repaired. Did that by booting from OSc install CDs and Disk Utility found and repaired two errors. Aft…

thanks what is "SP2" and what is a slipstreamed disk? I only have a PPC so can't try the experiment with the dell disk but would like to understand the proceedure and leave the p…

Okay tons of questions as I'm getting ready to pull the trigger and get a MBP to replace my work WinBlows lappy: -Does the bluetooth keyboard work? How about mouse? -anyone had a…

It's funny, the installation of Windows on my MacBook Pro is the fasted and most beautiful installation of Windows I have seen. Oh the irony. Anyway, the one problem I have found …

Quote: Originally Posted by rotuts thanks what is "SP2" and what is a slipstreamed disk? I only have a PPC so can't try the experiment with the dell disk but would like to und…

Quote: Originally Posted by wowway1 Okay tons of questions as I'm getting ready to pull the trigger and get a MBP to replace my work WinBlows lappy: -Does the bluetooth keyboar…

Quote: Originally Posted by wowway1 Okay tons of questions as I'm getting ready to pull the trigger and get a MBP to replace my work WinBlows lappy: -Does the bluetooth keyboar…

Quote: Originally Posted by techster82 I am now typing this thread using Firefox on my imac booted into Windows XP. This is awesome. The world of possibilities that windows has …

Quote: Originally Posted by harrisjamieh -Apple SAY the bluetooth keyboard & Mouse will not work, however I am unable to confirm/disprove this - My apple bt keyboard w…

Just a quick problem i am experiencing: My iMac in XP automatically connected to my wireless network at first, and all was well, but now it refuses to connect since i installed nor…

I installed Bootcamp and XP on my mac mini yesterday...it runs great. I had previously been running the onmac.net solution. I reformatted everything and did a clean install. Kud…

Just a quick note: MSN messenger causes a BSOD

thanks for the info all. I think I'm going to go ahead and take the plunge.

This Boot Camp seems quite a bit more unstable than the original XP hack. I never got any BSODs using that hack (admitidly I only used it for a week), but since I installed boot ca…

Quote: Originally Posted by harrisjamieh Just a quick note: MSN messenger causes a BSOD It didn't for me, worked as good as MSN Messenger can work.

Quote: Originally Posted by eevyl It didn't for me, worked as good as MSN Messenger can work. Ye after a few tries i got it up and running. Though I can't really use it bec…

Quote: Originally Posted by Maflynn XP Pro (non upgrade) is 299 XP Home is 199. OEM Windows is cheaper. You may need to purchase an inexpensive hardware item (like a $1.00…

I have changed the icon for my Mac partition to a tiger install disc, and renamed it 'Mac OS X HD', and I have renamed my windows partition 'Windows HD' and changed the icon to a w…