So who's installed Vista on their MacBook/MBP? There are Intel GPU drivers, but what about everything else?
The Vista beta was publicly released yesterday.
How to do it if you al…
I was/am debating weather to install vista... I downloaded the beta today. If I did, I would do it on my MacBook, as my iMac has so much stuff on it.
The reason I am holding back…
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So who's installed Vista on their MacBook/MBP? There are Intel GPU drivers, but what about everything else?
The Vista beta was publicly r…
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Originally Posted by Eug Wanker
What do you mean?
Installing Vista requires deleting an extra EFI partition that XP needs to run. After you delete that partition, OS …
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Originally Posted by aristotles
Installing Vista requires deleting an extra EFI partition that XP needs to run. After you delete that partition, OS X will continue to wor…
OK people, I installed, and all seems to be well, except video drivers - can't get them right yet, im running at 12808 x 800, but no aero. Also, sound does not work, nor bluetooth,…
^^^ Hmmm...
1) The install process for Vista is remarkably ugly.
2) Are you sure it's the "Intel Lakeport" driver for GMA 950? It doesn't say that on the Intel Vista pages. It jus…
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Originally Posted by Eug Wanker
^^^ Hmmm...
1) The install process for Vista is remarkably ugly.
2) Are you sure it's the "Intel Lakeport" driver for GMA 950? It doesn't…
OK. Oops, I missed the comment about the free hosting in the original post.
Thanks for the link. At least we now have confirmation that Aero Glass does work on the MB, as expected…
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Installing Vista requires deleting an extra EFI partition that XP needs to run. After you delete that partition, OS X will continue to wor…
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Yay, I got aero working! Rather cool actually...
How did you do it?
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All you need to do…
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Edit: Oh, and for some reason, the Performance Rating thingy in vista gives my MacBook a score or 1/5 - which makes no sense as proc get…
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Originally Posted by Eug Wanker
How did you do it?
You know what, just like many a thing I have done in Windows over the years... I really am not sure how I did it. …
I got vista installing on my mini as we speak. The hardest part was downloading it. Everythime I tried to grab it, their servers were too busy. I had to keep creating new hotmai…
I finished installing vista (on my mini) and I have to say its fugly.
Where the heck is the menu bar. I have no idea how to book mark links. The file explorer is missing the menu…
It is definatly harder to use. Somehow, they managed to make it less intuitive than XP - eg you have to go through like 5 things to get to display settings, and if you are in, say …
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I finished installing vista (on my mini) and I have to say its fugly.
Where the heck is the menu bar. I have no idea how to book mark…
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Originally Posted by jamil5454
Downloading for my Athlon64 PC...
I wish they made Vista for PPC! My iBook is getting jealous of these Intel Macs.
Err I'm glad they…
Well I do have to say vista runs pretty good on my Macbook, typing this from there now. It's different in one way but still the same ol' windows in another.
BTW there is a opti…