More Mac Questions

[littlegreenfairy]

I'm becoming quite the regular on here!

And soon there will be even more begs for help.

Right I want to install Vista onto my mac. I realise that I'll need bootcamp so am currently rummaging for it.

Apart from that how do I install Vista and what should I look out for? Is there anything I need to do before shoving the CD in?

Thanks

[magic torch]

Fairly straightforward, make sure it's the full version and not the upgrade.

There is a workaround, but it's a real pain.

[littlegreenfairy]

magic torch said:

Fairly straightforward, make sure it's the full version and not the upgrade.

There is a workaround, but it's a real pain.

look what I found

Is this the right one?

[magic torch]

That's it for bootcamp

ETA: Meant the full version of Vista in my previous post.

Edited by magic torch on Friday 23 March 19:22

[littlegreenfairy]

wonderful. I've apparently got to split the hard drive first into a Mac section, a windows section and a common ground section. I don't know a) how to do it and b) how to do it on a mac.

Apologies for all the questions!

[magic torch]

They'll be a Boot Camp Assistant application in the utilities folder (press the apple key + shift + u when in the finder).

Use this to burn the cd with the drivers, then create the partition, then you can start the installation.

[littlegreenfairy]

magic torch said:

Fairly straightforward, make sure it's the full version and not the upgrade.

There is a workaround, but it's a real pain.

Its the home ultimate (whatever its called) from a cd in a box. I'm hoping thats right


Whats the worst that can go wrong if I cock it up?

Edited by littlegreenfairy on Friday 23 March 19:34

[Frik]

HTH

[littlegreenfairy]

Thanks rich

I'm going to sort it out tomorrow as I can't find a blank CD. Mebbe it'll be easier for my poor confused mind in the morning.

[cjs]

littlegreenfairy said:

Thanks rich

I'm going to sort it out tomorrow as I can't find a blank CD. Mebbe it'll be easier for my poor confused mind in the morning.

Let us know how you get on. I want to put bootcamp and XP on my MB soon, although the Mac does just about everything I want I do have some software that will only run on Windows.

[HiRich]

littlegreenfairy said:

look what I found

Working from what I've heard, rather than doing it myself, Installing Windows through BootCamp should be very easy provided you follow the instructions to the letter. So do print out the instructions first (as linked from that page). As always, back up your hard drive, just in case.

There is an unconfirmed rumour that Apple are having difficulties getting BootCamp to work perfectly with Vista (a revised version of BootCamp will be incorporated into Leopard). So expect a few small niggles in Vista, such as the keyboard problem. Remember to get the Vista apps and drivers as well, particularly for your printer and what have you. Take time to check everything is working - and remember that if something doesn't work it's as likely to be Vista's fault as BootCamp's!

[littlegreenfairy]

HiRich said:

littlegreenfairy said:

look what I found

Working from what I've heard, rather than doing it myself, Installing Windows through BootCamp should be very easy provided you follow the instructions to the letter. So do print out the instructions first (as linked from that page). As always, back up your hard drive, just in case.

There is an unconfirmed rumour that Apple are having difficulties getting BootCamp to work perfectly with Vista (a revised version of BootCamp will be incorporated into Leopard). So expect a few small niggles in Vista, such as the keyboard problem. Remember to get the Vista apps and drivers as well, particularly for your printer and what have you. Take time to check everything is working - and remember that if something doesn't work it's as likely to be Vista's fault as BootCamp's!

Its nice and easy I did get some help in the end (nerves took over lol)

From what I gather there are no drivers for Vista yet and there are a few keyboard problems but I'm slowly working through them and getting a fully working copy.

Posted from Vista

But I'll be changing back to OS as soon as I can get my hands on a copy of office for Mac. And some more games to keep me occupied (I do rate the games on vista quite highly and they are addictive)

[Bacardi]

littlegreenfairy said:

But I'll be changing back to OS as soon as I can get my hands on a copy of office for Mac.

In the meantime, you could always try Neo office? Compatible with MS Office and completely free.

http://download.neooffice.org/neojava

[HiRich]

littlegreenfairy said:

But I'll be changing back to OS as soon as I can get my hands on a copy of office for Mac.

If you're looking at being stiffed for a full-cost copy, you might consider holding off. Office 2007 for Mac is due sometime this year (A reference here , note MS blog reference at the end).
Buying Office 2004 at full cost, then upgrading just six months later is going to cost you net an extra £100+. That's a tough call.

[HiRich]

A heads up that Apple have updated BootCamp to better support Vista (32 bit), and it is something that you can update (rather than going back to a total reinstall).

[jamieboy]

HiRich said:

A heads up that Apple have updated BootCamp to better support Vista (32 bit), and it is something that you can update (rather than going back to a total reinstall).

Thanks for that - downloading it now.

[jamieboy]

OK, bit of a mixed bag.

Bootcamp 1.2 seems to fix the power management problems under Vista, two fingers to right-click on the touchpad works, and the bluetooth support works properly now - it worked before, but it's better now.

Unfortunately the keyboard map is still wrong (umlaut instead of " ), and the external monitor port still doesn't work.

Still, it's a limp in the right direction, so maybe the version that ships with Leopard will 'just work'.

I upgraded from 1.1.2, so I'd be interested if anyone has done a clean install using 1.2?

edit to add that I've since wiped the Windows partition and did a clean install of Vista using the 1.2 drivers, and still have the same problems with the keyboard and the external monitor.

Edited by jamieboy on Friday 30th March 09:49

[Buffalo]

I bought a copy of XP-home to use with bootcamp (so i can run some windows only modelling programmes) - are there any compatibility problems with XP still or have they been largely sorted now..?

Ta

[jimothy]

littlegreenfairy said:

But I'll be changing back to OS as soon as I can get my hands on a copy of office for Mac. And some more games to keep me occupied (I do rate the games on vista quite highly and they are addictive)

YHM!

[littlegreenfairy]

jimothy said:

littlegreenfairy said:

But I'll be changing back to OS as soon as I can get my hands on a copy of office for Mac. And some more games to keep me occupied (I do rate the games on vista quite highly and they are addictive)

YHM!

So do you