can you run vista on a macbook?

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filis10filis10
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
long time listener, first time caller! i was just wondering if you install xp via boot camp, can you then upgrade it to the new vista beta? just would like to see it running... finally!



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p.s. Sorry if this has been posted before, couldn't find it

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    irelandireland Posts: 17,802member
    Yes you can! You meet the the Vista ready thing. You'll need to download the 32bit version, but it's not as easy or as safe as installing XP.
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    filis10filis10 Posts: 6member
    how difficult is it to install? has anyone actually got it running? screenshots people... !
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    filis10filis10 Posts: 6member
    I tried and failed, for anybody wondering! I got Windows XP up, then started to install Vista. All was spiffy until it actually started the installation, when it said something about 'not being able to find a local hard drive to store temporary files'. Nevermind, probably wouldn't have been any good anyways
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    noah93noah93 Posts: 168member
    I too tried this, except it was on a Core Duo Mini. Instead of first installing xp, I went straight to vista. It went through the install fine, then, after it starting applying "updates", it rebooted from the win partition. I let it boot from the HD, and got an error message stating that winload.exe was missing or corrupted. I reburnt the dvd as mine had a slight defect, no work. Redownloaded cuz I had paused the download in the middle the first time round, no luck. Allways the same error. Hope someone can fix this, I don't want to get the dell out.



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