Any way to install a Windows partition on my MBP...

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tdnc101tdnc101
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
...without the Leopard install disc? I'm running 10.5.6 and don't have my Leopard disc (I was one of four in my family who installed it on various machines, lord knows where it is now).



I got a Windows disc and have Boot Camp Assistant ready to go, I just have no way of getting of drivers for Windows. All instructions I've found tell me to just insert the Leopard disc after I'm done installing Windows, I'm wondering if Apple (or a mac hardware site) has any place where someone can download the mac drivers for Windows?





Thanks for reading,

Thomas

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    mactrippermactripper Posts: 1,328member
    Do you need the total performance of Windows?



    or can you do just fine with video type speed (not extreme 3D type speed)





    The reason I ask is it's a lot easier to use VMFusion or Parallels to run Windows under OS X. Both will be going and you can switch between the two without re-booting. (A real hassle.)



    In fact I can run Vista, XP and Ubuntu all at the same time in Spaces under OS X. It blows people away. Naturally I hit a speed barrier on how many apps are running in each. But it's nice to be able to switch to either on a whim.



    But if your going to run 3D games in Windows or must have Vista's crappy 3D effects, then you'll have to install Bootcamp and need the cd.





    Fusion is only $40 or so. Cheaper than OS X disk.



    up to you, but learn to clone your boot drive now that you have nothing to install or fix OS X with.
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