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Windows Vista Beta Running on a PPC Mac

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sideways-approaches dept.

goombah99 writes "Macosxhints is giving a set of tips that let any Mac user boot Windows Vista on a Mac. In this case, it's not a native Intel boot but rather VirtualPC running on a PPC G5 Mac. Thus Vista and Mac OS X can run concurrently. There are no extravagant hacks needed, just a matter of finding the right set of configurations to let VirtualPC present the proper disk images for mounting and BIOS settings to the installer. This bodes well for native installs onto the Intel Mac." Actually, there have been successful (though not glitch-free) installs of beta versions of Vista on Intel Macs for a few months now. Here's a report from Hans Verbeeck (Developer Evangelist for Microsoft EMEA) on putting Vista Beta 2 on a MacBook Pro.

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  1. I'll be annoyed by Horatio_Hellpop · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ... if it runs better on an Intell-Mac than it did on my own standard PC.

    In fact, Vista Beta 2 wouldn't even install -- I kept getting a "error copying Windows files" after 30% of the files had copied. This, on two different hard drives. Oy.

    First time I've ever encountered that from a .ISO image ... countless Linux ISOs installed without a hitch.

    --
    Frammin' on the jim-jam, frippin' at the krotz!
    1. Re:I'll be annoyed by isa-kuruption · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      This also occurs when you have a scratched CD or a memory problem. I would swap out your memory and try again.

    2. Re:I'll be annoyed by kahei · · Score: -1, Offtopic


      Whereas I have never, ever, in my life, since the days of Slackware, installed Linux on a machine and had it actually work, meaning network, graphics card, and all. Not on a Compaq 486SX, not on a Vaio, not on a Thinkpad which had a 1600x1200 screen back when that was an amazing thing for a laptop to have, but which was covered in cow stickers, not on the Dell at work, not on the Shuttle at home, never. I've managed to get 'everything except networking' once or twice but the advent of wireless cards just moved the goalposts further away again :(

      But that's not the actual point of my post.

      The actual point of my post is:

      Take away the curse...
      With a great big ZOTZ!!

      --
      Whence? Hence. Whither? Thither.
  2. Re:Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why does a dog lick his balls???

    Because he can...

  3. Re:Wow... by AsmCoder8088 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dang.. an ID of 410? That's impressive.

  4. Microsoft Buena Vista by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...because we are all Mexicans now.