Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]
Groups > comp.sys.mac.system > #50794
| From | Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" |
| Date | 2013-10-26 15:49 -0400 |
| Organization | Ain’t No Organization Here! |
| Message-ID | <l4h6br$9vi$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <l4gmfh$dbh$1@dont-email.me> <l4h1jk$dt3$1@dont-email.me> <526c0dfe$0$52763$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net> <201310261205022293-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> |
On 10-26-2013, 15:05, Savageduck wrote: > On 2013-10-26 18:46:22 +0000, claudel@sonic.net (Claude V. Lucas) said: > >> In article <l4h1jk$dt3$1@dont-email.me>, Wes Groleau >> <none.of@your.biz> wrote: >>> On 10-26-2013, 11:18, Wes Groleau wrote: >>>> Trying to give a 2006 Macbook (MB) to someone who prefers Mac but has >>>> been stuck with Windows XP for a long time. >>>> >>>> So I want to set Bootcamp (BC) and install Windows XP Pro with her >>>> product key. >>> >>> Well, it seems that (1) installing BC on this thing has Murphy trying >>> hard to help, and (2) I'd still have to acquire the XP drivers from >>> somewhere and add them separately. >>> >>> So, I allowed VirtualBox to use the Windows partition for its virtual >>> drive and am now installing XP that way. >>> >>> It complains that the virtual display is set wrong, but the setting it >>> wants me to change doesn't exist. :-) >> >> VB does that for me with Win8 as well. I recently switched rather >> than cough up again for VMWare and it seems to work fine for me so far >> other than a few questionable communiques regarding well hidden settings >> that apparently don't matter a whole lot. > > I have VMWare Fusion 4.1.3 running under OSX 9 without issues other than > them nagging me to upgrade. > >> If your recipient doesn't use OS X why not install XP directly instead >> of in a VM? > > I was thinking along the same lines, or perhaps with a little coaching > the recipient might learn to tolerate the move to Mac and minimize XP > thinking. Gentlemen, didn't I start this off by saying "someone who prefers Mac but has been stuck with XP for a long time"? She will have some catch-up to do (10.7 looks nothing like OS 9) but she will be using the Mac mostly. But she also will need time to transition a few years of XP files and programs. -- Wes Groleau Nutrition for Blokes: Re-engineering your diet for life http://www.phlaunt.com/quentin
Back to comp.sys.mac.system | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread
Boot Camp "nonstandard" Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-26 11:18 -0400
Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-26 11:54 -0400
Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-26 12:11 -0400
Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-26 12:22 -0400
Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-26 16:12 +0000
Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-26 12:27 -0400
Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-27 12:49 +1300
Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-10-26 11:02 -0700
Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-26 19:01 -0400
Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-26 12:15 -0400
Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-26 14:28 -0400
Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" claudel@sonic.net (Claude V. Lucas) - 2013-10-26 18:46 +0000
Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-10-26 12:05 -0700
Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-26 15:49 -0400
Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-26 19:58 -0400
Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-26 20:38 -0400
Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-26 21:05 -0400
Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-27 00:02 -0400
Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2013-10-26 23:03 -0400
Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Lloyd E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2013-10-26 22:09 -0500
Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2013-10-26 23:13 -0400
Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Lloyd E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2013-10-27 07:25 -0500
Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-10-27 13:55 +1300
Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-26 21:08 -0400
Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-27 14:31 +1300
Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-10-27 18:09 +1300
Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-27 14:34 +1300
Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-10-27 18:13 +1300
And they say APPLE was fading (was: Boot Camp "nonstandard") Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-26 16:07 -0400
Re: And they say APPLE was fading (was: Boot Camp "nonstandard") Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-26 21:14 +0000
Re: And they say APPLE was fading (was: Boot Camp "nonstandard") nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-26 20:21 -0400
Re: And they say APPLE was fading Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-26 20:40 -0400
Re: And they say APPLE was fading Jim Gibson <jimsgibson@gmail.com> - 2013-10-28 13:02 -0700
Re: And they say APPLE was fading Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-26 20:02 -0400
Re: And they say APPLE was fading Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2013-10-26 20:49 -0400
Re: And they say APPLE was fading jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-10-27 13:55 +1300
Re: Boot Camp "nonstandard" jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2013-10-27 09:26 +1300
csiph-web