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Windows Vista on an Apple 12″ Powerbook

Posted in General, Microsoft, Apple, Powerbook, Intel, x86, Windows Vista, Bootcamp by Elliott Back on April 8th, 2006.

Ever wondered if you can run Microsoft Windows Vista on, say, a non-intel Apple computer (like the 12″ powerbook)? Well, here’s proof that you can:

powerbook-vista.jpg

This is not a fake screenshot or photo–Microsoft Windows Vista is really on that Apple Mac instead of OSX, and it’s not an Intel x86 chip in there, either, it’s running OSX on a single traditional G4 processor. How did I do it? Simple: I got Windows Vista running in VMware 5 Workstation, which is a major pain, and then used Remote Desktop from the Mac. Did you know there’s a remote desktop client for the Mac? That’s the easiest way to get Vista on your mac.

Installing Vista on a virtual machine is a little more annoying. First, you need a 16GB virtual disk before the Vista beta will let you install it. Second, you need to format this space and then on reboot manually boot from CD again. Third, the virtual shared folder abstraction doesn’t work in Windows Vista for some reason.

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5 Responses to 'Windows Vista on an Apple 12″ Powerbook'

  1. Tanner.The Word » links for 2006-04-09 said:

    on April 8th, 2006 at 11:22 pm

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  2. What’s Next In Science & Technology said:

    on April 15th, 2006 at 1:14 pm

    I am a PC user, thinking about moving to Mac, at least on the laptop. I would never want to run Windows on my Mac (I’m trying to get a way from it!), but the ability to run my favorite Windows programs without having to buy them all again is great! How well does this actually work, though?

  3. David said:

    on November 16th, 2006 at 6:39 pm

    Ok, you are lame. Why dont you get it running natively, then thats cool. But impossible unless you can get powerpc binaries, until then, you and this post are lame. and pointless.

  4. Ben said:

    on August 18th, 2007 at 4:34 am

    this is pointless

  5. Paco said:

    on February 17th, 2008 at 1:02 pm

    So you a partition of the HD, one is the for the OSX and the other for Vista?

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