Bit the bullet-now what? None <none[ at ]any.where> 5/26/2007 5:49:22 PM Well, I did it. Ordered a 15" 2.33 GHz Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro with the big hard drive this morning. If it isn't here by my birthday I'll pull out my printed copy of the order to look at while I blow out the candles. So now the question is: By which rituals and through how much sacrifice do I appease the Redmond gods for this transgression sufficiently to set this thing up with its native OS and 64-bit Vista in a dual-boot config, and maybe a 32-bit version to run in a virtual machine for when I have real work to do? That sounds like the best option to me right now. I'm not so much interested in the nuts and bolts at this point as I am in how many licenses/copies I have to buy and from whom. From what I've read here I'm figuring I'll need two-one each for the 64-bit and 32-bit versions. Could I get either or both via download, or will brick and mortar be part of the equation? Mind you, I'm not here to defend the logic of any of this. I went through all that when I didn't get the pony I asked for as a little boy. Now, at long last, I'm getting even. I AM going to get what I want, and no one's going to deprive me of it!

Re: Bit the bullet-now what? "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst[ at ]msn.com> 5/26/2007 9:07:59 PM You download Boot Camp 1.2 and install it on OS/X. Boot Camp will walk you through procedures to partition the drive, set up a dual boot, create the Mac drivers for Windows cd, and start the Windows installation in the new partition. You can download full instructions from Apple when you download Boot Camp so detailed instructions here are not needed. Keep in mind that Boot Camp is beta 1.2 and as far as I know has drivers for the Mac hardware only for 32bit XP and Vista. I have not heard of 64bit drivers yet. The OS would run but drivers may be a problem in 64bit. Boot Camp will not go final until Leopard releases in the fourth quarter so if 64bit drivers are not yet available it may be that long before they are. However, since Boot Camp also includes the tools to easily revert the Windows partition to OS/X again, you can try it out and see. Each installation of Windows will require its own license, including the virtual machine. "None" <none[ at ]any.where> wrote in message news:uluq047nHHA.4428[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Well, I did it. Ordered a 15" 2.33 GHz Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro with the > big hard drive this morning. If it isn't here by my birthday I'll pull > out my printed copy of the order to look at while I blow out the candles. > > So now the question is: By which rituals and through how much sacrifice > do I appease the Redmond gods for this transgression sufficiently to set > this thing up with its native OS and 64-bit Vista in a dual-boot config, > and maybe a 32-bit version to run in a virtual machine for when I have > real work to do? That sounds like the best option to me right now. I'm > not so much interested in the nuts and bolts at this point as I am in how > many licenses/copies I have to buy and from whom. From what I've read > here I'm figuring I'll need two-one each for the 64-bit and 32-bit > versions. Could I get either or both via download, or will brick and > mortar be part of the equation? > > Mind you, I'm not here to defend the logic of any of this. I went through > all that when I didn't get the pony I asked for as a little boy. Now, at > long last, I'm getting even. I AM going to get what I want, and no one's > going to deprive me of it!