installing Windows without bootcamp

[Malik05]

so i just got the new Macbook(black) intel based...i wanted to know how i can install Windows XP or Vista(beta 2) on it without using Boot Camp...i came accross a tutorial a long time ago, but cannot find it anymore...

[crazzy88ss]

why on earth would you not use boot camp? I don't think it can be done, at least not quickly/easily. and you can't install vista on there, it won't work.

[McoreD]

Once you install boot camp, get the Drivers CD burnt, I *think* you can delete the entire partition using Windows XP CD and install Windows XP.

Have a read here: http://forum.onmac.net/showthread.php?t=1201

[.Neo]

From what I know Boot Camp is nothing more than a wizard that allows you to set up Windows op your Mac easily. It's the firmware inside your Intel Mac that does all the actual work. So yeah it should be 100% possible to install Windows without Boot Camp as long as you have installed the necessary firmware update installed.

[Malik05]

ok i found the place that explains how to do it...and i tried it, and it worked =) so if the admins wanna sticky this...go for it!

http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/16/windows...olution-posted/

[Axon]

That's the onmac.net solution posted before bootcamp. Using that method will prevent you from being able to install key drivers, including a Video card driver.

-Ax

[Malik05]

o i see...well i just wanted to use an alternative method...which worked...but now im going to reinstall OS X and then run boot camp

[crazzy88ss]

so i'm just curious, why don't you want to use boot camp? Seems like it'd save you a lot of time and hassle.

[Malik05]

just wanted to install it another way..thats all...as an IT person, i like to experiance as much as possible in all fields

[Huy]

Similar question,

How do I get Windows 2000 Professional installed with Boot Camp? I assume it doesn't work since it requires XP SP2 but funnily enough, I went to an Apple store and they had Windows 2000 (I am 100% it is Windows 2000) on an Intel iMac 20" behind the counter. They used it for their POS system/cash register at the counter.

I don't think they're using Parallels RC2 and I am certain (because I used it) that it isn't Windows XP. I'd prefer Windows 2000 on my MacBook 13" rather than XP (using Classic theme).

[radioboy]

  Huy said:

Similar question,

How do I get Windows 2000 Professional installed with Boot Camp? I assume it doesn't work since it requires XP SP2 but funnily enough, I went to an Apple store and they had Windows 2000 (I am 100% it is Windows 2000) on an Intel iMac 20" behind the counter. They used it for their POS system/cash register at the counter.

It's possible the 2000 machine was a remote system, with the XP mac acting as a dumb terminal

[chrisgeleven]

Also keep in mind that if you use the Windows Classic theme on XP, it looks almost exactly like Windows 2000. There are small little icon changes, but otherwise is the same.

[Huy]

That might be the case nuggetman. It was running fullscreen and was smooth, so that led me to believe it was running natively but I suppose it could've been a remote connection.

I am 100% it is not Windows Classic as I was using the start menu, etc and it had Windows 2000 Professional down the side (with those ugly icons for My Computer, Network Connections, etc) that you see in Windows NT/2K and versions prior to XP.