OS X and Vista

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  1. abscheele

    abscheele Member

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    I have a dell laptop with a GeForce 8600M GT, a gig of ram, a dual core 2.0 ghz processor, and a 120 gb hd. Can I partition the harddrive so I can run both OS X and Vista(or XP) if this is possible please give me instructions on how to do it.

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    Yes, you could. I believe you are running XP at the moment, so you need a prgram called bootcamp.

    Here is a guide: http://www.geocities.com/nja469/

    It is assuming you're running vista, but XP shouldnt be that much different.
     
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    That guide assumes I'm running OS X, however I am running XP any other recomndations?
     
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    is it possible to run OS X normally with out emulators just by partitioning the HD?
     
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    no, if you read the page i lined to it tells you that running os x without an emulator is impossible (for now).

    -Mike
     
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