MacBook Pro and Vista x64

[Draeconis]

I've been posting a bit about getting a MacBook Pro for a while now, I'd say I was annoying you, but you're all Mac Fans, so clearly that is impossible!

My question is; Can you run Vista x64 on a MacBook Pro? I know support for Vista x64 was added to the Leopard disk for the Mac Pro, but I don't know about the MacBook Pro, and I'd quite like to give it a try.

I doubt XPx64 would work on it, and I've not heard very good things about how it's constructed, but I use XP 32bit at the moment because I've not had much of a good time Vista 32bit on my current machine.

And of course, when I do get it, I will post pictures, with the obligatory bread in the background.

 

[Draeconis]

32bit didn't run a few of my audio apps properly, and they are coded to take advantage of 64bit, plus the specs of my current laptop is not as impressive as the MacBook Pros available today. It got mid 5's on some things but high 4's on others.

There is an element of 'Can I do it?' within it really, and I've not had a chance to test out a 64bit OS because my CPU on my current machine is only 32bit.

Guess I'm just curious, I could always just run it as a virtual machine I guess.

 

[Draeconis]

I'm tempted to give Vista 64 a try now it's been SP1'd, unfortunately I've got a Core Duo so no 64bit for me

Sticking with good old XP SP2 for the moment.

I'm in exactly the same boat. Though I'm currently running XP SP3 build 5508, which seems ok

I'm buying the Mac versions of my audio apps, so they're not an issue. Guess I still want to play Age of Empires