Vista x64 on a Macbook Pro?

Sarduk · 16 Oct 2008 at 11:36

Is it possible :confused:

#Apple is sticking with 32-bit chipsets for their portables, so you'll be stuck at 4GB RAM forever with this machine.

http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/First-Look/Mac/MacBook-Pro-Unibody/Page-4

iSam · 16 Oct 2008 at 12:26

It will work but it is more complicated.

http://simpable.com/software/mbp-64bit-vista/

Irish_Tom · 16 Oct 2008 at 14:10

I didn't have any trouble getting it to work on mine.

Panzer

Sarduk · 16 Oct 2008 at 14:16

So is the chip in the MBP 64bit or not?

Irish_Tom · 16 Oct 2008 at 14:31

From that second link

This week, I found myself needing a Windows computer with an x64 OS. The only hardware I have at home which is x64 (64bit) capable is my MacBook Pro, so I decided to rebuild my Boot Camp partition with Vista x64 w/SP1.

Panzer

Sarduk · 16 Oct 2008 at 15:05

That isn't about the new MBPs though, whereas this is:

http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/First-Look/Mac/MacBook-Pro-Unibody/Page-4

iSam · 16 Oct 2008 at 18:04

JimpsEd said:
That isn't about the new MBPs though, whereas this is:

http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/First-Look/Mac/MacBook-Pro-Unibody/Page-4

Well if the old one is compatible then surely the new ones are too?

Irish_Tom · 16 Oct 2008 at 21:37

My current MBP maxes out at 4GB of RAM just like that one and it's not a problem. Maybe they have made a mistake or maybe they mean a different chipset.

Either way I really wouldn't worry about Vista 64 not working.

I always thought Leopard was natively 64-bit anyway...

Panzer

Johnz0r · 17 Oct 2008 at 06:48

Panzerbjorn said:
My current MBP maxes out at 4GB of RAM just like that one and it's not a problem. Maybe they have made a mistake or maybe they mean a different chipset.

Either way I really wouldn't worry about Vista 64 not working.

I always thought Leopard was natively 64-bit anyway...

Panzer

Yeah just upgraded my Penryn MacBook Pro to 4GB and installed a copy of Server 2008 x64 on it yesterday. Needless to say it screams through with 4GB. Even when I used Vista with 2GB it still felt sluggish and slow but with 4 it seems very nice. Still not a patch on OS X of course

iSam · 17 Oct 2008 at 15:43

Panzerbjorn said:
My current MBP maxes out at 4GB of RAM just like that one and it's not a problem. Maybe they have made a mistake or maybe they mean a different chipset.

Either way I really wouldn't worry about Vista 64 not working.

I always thought Leopard was natively 64-bit anyway...

Panzer

Leopard is 64bit.

Cromulent · 19 Oct 2008 at 21:41

The Mac Book Pro is 64bit. Total installable RAM (hardware wise) has nothing to do with whether it is 64bit or not.

The Intel CPU is a 64bit CPU and that is what matters.

fanger · 21 Oct 2008 at 19:22

JimpsEd said:
Is it possible

http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/First-Look/Mac/MacBook-Pro-Unibody/Page-4

Used a PC for twenty years, using a Mac and on day 7 and the question I have is:

Why would you want to?

Spyhop · 21 Oct 2008 at 19:34

fanger said:
Used a PC for twenty years, using a Mac and on day 7 and the question I have is:

Why would you want to?

*barf*