Vista x64 on MBP?

slylittlefox

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Has anybody had any luck with running Vista x64 on their MacBook Pro?

It took me days to find drivers for it, so after installing them I ran the 2.1 BootCamp update and now I'm left with a Vista install that doesn't work with the internal keyboard.

Add to that the fact that it's completely b0rked my OSX install (gets stuck in a restart loop when trying to boot the mac partition) and I'm not having much luck.

Anybody any idea what I may have done wrong? I'm thinking of wiping the whole thing and just installing Vista (I don't have an OSX disk to do the repair)... :(
 
You have a MBP with no install disc? :confused:

All the Windows drivers for the MBP were on the install disc, hence your agony.
 
Wipe the lot and re-install OSX.

If you don't have an install disc (?), it's not hard to buy or one use the shady internet to get one before hand.
 
The thing is that I don't want OSX on there anyway - I realise that there's some advantages in doing so, i.e. for EFI firmware upgrades. But for the time being, I've got a copy of Vista to hand and don't have a Leopard install disk - so is it feasibly possible?

For reference, I think I already have the drive setup with a MBR.

Thanks for the replies :)
 
If you had the install disc it would be easy.

Run Boot Camp assistant
Boot off the Windows CD
Delete the OS X partition in the Windows setup

Then you'll have Windows.
 
EVH said:
If you had the install disc it would be easy.

Run Boot Camp assistant
Boot off the Windows CD
Delete the OS X partition in the Windows setup

Then you'll have Windows.
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I know... I'm thinking of going to the purple shirt store and buying a copy of OSX just for this :(

Just spent an hour searching for the CD but I think I left it on a ship I worked on :(
 
slylittlefox said:
I know... I'm thinking of going to the purple shirt store and buying a copy of OSX just for this :(

Just spent an hour searching for the CD but I think I left it on a ship I worked on :(
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Ring Apple.

They'll send you a replacement disc directly, and you might be able to get it a bit cheaper if you turn on the n00bness ;)
 
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