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  • Re: OEM version of XP with bootcamp?

    From fred@freaks@nowhereville.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, April 07, 2006 17:02:45
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    hrh1818 wrote:
    Uh...from everything I've read...it requires a STORE-BOUGHT version of
    windows..... Mossberg, and the New York Times...

    Mossberg even said it has to be the new installation version of Windows
    XP, not an upgrade version.


    I found I had an OEM XP CD which I got with an old Acer PC, I popped
    that into the mac to see what happened... As I expected, it didn't work.
    On closer inspection it appears that this CD was indeed one of those
    "restore" variety which seems to install XP from a hard drive image on
    the CD. The only other CD I have is an upgrade version so unless it's
    possible to somehow eject the CD part way through install without
    busting up the imac's case, looks like there is no alternative but to
    buy a new XP CD.

    eBay seems to be full of "full install" CDs but they all tend to be
    OEMs. I don't know whether to risk getting one of these OEMs to test and
    hope it's not a restore CD like mine... or to just pay the extra $100
    and get a retail CD.

    If anyone has one of these OEM XP CDs that come up on eBay all the time, perhaps they would like to test it out on their imac and report their
    success or failure back here?
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  • From Michelle Steiner@michelle@michelle.org to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, April 07, 2006 09:01:23
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <123c3kmon3a7534@corp.supernews.com>,
    fred <freaks@nowhereville.net> wrote:

    eBay seems to be full of "full install" CDs but they all tend to be
    OEMs. I don't know whether to risk getting one of these OEMs to test
    and hope it's not a restore CD like mine... or to just pay the extra
    $100 and get a retail CD.

    A friend of mine had a Compaq with an OEM version of Windows. Her
    mother board went out, and she bought a replacement mother board, and
    the OEM Windows wouldn't install. So I really doubt that an OEM version
    of Windows will install on an Intel Macintosh.

    BTW, she's had a Powerbook for the past year and a half, and is not
    interested in running Windows on anything any more.

    --
    Stop Mad Cowboy Disease: Impeach the son of a Bush.
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  • From fred@freaks@nowhereville.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, April 21, 2006 12:21:42
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    Just incase anyone is interested/cares, I went ahead and bought an OEM
    full version XP Home CD off eBay and it installed without any problems
    with the Boot Camp thingy. So if anyone wants to try out XP it won't
    cost quite as much.
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