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**Geekpower2000** · 12-01-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by Greg555

My desktop has vista home premium and my laptop has win xp home. I have a music making hobby using Pro Tools 7.4 Im ready for another laptop and my alienware area 51 is too heavy for traveling. Im told that I can run vista on a mac book pro, they are regarded as being pretty stable and compatible with Pro Tools.
But I need to find out if I will be able to run my other PC programs on the mac. Like excel, MS money, Second Copy, True Image, my kodak all in one printer, etc.

Also: Pro Tools cannot run on a 64 bit system.
Can someone answer this question? Appreciate it in advance.

Greg

You would install the Windows OS the same way you would install it any other way. Keep in mind that you are installing Windows on a computer with a Unix based OS. So you will need to wipe the hard drive. Lastly, in order to run Pro Tools on a 64 bit OS you need to have a 32 bit Emulator.

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Geekpower2000 Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Vista Home Premium 32bit 33 posts	Re: Switching to mac with windows vista Quote: Originally Posted by Greg555 My desktop has vista home premium and my laptop has win xp home. I have a music making hobby using Pro Tools 7.4 Im ready for another laptop and my alienware area 51 is too heavy for traveling. Im told that I can run vista on a mac book pro, they are regarded as being pretty stable and compatible with Pro Tools. But I need to find out if I will be able to run my other PC programs on the mac. Like excel, MS money, Second Copy, True Image, my kodak all in one printer, etc. Also: Pro Tools cannot run on a 64 bit system. Can someone answer this question? Appreciate it in advance. Greg You would install the Windows OS the same way you would install it any other way. Keep in mind that you are installing Windows on a computer with a Unix based OS. So you will need to wipe the hard drive. Lastly, in order to run Pro Tools on a 64 bit OS you need to have a 32 bit Emulator.
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