Installing Vista on a Mac

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dmedia

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I am upgrading to Mac as part of my business, however, I need to install a win OS so that I can communicate with my office SBS 2003.

I would like to use an upgrade product such as XP Pro Upgrade, but the MAC won't install the upgrade, it needs a full version.

I only need the Win OS to run some applications and to VPN into the office, and I need to put it on two machines, so installing full version of XP pro or Vista would be expensive for only part time use.

I would like to know if I installed Vista Home if this would allow me to VPN into SBS 2003, run apps such as Office 2003 and Adobe CS3.

Thanks
 

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Whats the matter with OEM, Home Premium is cheap enough, £60-70

Office and Adobe both compatible.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    INTEL QUAD 6600
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte EP35-DS4
    Memory
    4 gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce 8800gt
    Monitor(s) Displays
    24" ACER
    Screen Resolution
    1440 X 900
    Hard Drives
    500 GB
    320GB
    PSU
    700WATT
    Cooling
    ARCTIC
    Internet Speed
    Av.MTH, Download 8.27, Upoad 0.91
Or you could set up a virtual machine on your Mac (if there's software available).
 

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  • CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2GHz
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 @ 667Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVidia GeForce Go 7600
    Hard Drives
    1x 160GB 7200rpm 2.5" SATA
XP pro upgrade would either have a qualifying Windows version installed to upgrade from or find an installation disk that meets the criteria.

I have no experiance with VPN's. However, that might be one of the things that Business or Ultimate might be required for.
 

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System One

  • CPU
    Core Duo 2 E6700
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5W DH Deluxe
    Memory
    4g-Corsair XMS2 6400
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI 4870x2
    Hard Drives
    2 Maxtor Essential SATA2 drives Raid 0
    Pioneer 212D SATA DVD-R/W
Thanks for the replies. I think I am going to have to purchase a retail version of XP Pro. Vista, from what I have discovered, will take a lot of diskspace, more so than XP that I am use to.
 

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