I was recently given an old iBook, the problem is that it has no operating system installed. Is it possible to put some version of Windows on it?
Windows on a Mac?
- 12 Aug 2009 #1
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- 12 Aug 2009 #2
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My System SpecsRe: Windows on a Mac?
yes you can do it... it just depends on how fast it is as to what version of windows
- 12 Aug 2009 #3
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is there anything special that i have to do, or do i just put the cd in and go from there like on a pc?
- 12 Aug 2009 #4
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should be just like a pc.... depends on the processor though..... is it a intel cpu or one of the apple cpus? (whatever the heck they were called)
- 13 Aug 2009 #5
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I'm not real sure which one it is, I haven't really looked at it to much after I found out it didn't have an OS. I'm still undecided about putting Windows or Ubuntu on it, but I'm leaning more towards Windows just because it is a Mac. Thanks for helping, I'll let you know how it goes.
- 13 Aug 2009 #6
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Join Date : Jan 2009 This Weird Place in Canada Posts : 208 Vista Ultimate 32bit / Windows 7 RTM x64 Local Time: 03:52 AM
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iBooks definitely don't have Intel CPUs. You need an Intel Mac to run Windows. Apple only started using Intel CPUs on Macs in 2006, and iBooks were from way before 2006. It is not possible to run Windows on an iBook. You need a Macbook.
- 13 Aug 2009 #7
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My System SpecsRe: Windows on a Mac?
The ibook uses a G3 processor.
As a test you can try installing linux then using wine as a vertual enviornment. I think this would be a slow way to do it though.
- 13 Aug 2009 #8
Banned Join Date : Oct 2008 The Land of Those of Us With Red Necks Posts : 1,407 Vista Home Premium 32bit and Ubuntu 9.10 32bit Local Time: 03:52 PM
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well ubuntu should work on it then and Ojaser is right it windows won't work because its not a intel cpu
- 17 Aug 2009 #9
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My System SpecsThe best way to run another OS on an iBook would be trying VMware Fusion.
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