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Sweeeney
Aug 10, 2008, 09:47 PM
I really want to have a mac that runs both OS'. So I am considering buying a cheap Macbook, and maxing out the ram. But the parents aren't Hot on the idea of spending $1,000. So they say I have to wait until after my birthday and Christmas. But instead of that, would it be possible to run a stripped down version of XP on my 1.33 Ghz iBook G4 if i put more RAM in it?

Sweeney :apple:



m1ss1ontomars
Aug 10, 2008, 10:04 PM
Max RAM for that model is 1.5 GB, and XP is far too slow to be usable; I've tried it before. 2000 is a better choice.

Sweeeney
Aug 11, 2008, 01:33 AM
Thank you very much. Does anyone know the least amount ram you want to run XP?

JWest
Aug 11, 2008, 02:30 AM
You can't actually run windows on a power pc mac. You can run an emulated version of windows however, via microsoft's virtual pc, but its compatibility is limited, and it's dern slow (since it's being emulated).