Vista on MacBook [Archive]

egyptianeyes

Nov 27, 2008, 04:11 AM

I have a Macbook, that has 2.2GHz 160GB HD 1GB RAM

I was planning on putting Vista Ultimate on my Mac by partitioning 30GB as the Windows portion. I was wondering if it would screw my computer up on the mac side? And if I change my mind, can i remove vista completely? thanks

SHADO

Nov 27, 2008, 08:37 AM

Yes you can put Vista Ultimate on your comp (I did and I have the same comp as you except a 2.4GHz processor and 2GB RAM). It ran fine. Yes you can delete your partition at any time and no it won't mess up anything on the mac side. Boot Camp Assistant will do everything you need.

egyptianeyes

Nov 27, 2008, 11:52 AM

Awesome! thanks, and I didn't back up all my files yet, because I don't have an External HD, could I buy just anyone? And will it work for both Mac and PC?

egyptianeyes

Nov 27, 2008, 12:16 PM

I mean, would it be a bad idea if I did this without backing up all my stuff?

SHADO

Nov 28, 2008, 06:30 AM

Well backing up your stuff is always a good idea even if you don't have a Windows partition. But really the Windows partition does nothing to the mac side, so you don't have to worry about that. I have a Lacie 500GB external and it works perfectly. Just make sure you get a big enough HD to back up everything. And yes you can back up the Windows partition, but it has to be done from Windows.