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Unofficial 64-bit support in Boot Camp?

i just hope support for xp64 is part of all this. i'd much rather use it (maybe 'cause i already have a copy?) than any version of vista.
 
No So...

Peace said:
If you go out buying Vista Ultimate do not get the system builders version of Ultimate.It only includes the 32-bit version.
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I've picked up a few copies and they've all had both disks. It's only the home versions that you have to get one or the other.
 
For those of you running Vista Bootcamp on a new Mac Pro - what are your Vista Performance Index numbers? I'm assuming they'd be pretty high. Anyone care to post those numbers?

Thanks in advance!
 
x64 Driver works on original Mac Pro!

equis.zero said:
Here's a link to a zip containing just the Apple 64-bit drivers.

http://rapidshare.com/files/85474135/BootCampDrivers64.zip(~15mb)

I'm still in the process of uploading the entire Drivers folder as it's around 400mb and will edit this post when it's done.
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Thanks Equis.zero! I just downloaded and installed the following drivers from your ZIP file:

AppleBluetoothEnablerInstaller64
AppleBluetoothInstalller64
AppleKeyboardInstaller64

I can confirm these drivers DO work on an "old" Mac Pro, since I am currently typing this on my Mac Pro in Vista Ultimate 64-bit using my Apple Bluetooth keyboard! I haven't tried any of the other drivers since they didn't seem to apply to a Mac Pro (perhaps they are working on support for MacBook Pros?).

Great find on this!
 
I installed the AppleKeyboardInstaller64.exe and the eject key still doesn't work. Any ideas? No program actually started when installing, but it is listed in the control panel as being able to uninstall it.
 
Finally finished uploading the whole Drivers folder (stupid residence bandwidth limit). This contains all Apple and non-Apple drivers and the install file BootCamp64.exe under Drivers/Apple/. This is really only required if you're doing a fresh install and don't have the required non-Apple drivers already. I had to RAR it into 4 pieces due to upload limits.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
 
Thanks! The full install worked like a charm on my Vista 64. Got full keyboard support now and the bootcamp control panel.
 
stupid free account i have to wait 102 minutes between each download.
 
thanks for the upload, the drivers work when doing the full install, even the eject key.
rapidshare sucks, having to wait nearly 2 hours per download.. but good work.
here is a good rapidshare account, only for 48 hours though...
Login: 3444536
Password: 84vp4f7CJa
 
sickracer2015 said:
thanks for the upload, the drivers work when doing the full install, even the eject key.
rapidshare sucks, having to wait nearly 2 hours per download.. but good work.
here is a good rapidshare account, only for 48 hours though...
Login: 3444536
Password: 84vp4f7CJa
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Thank you very much for sharing this :rolleyes:
And more thanks to equis.zero for sharing the files!! ;)
 
XP64 on iMac Core 2 Duo Extreme

Trekkie said:
Why is it the newbies with little/no posts always post things like this? Anyone else able to confirm with a new mac?

My brother bought XP 64 bit on accident when he got his a year ago. Would be awesome if they have it. I'm going to pick up a new Macbook Air or Pro after tax refund gets here to update the wifes 3 year old laptop. Hopefully can find out then.
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Trekkie: You said your brother bought XP64? Any interest in selling it? I've been running Agilent's EMDS (Electromagnetic Device Simulator) which requires XP64 on my iMac Core 2 Duo Extreme under Boot Camp to take advantage of >2GB RAM. Now upgrading to a new 3.2 GHz Mac Pro so I can use another.

Also, anyone know if the new 64 bit drivers will work under XP64? The only issue I've had running it under BootCamp is that the iMac 24" screen is 1920x1200 but the native XP64 Display Control Panel only lets me set 1600x1200, leaving everything a little elongated. Not too much of a problem with this application since its the VM I'm interested in for serious number crunching, but it would be nice to have right aspect ratio displayed. Thanks in advance. :apple:
 
sickracer2015 said:
thanks for the upload, the drivers work when doing the full install, even the eject key.
rapidshare sucks, having to wait nearly 2 hours per download.. but good work.
here is a good rapidshare account, only for 48 hours though...
Login: 3444536
Password: 84vp4f7CJa
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Thanks, but this account has exceeded its 25GB download limit. :( And rapidshare only lets you download a "certain amount" of MB per hour (based on IP address checking). So even though I only had to wait one minute for my download to start, I'm apparently going to have to wait an undetermined amount of time until I can download the next three parts...
 
Before I start an entirely new thread, this might be the right place to ask:

- Why should I buy "Ultimate"? I was thinking of "home premium" and it seems to offer everything I need. I will only play a few games and have it in case I need to use software that´s not available on Mac. I don´t intend to use Vista for every-day use.

- Is there a reason not to go with the 64 bit version for my new Mac Pro?

- What partition-size do you recommend? I was thinking of 80 GB.

- Should I try to get a hold of a copy of XP instead? :p
 
Rowlander said:
Why should I buy "Ultimate"? I was thinking of "home premium" and it seems to offer everything I need. I will only play a few games and have it in case I need to use software that´s not available on Mac. I don´t intend to use Vista for every-day use.
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If you have more than one physical CPU, you will need Business or Ultimate to utilise your full processing capability but if you only need it for games, I doubt the difference between 4 and 8 cores will matter. However, I wouldn't know if there were any issues with running a 2xCPU setup with Vista Home and only having 1 'enabled'.

Rowlander said:
Is there a reason not to go with the 64 bit version for my new Mac Pro?
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If you have more than 4GB RAM, I'd go with 64-bit.
 
The Apple material says Mac Pro introduced late 2007 or later for this use. Is there a difference between Mac Pros other than the 8-core intro'd in [I think] March? How does one know if their machine should be supported? It seems to me they all should.
 
schalliol said:
The Apple material says Mac Pro introduced late 2007 or later for this use. Is there a difference between Mac Pros other than the 8-core intro'd in [I think] March? How does one know if their machine should be supported? It seems to me they all should.
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I don't know why they state that. I have the original 2.66 quad introduced in August of 2006 and the Bootcamp64 drivers installed like a charm for me. Everything works. Then again the only drivers that don't come out of the box for Vista are sound card and Apple specific things like keyboards etc.
 
ctishue said:
I don't know why they state that. I have the original 2.66 quad introduced in August of 2006 and the Bootcamp64 drivers installed like a charm for me. Everything works. Then again the only drivers that don't come out of the box for Vista are sound card and Apple specific things like keyboards etc.
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Great to know!
 
Question

Can i run xp 32 and xp 64 in the same macpro, have them both installed at the same time like a dual boot?
 
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