Windows Only on a Mac?

[andreab35]

I was just thinking today and wondering this question... and I couldn't find the answer to my question in the Search.

Anyways, is it possible to run Windows only on a Mac?

(you are probably wondering why that I should even bother to run windows... but I was just curious).

Thanks!

 

[gnasher729]

I was just thinking today and wondering this question... and I couldn't find the answer to my question in the Search.

Anyways, is it possible to run Windows only on a Mac?

(you are probably wondering why that I should even bother to run windows... but I was just curious).

Thanks!

No problem at all. Read the documentation how to use Bootcamp. Follow the documentation, except that you create only _one_ partition on your hard drive (for Windows only) instead of two (one for MacOS X, one for Windows).

After doing that, you can still install MacOS X on an external hard drive and use it without any problems. (As far as I know, nobody has yet managed the opposite: Install Windows on an external drive only and make it work on a Macintosh with MacOS X on the internal drive).

 

[andreab35]

No problem at all. Read the documentation how to use Bootcamp. Follow the documentation, except that you create only _one_ partition on your hard drive (for Windows only) instead of two (one for MacOS X, one for Windows).

After doing that, you can still install MacOS X on an external hard drive and use it without any problems. (As far as I know, nobody has yet managed the opposite: Install Windows on an external drive only and make it work on a Macintosh with MacOS X on the internal drive).

Thank you for kindly answering my question! I really appreciate it!

 

[kwood]

I'm surprised it was answered without anyone saying "Why would you want to do that?" or "Just buy a cheap Windows box."

As stated above it is possible to do, and it is fairly easy too. Just follow the instructions in the Boot Camp Assistant.

 

[ayeying]

Why would you wanna do that!?



okay, seriously though, why? I'm not bashing or whatnot, I just want to know the theory behind it.

 

[andreab35]

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LOL... I knew someone would say that.
I like Apple laptop styling and hardware.
I mean, I don't think I'd ever do such a thing... but I was just curious.

 

[ayeying]

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LOL... I knew someone would say that.
I like Apple laptop styling and hardware.
I mean, I don't think I'd ever do such a thing... but I was just curious.

Honestly, I would since Windows is slightly more productive for my day-to-day use. But its not stable for me

 

[howie1108]

Don't know why you would want to but it can be easily done. Just follow the Boot Camp Assistant installing Windows, boot up Windows, format and delete the Mac OS X partition and extend the Windows partition out. I even think a while ago PC Magazine benchmarked a MacBook Pro running just Windows Vista and I think it beat the rest of the Windows laptops by a fair bit

Good Luck!
- CaptHowie.

 

[sushi]

A Mac running Windows does not seem so weird to me.

Apple makes nice hardware -- especially their laptops.

Why not get a MB or MBP and put Windows XP or Vista on it?

 

[someone28624]

It doesn't seem odd to me either, really. I love OS X so much though, I'd have a hard time deleting it even if I did usually use Windows for whatever reason.

 

[Rondue]

I cant hate on that either but if you give OSX a try especially leopard you will begin to use it i assure you

 

[jbrenn]

it can be done

i had a hard drive failure on my mb and i have a spare 40 gig for some reason it would not let me install osx on it but i was able to install windows. This was just a work around until i could go do a apple store and get them to replace it.