XP for cheap for Mac Pro

[smitha96]

One last thing,
I'm looking to purchase XP home edition for my mac pro. I assume this copy (link below), even though it is OEM, would not be a problem to install using Boot Camp?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16832116056

Thanks,
Alex

 

[bob5820]

OEM should be fine. Understand though that XP Home will only support one physical CPU, or in this case 2 of the 4 cores. I'm running XP Home (under Parallels not Bootcamp) on my Mac Pro

 

[DXoverDY]

OEM should be fine. Understand though that XP Home will only support one physical CPU, or in this case 2 of the 4 cores. I'm running XP Home (under Parallels not Bootcamp) on my Mac Pro

I think Home only does 1 core as well... I may be wrong on that one but I don't think Home supports multiple cores even

 

[FFTT]

You must purchase XP INCLUDING SP2.

You'll want XP Pro SP2 if you want full access to all your processor cores.

 

[SpankyPenzaanz]

You must purchase XP INCLUDING SP2.

You'll want XP Pro SP2 if you want full access to all your processor cores.

I agree
newegg has it for about $140

 

[plinden]

I think Home only does 1 core as well... I may be wrong on that one but I don't think Home supports multiple cores even

It supports multiple cores, not multiple processors.

 

[FFTT]

Home supports 2 cores, Pro Supports all 4

 

[smitha96]

XP Pro w/ SP 2?

Can someone just point me to a cheap pro copy that will work? I actually couldn't find it on NewEgg, but I might just be stupid.

 

[Mundy]

Windows XP Pro SP2 OEM at NewEgg.com

That's as cheap as you're going to find it legally.

 

[Felldownthewell]

You must purchase XP INCLUDING SP2.

You'll want XP Pro SP2 if you want full access to all your processor cores.

Or you could get SP1 and slipstream SP2 into the disk, which is perfectly legal but complicated. At least it was for me.

I vote for the newegg version. Anything you get for cheap off ebay is bound to be a copy.

 

[FFTT]

I'm SO glad that nothing in my life requires Windows XP anything