I am making the conversion to Mac (Macbook Pro). I have legit software for a PC so I thought I would do the following if possible...
1) Install Windows XP 32 bit through boot camp and then upgrade to Windows 7 64 bit.
2) Install Office 2007 and then upgrade to 64 bit.
This would save me a lot of money...what are the opinions?
i currently have it formatted in FAT should i delete the windows xp partition reinstall xp under the NTFS format and then upgrade to Vista?
View 3 Replies View RelatedRight now I'm running Vista Ultimate 32bit in bootcamp and am ready for a change. What I would ideally like to do is to switch over to Win7 64bit (in order to utilize my 4gb of ram) without having to reinstall all of my windows applications and games. Right now I'm really looking for the easiest and most efficient way of doing this (assuming it's possible to transfer between a 32 and 64bit operating system).
What I had planned was to do things in this order:
1) Clone my bootcamp partition to my external hard drive using winclone.
2) Erase my bootcamp partition
3) Install Win7 to the bootcamp parition
4) Use the Windows Easy Transfer tool to migrate all of my vista files from the external hard drive over to Win7
5) Hopefully enjoy a much improved OS with all my programs fully functional
Please tell me if I have neglected something or if there are any potential problems along the way. If it maters I have an early 2008 Macbook Pro, 2.5ghz, 4gb ram, 8600m 512mb.
I have an early 2009 Mac mini and the 120GB hard drive is starting to get a little cramped. Especially since I'm now keen to get Windows installed on there as well. So I was hoping to upgrade myself. I've already opened the mini and added memory so I'm confident enough with that. I just need to know what I need to be aware of when upgrading. For example, will ant 2.5" SATA disk do the trick? I was thinking of this one:[URL:...]
View 3 Replies View RelatedI have a Macbk pro w/10.6.8 & I want to upgrade to 10.7. However, I avoided this because I do not know how it will affect my Parallels (Build 6.0.12106 Revision 692267)? I have many screen prints filed in files on my desktop (lots of genealogy) & I have read that nothing much transfers to Lion.
One of the reasons I am ready to make the jump is because iphoto does NOT work. After an automatic upgrade, every time you open it, you get the most basic framework (no words or data)of iphoto but the circle (the gray slats one not the color spinning wheel) just sits there & spins forever & never loads. We took it in under hardware warranty & they replaced the SD card & USB slots & whatever they are attached to, but that did not solve the problem [it just solved the problem of the slots not being recognized]. Even the guy @ apple support couldn't help & we tried to rebuild it, but NOTHING! It just spins!!! I have seen so many people w/that same problem--if it was their update that screwed up iphoto, they should have a patch to fix it!
But, I digress: I have Quicken on the Windows side & it get's backed up often, but over the years it is a nightmare each time I have to restore it from external hd or the cloud...much time & tears trying to get it back to the way it should be. Can anyone tell me what to do in order to protect my parallels before I upgrade?
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I have a 13" white macbook, which I had partitioned with Bootcamp. When I decided to upgrade to a 500 GB drive I didn't want to reinstall everything, so after ordering and installing my new harddrive, I used super duper to clone my mac volume onto the new drive. [URL]. It worked like a charm for the mac volume, but did not copy my windows volume. No problem, I figure, I will just run the boot camp assistant again, b/c I didn't have that much on that volume anyway. However when I booted up in my new 500 gb mac drive, the Boot Camp Assistant would not work and generated an error message stating. "The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition. Back up the disk and use Disk Utility to format it as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume. Restore your information to the disk and try using Boot Camp Assistant again."
Only problem is, my drive was already formatted as an extended journaled volume. I erased it and reformatted and recloned from super duper just to double check, but still got the same error message. Then I tried to start from scratch, and erased the drive again and tried to install an operating system from the dvd. I got another error message saying that the hard drive could not be partitioned and that I needed to use disk utility to reformat the disk as a GUID partition. However I couldn't figure out how to do that, and couldn't find anything on the disk utility that said GUID. it took a call to mac support (thanks mark!) to figure it out. Thought I would post it here in case anyone else has the same problem. It turned out that the hard drive I'd ordered was somehow not set up the way as my old one.
The solution was:
1. boot from the mac os DVD
2. go into disk utility, select the new hard drive, and choose the partition tab
3. change the number of partitions from "current" to "1"
4. then the 'options' button becomes available, and you can go in and select to format as a GUID drive.
from that point on, I was able to proceed with installing Mac OS x, install all the software updates, and run the boot camp partition.
Once I had the hard drive partitioned properly I used Super Duper to clone my mac volume onto the new drive, and then used Winclone to clone the windows drive. for some reason the main site for winclone is down right now - two canoes - but I got a working copy here: [URL] none of the help info on two canoes was available yesterday or today either so I had a little trouble figuring out how to use it. (though others have said it's super easy...). I wasn't sure where to save the disk image, on a mac or windows volume and on my old or new drive. The way I ended up doing it (that worked) was:
1. open winclone, and in the 'image' tab, create an image and save it on the mac volume of the new hard drive. (I couldn't save it on the old drive b/c there wasn't enough room)
2. then, still in winclone, go to the 'restore' screen and restore from the mac volume of the internal hard drive to the windows volume.
I have macbook pro purchased in 2010 with mac os 10.5.8 and was trying to install windows 7 and windows xp but during installation i get error message and installation stop.
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.5.8), want to install window 7
i used to be under a another name here, but lost all my old login info.
i just recently bought a powerbook g4 from my company firesale. it runs on os 10.2.8.
i would like to upgrade it to os 10.5, but the 512 RAM would make it a bit sluggish. so i am upgrading it to 10.4 instead.
problem is,... i hear people say that you have to have os 10.3 installed before 10.4. is that true?
i just want to buy a full 10.4 upgrade package and do it then and there.
I trying to help my Dad out. He has a Mac Pro with 2 x 2Ghz Dual-Core Intel Xeon processor. I know an upgrade is possible on this machine, but what I want to know is can I upgrade the machine with two 54XX series Intel Xeon Processors and make his Mac Pro a 8-Core Mac. Here are the ones I am looking into ordering for my Dad and installing:
[URL]
Or we might getting one that is even faster, but still apart of the 54XX series.
Is there a tool or utility to check to see if adding 8GB of ram to my current 2GB ram will speed up my computer?
I currently have a 3 week old 8-core 2.8 mac pro. Before I had a G5 with 8GB ram and I could open up many of my RAW images from my camera at once without noticing an uber amount of lag time. I noticed once getting the new mac pro with 2GB ram it took longer to load up the images. Now I'd think it would use processor power more than the ram but I could be wrong. I always set photoshop to use the most amount of ram which is around 3GB plus I could run safari and dreamweaver, illustrator and some other apps all at once without wanting to toss my computer out the window for lag. (I have little patience btw)
So I was just talking with someone saying that if I add 8GB of ram its overkill for me to have 10GB ram. Though I also plan on running a virtual machine that will run a couple design apps that are windows only.. plus I use maya... but besides that. If it were 10GB or ram I have and its all to just run my browser, adobe design suite and maybe a couple chat clients it may be over kill but wouldn't I be right in saying that they would all run smooth all at once using 10GB of ram instead of 2? and yes I know its only 32 bit so each can only suck up 3GB ram. Just figured to me I could run many apps and have no issue with my computer with more ram. I found online 2 4GB sticks of ram and I plan on getting them this year so even though im buying them.. just wanted some input.
I have the Mac Pro dual core, 2.66GHz. It has the ATI 1900XL.
It's still running strong, however I've become addicted to more monitors and I'm planning on getting a second one however I've been screwed by the discontinuation of the 23" DVI version because that's what I have as a main monitor.
So my choices are 20" or 30" now, or the new one with some adapter that isn't shipping.
So I'd like to get a 30" I think, and put the 23" to the side instead. yes I know there are cheaper monitors but I'm looking for some commonality out there.
However I also have a 19" LCD 1280x1024 I use for 'junk' (non-photography) things like iCal, mail, etc. To hook that + the 23 + the 30 up can that be done without investing in another video card?
I upgraded my Macbook Pro to 10.5.7 via Software Update, and after that I cannot log in anymore! The system boots fine, I land on the log in screen. After entering the password, it seems to be logging in, I can see the dashboard and everything, and then it automatically logs out and jumps back to the log in screen!
I searched on Apple Support and found this -> [URL] changing the password in single user mode doesn't work either!
Hope you guys know what's going on and give me a hand! I tried to contact Apple Support but they said my AppleCare is expired.
As stated in title I have this PPC Mini that I have upgraded to 1GB RAM, but is getting a little slow (running 10.5.8). Has anyone swapped the hard drive for a larger 320GB 5400 RPM model? Was the swap worth it? The unit is really only for my 10 year old to do basic tasks, but the laginess is becoming an issue.
View 12 Replies View Relatedi am going to upgrade the ram and hard drive in my mbp, and i just have a couple questions. I'm sure there are some other topics about this, but i could not find any.
First i have Microsoft Office 2011 installed, and if i just take out the HDD and install the new one and put MAC OSX on it how would i be able to transfer over my Microsoft Office so i don't lose it and have to buy it again.
Also, should i put in the new ram, let it load up and read the new ram, then install the hard drive, or do it the other way, or just do both at the same time?
I have just come across a Power Mac B&W with a 300MHZ processor. Someone gave me a G4 400MHZ CPU. I was wondering if I can put the g4 in the B&W
View 15 Replies View RelatedI am looking to upgrade the RAM in my Mac Pro (Quad 2.66GHz) but the prices (even Crucial) are a bit out my league at the moment. However I was doing some surfing tonight and found these: [URL] Would these be suitable, the price looks pretty good and it would give my Mac a much needed boost.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have been out of mac for quite a bit(1ghz g4 pb) and I have never owned a mac desktop, but recently I got a dual 533 DA powermac, and I've been looking for giving it a bit more of everything. So I grabbed 1.5gb of sd-133 and a evga 7800gs that I have flashed. I also picked up a dual 800mhz g4 from a QS, my question is, do I need to do the 12v 4th post mod due to the fact I'm already using a dual cpu? I was unsure as most of the posts I've found deal with adding a DP daughter card to single G4 macs. Also if that is the case does any one know of a good picture of the 12v mod , the one I found was very small and I couldn't quite see what he used to attach the 12v line to the post.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI need some help getting some facts straight. I am considering upgrading from the 4870 to the 285. It's a fine idea except that the 285 is very expensive, but at least I could try and sell the 4870 and maybe get $300CAD for it. Then I thought, what about just getting a second 4870 and crossfiring them?
I have read through a good 3 or 4 threads on these forums about powering the second card, flashing PC cards and working with crossfire... that was a freaking long 3 hours of reading non-stop.
So I have these questions which I hope someone here can answer with reasonable certainty.
1) When doing crossfire, do the cards have to be very similar for them to work? If 1 card is 512 and the other 1GB will there be any advantage over just getting a card with 512?
2) If other cards of the same family work, would a crossfiring of the apple 4870 with a 4870X2 perform similar to 3 X 4870 in crossfire?
3) Could someone explain the cables and/or hardware needed to power the second card from the second optical drive slot? I think the best way to go is 1 cable from each card to the regular spot and 1 cable from each card going to the same connector in the optical bay.
4) Apparently 2 X apple 4870s don't work with crossfire. But does this apply to combining an apple 4870 with an unflashed PC 4870?
5) I thought I read about some attempts to modify the ROM of the apple card to enable crossfire with some success. Is that true and if so where is this ROM and does it negatively impact the apple 4870 in OSX?
6) If have read in the past (I think with the PC 3870s) that if you connect a second unflashed card to an apple card with the crossfire link that the card behaves in OSX (doesn't spin it's fans wildly). I don't need it to do anything in OSX except not blow up, I only care about it working in windows. I'd like to avoid flashing the PC card if I can.
I have the IMac with 4gb of ram. I want to upgrade to 8gb. I know that the imac use ddr3 but that's not enough. I need more info to be able to buy the same memory. It would be better if I know which brand and model. I want to buy the same memory to upgrade
View 5 Replies View RelatedI thought a mac would be a million times faster than my �399 dell inspiron 1545, but my dell has 3GB RAM and the macbook has 2GB RAM?
I'm thinking about upgrading to 4GB anyway?
My current setup:
Early 2008 MacBook Pro
2.5 Ghz C2D
10.6.4 and Windows XP (Bootcamp/Parallels)
4GB RAM
I've read that I can bump my RAM up to 6GB (despite Apple's said 4GB limit) and with a current sale, I can get a 4GB module pretty cheap so I'm thinking "why not?". I'm planning on installing Windows 7 as well as playing more games on my laptop (my PS3 broke down on me). Would I realize any noticeable performance difference with the extra RAM in Windows 7 and/or OSX?
My wife and I are getting the maximum use out of our old iBook G4s. I even replaced my mother board last year.
I upgraded to 10.5.8 a couple of years ago and now I want to get my wife's iBook up to that as well. Other than my consicience what stops me from using the OS discs I used for my computer on hers? Who among you would pay $140 to upgrade a 10 year old lap top from one obsolete OS to the next higher obsolete OS?
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Ibook G4 14, Mac OS X (10.3.9)
I am upgrading my RAM to 4 gb. I have a mid-2007 Macbook that came with 2 1gb memory modules factory installed. My question is, will it expand to 3 or 4 gb? According to Wiki, the late-2007 Macbook came with 2 1gb installed, expandable to 4, but does not list a mid-2007 that was installed with 2 1g modules, just 1gb (512mb). Becasue of this, I am unsure what it will actually expand to.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have a Mac mini G4, 1.42GHz, 1GB ram, running 10.3.9 I tried to install 10.5.4 from the grey disk that came with my newer iMac but I just get an error saying it cannot be installed. Is this a hardware problem with my Mac mini or a software problem with the disk only being licensed for one computer or something like that?
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Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.3.x)
We have realized she needs to upgrade to 10.6.3 Snow Leopard to use Java and other features. I have a Mac Snow Leopard disk that a friend loaned me to find out how to reset her password a few months ago. Can I use this CD to upgrade her 10.5.8 Mac without her having to buy anything?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8), It is a desktop, assume it is iMac
I have an aging mac. (macbook pro 15.4" core duo (2006)) I would like ot breath life into the machine by upgrading the ram. I am thinking of upgrading to 2 gigs from 1. What kind of a performance upgrade am I going to see?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI bought the the 2010 Mac Pro after much debating on whether to build a hackintosh or not.I bought the low end model from B&H Photo given it was the best price for the low end model and secondly knowing that I would be upgrading it.I bought the W3680 3.33 GHz westmere from an eBay seller for $899 plus shipping. This was cheaper than either the 980x non xeon version or the Newegg w3680 (or most other site prices for the w3680) which seems hard to find. Overall, even if I could not sell the 2.8GHz w3530 xeon which came with the machine I would be out $899 vs $1200 plus tax from Apple (about a $400 outright saving).
View 24 Replies View RelatedIf I unbox my Macbook Pro i7 and upgrade my ram and the SSD without turning on the computer for the first time, will that adversely affect anything? Should I boot and then upgrade those parts?
View 4 Replies View RelatedDo you guys think it would be worth it to spend the $50 to upgrade from 1.5GB ram to 2 GB ram in this machine with Tiger on it?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI recently got a new iMac (3.6 i5, 21.5") and want to upgrade the RAM myself.
I would like to get it up to 16 GB, but the cost of me getting that laa at once is a bit prohibitive. Is it possible for me to get an OWC 8 GB kit now and then add two more 4 GB sticks at a later time, or do they have to be matched or paired in some way?
Also, the iMac shipped with 4 GB of ram (on 2x2 GB sticks I am assuming). If I got an 8 GB kit, would it be possible for me to just add the 2x4 GB sticks and have 12 GB of RAM while I wait for more $ to get the rest of the 16 GB?
