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27-12-2007, 01:14 AM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Victoria
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Bootcamp & Vista Upgrade Install
Since I have brought Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard I got around to looking at Bootcamp and i know I was told that I would need a full version of Windows Vista to be able to install it but I am afraid they were wrong I have gotten around it. 
At first Vista installed on the mac but I was stuck with a 30 day trail peroid and could not activiate Vista as a message told me I would have to revert back to an older version like Win XP and upgrade from that. 
Then I thought hey I'll try my PC laptop Key and not the one on the Vista install pack and hey presto it's installed and activiated over the phone. I was asked by the asain operator if I was installing on a different machine or the same. I said "the same machine I had an issue with it and could not repair the damage so I had to re-install Vista back on" then she gave me the new Product Key.
Goes to show you you can find ways around Microsoft's Stupid Key's. 
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iMac 24-inch 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB Mem, 320GB HD, Super Drive, Bootcamp Vista.
Macbook White 13.3-inch 2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1GB Mem, 120GB HD, Combo Drive, Bootcamp WinXP.
iPhone 3G 16GB White x2 / iPod Classic 160GB
Toshiba Satellite A200/J01 Notebook 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB Mem, 250GB HD, Vista. / CECT P168S Dual Sim / Daxian T32+ / i9 Dual Sim.
4 Trading Success With :- Footrot, w3twilly, jimdrum, harryb2448 +more
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27-12-2007, 01:34 AM
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Here's to the crazy ones
Group: Regulars
Location: melbourne
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Micro$oft is stupid period.
Why do you run windows on your mac? for work ?
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27-12-2007, 01:49 AM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Victoria
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1. Work
2. A Better Of Both Worlds
3. Gaming
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iMac 24-inch 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB Mem, 320GB HD, Super Drive, Bootcamp Vista.
Macbook White 13.3-inch 2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1GB Mem, 120GB HD, Combo Drive, Bootcamp WinXP.
iPhone 3G 16GB White x2 / iPod Classic 160GB
Toshiba Satellite A200/J01 Notebook 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB Mem, 250GB HD, Vista. / CECT P168S Dual Sim / Daxian T32+ / i9 Dual Sim.
4 Trading Success With :- Footrot, w3twilly, jimdrum, harryb2448 +more
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27-12-2007, 07:10 AM
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Group: Regulars
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vista is a a slow old dog on crutches compared to xp for gaming
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iMac 20"| Macbook Air | Apple TV | iPhone | iPod Touch
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27-12-2007, 09:38 AM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Victoria
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gameon
vista is a a slow old dog on crutches compared to xp for gaming
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Not all games will play on XP these days I have 2 that require Vista.
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iMac 24-inch 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB Mem, 320GB HD, Super Drive, Bootcamp Vista.
Macbook White 13.3-inch 2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1GB Mem, 120GB HD, Combo Drive, Bootcamp WinXP.
iPhone 3G 16GB White x2 / iPod Classic 160GB
Toshiba Satellite A200/J01 Notebook 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB Mem, 250GB HD, Vista. / CECT P168S Dual Sim / Daxian T32+ / i9 Dual Sim.
4 Trading Success With :- Footrot, w3twilly, jimdrum, harryb2448 +more
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27-12-2007, 09:40 AM
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Addicted to anything made by Apple
Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MacMac
Not all games will play on XP these days I have 2 that require Vista.
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I thought there was a beta version of DX10 for XP?
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Macbook Pro 2.4Ghz Unibody goodness
20 Inch Cinema Display
8Gb 3G iPhone, 3rd gen iPod Nano 4Gb, 3rd gen U2 ipod 20Gb
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27-12-2007, 10:29 AM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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Hmm... Idiots.
Thats all I'll say. The whole Windows Genuine [DIS]Advantage has been a huge cockup from the start.
I would rather then endorse piracy.
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27-12-2007, 11:19 AM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MacMac
Not all games will play on XP these days I have 2 that require Vista.
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Two out of the hundreds of titles that came out this year...Thats not a big deal. One is Im guessing Halo 2 and the other? Probably another MS product to make it exclusive to their Vista OS.
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Steve Jobs: Stay hungry. Stay foolish.
Last edited by ethania05; 27-12-2007 at 11:27 AM.
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27-12-2007, 06:30 PM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Victoria
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lazza72
Hmm... Idiots.
Thats all I'll say. The whole Windows Genuine [DIS]Advantage has been a huge cockup from the start.
I would rather then endorse piracy.
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Piracy what piracy the keys that I have are genuine one from my Vista upgrade pack and the other from my laptop casing there's no piracy here. 
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iMac 24-inch 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB Mem, 320GB HD, Super Drive, Bootcamp Vista.
Macbook White 13.3-inch 2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1GB Mem, 120GB HD, Combo Drive, Bootcamp WinXP.
iPhone 3G 16GB White x2 / iPod Classic 160GB
Toshiba Satellite A200/J01 Notebook 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB Mem, 250GB HD, Vista. / CECT P168S Dual Sim / Daxian T32+ / i9 Dual Sim.
4 Trading Success With :- Footrot, w3twilly, jimdrum, harryb2448 +more
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27-12-2007, 06:37 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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I know theres no piracy.
I'm just saying there'd be less problems if they endorsed piracy.
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27-12-2007, 06:49 PM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Victoria
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If they did then Apple & Microsoft might stop making OS or make crapy version and we will be selling our computers.
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iMac 24-inch 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB Mem, 320GB HD, Super Drive, Bootcamp Vista.
Macbook White 13.3-inch 2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1GB Mem, 120GB HD, Combo Drive, Bootcamp WinXP.
iPhone 3G 16GB White x2 / iPod Classic 160GB
Toshiba Satellite A200/J01 Notebook 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB Mem, 250GB HD, Vista. / CECT P168S Dual Sim / Daxian T32+ / i9 Dual Sim.
4 Trading Success With :- Footrot, w3twilly, jimdrum, harryb2448 +more
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