You want to get the 64 bit version of Vista if you have any Core 2 Duo or higher processors. Peter Apockotos http://www.apokotos.com On May 2, 2007, at 5:02 AM, Tim Collier wrote: > Oh, I forgot to mention that I am running Vista Home Edition > Premium on my Mac Pro. It's running on it's own hard drive which I > created with BootCamp. I runs EXTREMELY well on the Mac Pro. Of > course the PIA is that I have to run AV software on it...but such > is life. My suggestion, if you can run a Version of Vista, do. I > like the OS X-like Vista Interface the only drawback is that Vista > only recognizes 2 gig of the 8 gig that I have installed on my Mac > Pro. I've heard that the 64 bit version doesn't limit this like > the 32 bit version does. But under 2 gig, it still runs fine. At > last, I can run Windows Games again. I was a huge Windows gamer > before switching to the Mac back in 2001. > > Tim > On May 2, 2007, at 4:44 AM, Tim Collier wrote: > >> I recently had a MacBook (1.83 gig--sorta on the low end) I >> decided to Run Vista Basic Home Edition on it via BootCamp. It >> ran very well....even faster (my opinion) than OSX. I then >> upgraded to the latest MacBook Pro and decided to run Vista Basic >> Home Edition via Parallels, it ran just as well. But now, I >> decided I don't want Windows of any type on my MacBook Pro and >> have removed it. But the overall performance was quite good. >> That's my personal experience. I'm now selling the Install >> software on ebay. We'll see how that goes. >> >> Tim >> On May 1, 2007, at 10:08 PM, Randy B. Singer wrote: >> >>> I've asked this on a couple of Mac discussion lists, with no >>> satisfactory answers. I hope to have better luck here. >>> >>> Putting aside shrink-wrap licensing issues, can anyone tell me if >>> Vista Home Basic works with Parallels? (I'm looking for first >>> hand experience.) Has anyone here used this combination >>> successfully? >>> >>> Are there any invaluable features in any of the other editions of >>> Vista that would make me want to consider them instead? Checking >>> here: >>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/ >>> choose.mspx >>> I don't see any. >>> >>> ___________________________________________ >>> Randy B. Singer >>> Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions) >>> >>> Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance >>> http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html >>> ___________________________________________ >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> X4U mailing list >>> X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com >>> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u >>> >>> Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and >>> random stuff: >>> http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> X4U mailing list >> X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com >> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u >> >> Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random >> stuff: >> http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984