XP and Vista question

[Devin Asay]

Jim,

My sources tell me that Vista runs fine under Boot Camp. It's just  
not officially certified yet. Since Boot Camp is a true dual-boot  
solution, you would be running Vista natively, so there shouldn't be  
any trouble.

Reportedly, Parallels Desktop now supports Vista officially. I found  
a good mini-review here:

http://www.winplanet.com/article/3480-.htm

I don't think we'll have to worry about Vista support on Apple  
hardware going forward.

Regards,

Devin

On Mar 2, 2007, at 10:29 AM, Jim Ault wrote:

> Given that Microsoft will discontinue support for WinXP at some  
> point in the
> future, what does this mean for those who setup to use virtuals  
> (Boot Camp,
> Parallels, etc)?
>
> It sounds like Vista will be too demanding to be used on a Mac in a  
> virtual
> environ.  Since authorization is required for any install, it seems  
> like the
> future will be that we are forced to use pirated copies since MS  
> will want
> to force the upgrade to Vista.
>
> One of my goals in my two businesses is to use the Parallels  
> solution, but
> this may have a short life expectancy.
>
> Am I off-base in my thinking, and should just not worry about XP
> disappearing in the next couple years?
>
> Jim Ault
> Las Vegas
>
>
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Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University