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XP and Vista on the MacBook Pro

Below are screenshots of my experiences installing Parallels for Mac and BootCamp on a MacBook Pro.
By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Contributing Writer
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ZDNet blogger, Adrian W Kingsley-Hughes wanted to run Windows XP and Windows Vista on a MacBook. To accomplish this task, he downloaded Apple BootCamp and Parallels for Mac. He used BootCamp to run XP and Parallels for Windows Vista RTM. This gallery shows you the installation process for each application and what Windows XP and Vista look like running on a MacBook.

Installing Parallels

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Installing Parallels

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Installing Windows Vista

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Installing Windows Vista

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Finalizing the install

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Finalizing the install

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Finalizing the install

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Windows Vista running in Parallels

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So far I've been using Parallels for Mac build 1970

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Booting up Vista on Parallels build 3120 after upgrading Parallel Tools - got this far before locking. This meant repairing Vista.

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Now it works after a repair - here is Parallels running Vista in Coherence mode.

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Installing Apple BootCamp

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Installing Apple BootCamp

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