Is it possible to use a external HDD with an apple laptop?
Hi friends, I am supposed to buy a Apple laptop. As i know that some software are not compatible and i don't want to install any third party software in my Apple laptop, i am thinking about buying an external HDD and install XP in it. is it possible to do like this???
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You won't be able to do that. Essentially XP won't run on a Mac as the primary boot operating system. An excellent way around your problem is to use a Virtual PC. This is software than emulates a PC and can be run on a Mac. It creates it's own virtual hard disk which is isolated from your Mac system. Sun and others make this software free for the Mac. This way you can have XP running in Window with all your other Mac stuff running too.
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I'm not sure but I believe you will have to create a windows partition on your main system drive in order to have teh dual boot feature. But I could be wrong. Most macs will boot even without a system drive at all and only an external drive.
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You really wouldn't want to run an operating system from an external hard drive because it would be sloooowwww. You can dual-boot, however, and there are tons of software options and online training videos online on how to do this. Bootcamp is a popular dual-boot tool, for example. Just remember to put some antivirus on your windows partition--mac hardware doesn't make windows immune!
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