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Apple Mac Dual Boot

  • 04-11-2007 11:30pm
    #1
    Niall1234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 425 ✭✭


    I'm thinking of getting a Macbook after hearing that Macs can now dual boot with OSX and Windows working at the same time.

    I have a copy of XP on disk from my old laptop. Will this work as a copy to put on my new Macbook or will Windows block the registration as it was on my Dell laptop already.

    The interesting thing is that I already installed XP again on a brand new hard drive I put into my laptop which never asked for registration with the Windows website to work.


Comments

  • #2
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    you should be alright if the XP disc isn't a DELL specific one.

    ie. some - nay all - operating system discs that come with dell machines are locked to the bios of the machine it comes with. it is also common for dell to slipstream the cd-key on to the Xp disc so that the user doesn't have to re-register if they need to reinstall.


  • #3
    Niall1234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 425 ✭✭Niall1234


    yeah, afraid it is a Dell XP disk.

    On 2nd thoughts, I can get my hands on a Vista disk that came with a Sony Vaio. Would this be totally off limits with all sorts of security measures on it ?


  • #4
    irlrobins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,541 ✭✭✭irlrobins


    AFAIK, the windows CD has to be a retail version (i.e. one you bought separately from the PC) rather than an OEM that you get from Dell, Sony, HP, etc.

    Moving to windows


  • #5
    WizZard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,762 ✭✭✭WizZard


    irlrobins is right. In any case you can't* transfer the license from an OEM copy of windows (e.g. Sony/Dell) as it would be considered software piracy.

    *I'm aware that separately bought (from a full machine) OEM copies can be transferred in some instances


  • #6
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,583 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Big time no-no

    OEM license lives and dies with the motherboard it was first installed on.
    unless
    - you are a corporate customer who upgrades it to software assurance within the first 90 days
    or
    - the motherboard is replaced under warranty by the original manufacturer

    also the resellers are not even supposed to sell OEM to end users and most definitely not without a motherboard.

    If you want to stick windows on a MAC
    you have to buy a retail copy
    you can't even buy an upgrade for your OEM because the upgrade would be still bound to the original motherboard

    one option is to buy a second hand retail copy of windows and then upgrade it
    <thread locked>


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