Lostgame Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Is it possible to install Windows 98 with Boot Camp? I seriously want this, bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwprod12 Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Well. It might present some trouble on a 64 bit mac. But, if you have a 32bit mac, why not try it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bptba93 Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 first of all, why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icey-ice-ice Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 because 98 is slimmed down xp the reason why it was "slow" is the hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 because 98 is slimmed down xp the reason why it was "slow" is the hardware. .... no.... xp has the nt kernal (previously os/2) and windows 98 has the 9x kernal.... its just windows 95 with the rollups and usb support and pnp.... and 95 is just dos with a gui.... so not at all.... and you can install it no problems, but you wont have any drivers, at all.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John the Geek Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Well. It might present some trouble on a 64 bit mac. But, if you have a 32bit mac, why not try it? There are no 64-bit Macs. It's my impression that the new Intel chips are 32-bit cores with 64-bit address extensions. If they were 64-bit only then a lot of software would not run. This is why the 32-bit version of Windows runs on them, so Windows 98 is an option. But you will have a crippled system with 8-bit color at 640x480 if it boots at all. It's all about the missing drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niteice Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 The Core 2 Duo supports EM64T. It can run in either 32-bit or 64-bit mode, and the 64-bit mode is explicitly designed to allow 32-bit code to run unmodified if need be. So it wouldn't surprise me if OS X is running in fully 64-bit mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzuka Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 I know you can run ME on boot camp, I can't find the site that explained how to, its not as easy as just putting the disk in, windows XP SP2 has something file in it that could recognize mac hardware, although I never got it to work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trombone_Bob Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 I dont know about ME (worst version of Windows ever) but I know that Windows 2000 will install on Bootcamp.Guide to install Windows 2000 on Bootcamp Also in response to your comment about 98 being XP with the fancy parts stripped out I think that you meant Win2k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatoncat Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 No, no, no. Windows 98 cannot run in Boot Camp. Windows 98 requires A20 support and Apple's CSM has this disabled for security reasons (this is just one reason of many as to why Macs are more secure than PCs). I really don't see ME getting past that either... true it isn't dependent on command.com but it still taps A20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeezoflip Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 If you want a "slimed down" xp, try installing windows 2000 pro. Basically xp with the classic theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
U.C. Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 Win 2000 Works awesome on my Dad's P-II 333 MHz with 192 MB RAM. Dont Laugh, its the only comp I know of that has worked for 7 years without any problems whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatoncat Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 If you want a "slimed down" xp, try installing windows 2000 pro. Basically xp with the classic theme. That really doesn't hold true anymore. Windows 2000 has exited Mainstream Support which means only Security Updates will be provided. Anything that is broken in Win2000 won't be fixed. That means no IE7, no Windows Defender, no .Net Framework 3.0, and no DX10. In short, a lot of software that is about to be released (or has been just released) isn't going to work on Windows 2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteEagle Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 xp slimmer: http://www.nliteos.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 if you really want to run Win98 on an intel mac, you need to have your head examined. XP will run plenty fast on ANY intel mac. if you're desperate to run some really old games which wont work in XP, why not try dosbox? That way you dont even need to install windows (as there's an OS X build). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John the Geek Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 if you're desperate to run some really old games which wont work in XP, why not try dosbox? That way you dont even need to install windows (as there's an OS X build). It's PPC only though? How does it run? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 http://mac.softpedia.com/get/System-Utilities/DOSBox.shtml What's New in This Release: Universal binary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John the Geek Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Oh, missed that part. I suppose it runs very well then. The download page of that first site only showed PPC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 you're right... weird! the download link on that softpedia page is definitely a unibin tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plugwash Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 That really doesn't hold true anymore. Windows 2000 has exited Mainstream Support which means only Security Updates will be provided. Anything that is broken in Win2000 won't be fixed. That means no IE7, no Windows Defender For the record windows defender runs fine on windows 2000 you just have to modify the installer so it doesn't refuse to install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatoncat Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 True, however, I don't suggest it. The main reason being is that definition updates may be unreliable because of bugs in Windows 2000's Windows Installer. Microsoft has only patched those updates in XP. Personally, I would probably still use it... but I've also migrated away from 2000 completely (either to XP or Windows Server 2003/Home Server). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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