macuser2581 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Okay, I have a PowerBook G4 laptop and want to put XP on here somehow, someway. I've read that with Bootcamp you can do it, but you have to have an intel processor... My processor is NOT Intel. I've tried using Virtual PC for the MAC but it only lets me use half of my ram and its slow as hell. So I'm curious if there is anyway whatsoever I can make this laptop run XP even as a partition? I have an external HD I could put XP on, but I'm not going to do it if I'm not sure it will even work. Just curious.. I've read all this x86 stuff and to be honest, I have no idea if that's even what I'm using.. I'm sort of new to the MacWorld. If anyone could enlighten me, I'd really appreciate your help. Thanks Here are my specs if anyone needs to know.. Hardware Overview: Machine Name: PowerBook G4 17" Machine Model: PowerBook5,1 CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (3.3) Number Of CPUs: 1 CPU Speed: 1 GHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB L3 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB Memory: 1 GB Bus Speed: 167 MHz Boot ROM Version: 4.6.2f1 System Software Overview: System Version: Mac OS X 10.4.9 (8P135) Kernel Version: Darwin 8.9.0 Boot Volume: Macintosh HD Computer Name: Amanda User Name: Amanda (amanda) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 not natively, you can use virtual pc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 Yeah, you need to get Virtual PC and run that. Or you can get Guest PC, but it's a heck pf a lot slower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBK.Xscape Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 its possible like as said above but not recommended, you will be frustrated and just not satisfied with the speed given by virtualization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 What's weird is that as OS X goes up in numbers, VPC's performance has decreased. When it first came out (back in X.2) VPC was super fast. Now it's pokey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metrogirl Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 That said, VPC is more than adequate for applications that don't update the screen often, that rely on the user typing (like word processing) or handle small files. I use VPC on a G4 Powerbook for some Windows-only business applications and have no serious issues with the performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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