macmaniac Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Apple's website indicates that bootcamp works with 32 bit Windows. Where I work is upgrading a key app that requires XP 64. There is money I can use to buy a new workstation. I'd love to buy a Powermac. But bootcamp MUST run XP 64 for this to fly. My guess is I'm stuck buying an HP or Dell workstation..... If you don't have good news for me, at least recommend a decent (non-Apple) quad xeon workstation for me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BebopBlues Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&hl=e...amp;btnG=Search click the wikipedia link and read the Other OS section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 apparently the mac pros released this year come with x64 drivers, so as long as you're going for one of those, you're fine. by the way, a powermac is a PowerPC based pro mac. you dont want one of those, cos you cant run windows on it at all (well, maybe thru very slow cpu emulation...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macmaniac Posted March 18, 2008 Author Share Posted March 18, 2008 I meant Mac Pro. Thanks for fixing my brain. Yeah, I would buy the latest Mac Pro Gonna check those links right now, bebopblues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macmaniac Posted March 19, 2008 Author Share Posted March 19, 2008 Looks like XP 64 or Vista 64 would both work. The software company is going to get back to me if the Mac Pro is legally allowed to do medical work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macmaniac Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 Putting in a PO for a dual quad core 2.8GHz, Apple RAID, QuadroFX5600, 8GB non-apple FBDIMM 4 X 146GB Seagate Cheetah 15K rpm SAS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macmaniac Posted March 28, 2008 Author Share Posted March 28, 2008 Turning into more of a blog, than anything... Anyway, Apple hardware RAID only works with OS X. Not bootcamp or anything else. Period. Just a little heads up. Ordering the above sans RAID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecsjr Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 All Intel Macs can now run Windows x64: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=97813 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macmaniac Posted April 8, 2008 Author Share Posted April 8, 2008 Well, the system arrived a few days ago. We didn't even get the Apple 20" display out of the box before it got stolen. At least they didn't steal the Mac Pro. So we just installed today. XP64 and bootcamp seem to be working normally. I had to manually install intel ethernet drivers, and manually install nVidia quadrofx 5600 drivers. USB/firewire seem to be working. Sound is not, ATM. But I don't need sound. Still might get sound working too, if I get around to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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