[yiwen]

Hi, I was wondering if you can install XP or Vista on a Mac laptop. I curently have a Mac Book Pro MA609LL/A. Thanks for the help. And oh, I just want to install XP or Vista on it, {size:24px}[/size]I DON'T WANT TO USE PARALLEL! Thanks!!!!

[AuroraDizon]

Check out boot camp

[yiwen]

so you can run Windows software on that too??

[smax013]

[quote name='yiwen']so you can run Windows software on that too??BootCamp allows you to setup a Windoze partition seperate from the Mac partition that will allow you to boot up the Mac as if it were a Windoze computer. When you do that, a Mac is then technically (on the surface at least) no different than using a Dell or HP or whatever.And in theory, you should be able to only set it up to have a Windoze partition and no Mac partition, but I don't know if BootCamp lets you do that from a particle point of view. You still might need to have a small partition with the Mac OS on it even if you don't ever intend to boot it up into the Mac OS again.Personally, I would not bother. If you really want a Windoze machine (i.e. one that does not run the Mac OS), then go buy a Windoze laptop. While there is not much of a price difference these days (contrary to some people claims), there still is a bit of price different. The real "price difference" is that you can adjust the configurations of Windoze laptops MUCH more than Apple's line of Mac laptops (same is true of desktops), which means that you can MUCH more easily select the things that are important to you and thus "select" your price (i.e. if you want a small screen, such as a 12" that is on the MacBook, you can select a Windoze laptop with a small screen but still has more a more advanced graphics chip set unlike the intergrated graphics of the MacBook).

[KellieCM]

smax is entirely correct -- Boot Camp is a dual boot option to run Windows on a Mac. Parallels is a side-by-side option that doesn't require dual boot.For now, Boot Camp is a separate, free, beta program from Apple. Rumor is that it will be included with the next release of Apple's OS, due in "Spring".