I'm ALMOST ready.....

[aboardduet]

I want to run some Windows apps on my mac.

I have my mini. I bought Parallels. I have my Toshiba laptop with Windows XP, but no disc, (when I sent the laptop to Comp USA for repair, they did not include the disc in the return package, and I did not notice it!!)

Now I think I must BUY Windows to run my Windows apps on the mini.

Any help on a cheap way to get XP sp-3?

Thanks

[philiparcario]

EBAY
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2012Mm base 2.5 with 16gb ram diy fusion drive
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synology 2tb disk station

[billb]

[ReliantLion]

Word of caution, the 2010 Mini is the only Mini capable of Boot Camping a 64 bit OS. You can use Parallels with 64 bit windows on earlier models, but not Boot Camp. Not sure why they made it this way, but it took me a while to figure it out.

[billb]

[ReliantLion]

Yes, for whatever reason, virtualization works just fine. But to boot camp, on say a 2009 Mini, you can only use 32 bit.

[TonyMontana]

I have been running Win 7 64bit in bootcamp successfully for quite a while on my 2009 mini.
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MacMini 2.0GHz C2D (2009)
MacMini 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo
Dell Mini 10v *OSX 10.6.4*

[ReliantLion]

Hmm, I couldn't get it to work. And the Boot Camp support files at Apple's site explicitly state that only the 2010 one is 'compatible' with 64 bit operating systems. Maybe you got a unique one, and they weren't willing to say that any would work.

[TonyMontana]

There are a few different ways to get Win7 x64 up and running.

This cmd for works from the Terminal app to install the 64bit drivers.
D:
cd “Boot Camp\Drivers\Apple”
msiexec /i BootCamp64.msi

I used a different method than the above.
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MacMini 2.0GHz C2D (2009)
MacMini 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo
Dell Mini 10v *OSX 10.6.4*