

- #VMWARE FUSION FOR MAC CANNOT OPEN THE DISK BOOT CAMP.VMDK MAC OS X#
- #VMWARE FUSION FOR MAC CANNOT OPEN THE DISK BOOT CAMP.VMDK UPGRADE#
An authentic, 64-bit Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business or Ultimate disc if you are using an early 2008 or later Macbook Pro or Mac Pro (more info here)įor a Windows XP installation, your Microsoft Windows XP installation disc must include Service Pack 2 (SP2) or later.Īnd of course, the Windows operating systems must be full versions, and not Upgrade discs.An authentic, 32-bit Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, or Ultimate disc or.An authentic, 32-bit Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition or Professional with Service Pack 2 (or later) disc or.Boot Camp Assistant, which is installed by Leopard in (/Applications/Utilities/).2 GB or more of memory (RAM) if using Windows Vista on a Mac Pro computer.

#VMWARE FUSION FOR MAC CANNOT OPEN THE DISK BOOT CAMP.VMDK MAC OS X#
This can be either a Mac OS X Leopard disc included with a purchased copy of Leopard, or a Mac OS X Install Disc 1 from a Mac that had Leopard preinstalled A Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard installation disc.To use Boot Camp with Mac OS X 10.5 you need the following: To run the other operating system (not currently in use), the user has to restart the computer. If the user boots into Windows, Mac OS X is not in operation, thus not consuming any system resources, and vice versa.

With Boot Camp, a user chooses which operating system to boot upon start-up. It was available as a free beta download on Apple's website, and the final version of Boot Camp is featured in Mac OS X Leopard, released on October 26th, 2007. Both methods have their advantages and disadvantages, and this thread will detail what each method is, their advantages/disadvantages, why one should choose one over another and little notes of interest.Īpple's Boot Camp allows an Intel Mac user to run Windows like any other PC. Meanwhile, two third-party developers have also released applications that allow Mac users to run Windows virtually. Apple announced Boot Camp Beta on April 5, 2006, and the final version is found in Apple's latest operating system, Mac OS X Leopard (10.5), released on October 26th, 2007. The announcement of Apple's transition to Intel processors back in June of 2005 has allowed Macs to run Windows natively. This sticky last updated on Novemby Budding
