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Question about compatability of MacBooks with Windows XP?

I really like apple and the quality of their laptops but i need to have windows xp operating system because i like it so much more than mac...which macbooks are compatible with the windows xp operating system?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I'm sure it won't get me any points, but mixing apples and oranges may make a great fruit salad, but MacOS X is a much better, and more stable operating system.

    I haven't ever don it, but I understand that it can be done using Boot Camp, and setting up a partition in the hard drive.

  • 1 decade ago

    Just about all of them are. The only thing is how you want to install XP on the MacBook. You can use something like BootCamp, which creates a partition (separates a piece of the hard drive and dedicates it to Windows) and lets you choose if you want to boot to Windows XP or the Mac OS. The second option is a program such as Parallels which lets you simultaneously run XP inside of the regular Mac OS in a separate window.

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