Windows 7 and Macbook Pro 2008

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Hey Guys,

I Have a Macbook Pro (unibody)

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4 gigs of ram


I want to put windows 7 on here 64 bit version. I qualify for the student discount ($30.00) When i checkout it says upgrade disc. Will I still be able to install it even though I have no previous version of xp or vista?
 
Before you buy it, you should download the public release candidate of W7 x64 to see if it will even install. I couldn't get it to go on my MacBook Pro. The 32-bit version works fine, and the Boot Camp drivers provided on the Snow Leopard install disc are W7 compatible. Neither the drivers on the Leopard disc nor the ones you download from apple will work.
 
I'm just kind of curious, I'm not here to turn this into a flame war so in other words I'm here to turn this into a flame war. Why does one want to take a Mac and put Windows on it? I mean the Mac was made to get away from M$ wasn't it?

Also to answer your question it's no. Upgrade disks are for users that had a previous version of the OS. Such as unless you have Windows Vista, XP, 2000, etc etc it won't work.
 
[quote name='strikeratt']I'm just kind of curious, I'm not here to turn this into a flame war so in other words I'm here to turn this into a flame war. Why does one want to take a Mac and put Windows on it?[/QUOTE]

When I travel on business, I use Mac OS for my work duties. In my free time, I can fire up Windows to play games on it.
 
As far as I know, there is no software upgrade path from XP, only Vista. If you do not currently have a version of a Windows OS (Vista) installed you cannot 'upgrade'.

Trying the beta is a good idea, but they have stopped handing out authentication codes for the software.

You could try using their 'upgrade advisor' software (in Bootcamp or VMware) downloadable from: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/upgrade-advisor.aspx

As an aside, if you currently have applications (games) that run on XP but not Vista, you will may need to get Windows 7 Ultimate, as it has an "XP mode".

Hope this helps!
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[quote name='AuchTober']As an aside, if you currently have applications (games) that run on XP but not Vista, you will may need to get Windows 7 Ultimate, as it has an "XP mode".[/QUOTE]

Windows 7 Professional also has XP mode, but I found it very flaky with older games. I went back to using XP on my Mac but keeping 7 on my main desktop machine.
 
[quote name='saturnotaku']When I travel on business, I use Mac OS for my work duties. In my free time, I can fire up Windows to play games on it.[/QUOTE]


Ahhh ok makes sense then :D Aye but you'll need a full version of 7 which kinda sucks :(
 
[quote name='strikeratt']Aye but you'll need a full version of 7 which kinda sucks :([/QUOTE]

That's what TechNet is for. My subscription has already more than paid for itself.
 
If you have XP, you can't do an upgrade installation but you qualify for an upgrade price.

As far as installing 64-bit on an MBP - you should be able to. I installed 64-bit Win 7 on my iMac and they've got the same proc. I'm currently running both OS X and Win 7 64-bit on my Hackintosh with a problem. :D
 
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