However, the two OS in this case need to share the available hardware and thus have limited access to resources.Īs you can guess, virtualization requires extensive hardware resources in order to simultaneously run two or more operating systems. Alternatively, running Windows inside a virtual machine allows simultaneous access to both Windows and OS X.
But in order to switch from one OS to the other, the system needs to be restarted. Dual booting Windows with OS X lets both operating systems to fully utilize the available hardware. The other option is to run Windows inside a virtual machine running on OS X.īoth of these alternatives have their own advantages and disadvantages. One option is to dual boot Windows with OS X. There are primarily two ways to install Windows OS on a Mac.
1.2.2 Setting up Parallels Desktop and installing Windows. 1.1.2 Setting up Boot Camp and installing Windows. Put that support software on another USB or the installer USB after you finished the install.ĥ: Install the support software to the windows partition, and it should work. However I think partition schemes can mess things up.)Ĥ: Boot back to macOS and load up BootCamp and download the support software. (Hopefully if I am thinking up this correctly, your formatted partition should work. Plug in your USB and go into Rufus, select your ISO, and write the image to the USB.ģ: Boot the Mac to your USB, and install Vista to the correct partition. With a Windows machine, download Rufus and get a Vista ISO with a product key. Go into Disk Utility and format the hard drive so that you have a macOS partition with the correct formats.Ģ: Prepare the USB. Just to make things a little easier to follow, you'll need your mac, a couple USB drives (though one should work), a copy of Vista's iso and key, and another windows machine with Rufus installed.ġ: Prepare the Mac. Install Vista to your partition you made, then install the support software. Plug that USB into the mac after partitioning, and load the boot-picker. Next (well this is how I'd do it) get a windows Vista iso with product key, and use Rufus on a windows machine and write the iso to another usb drive. Then you go into BootCamp and in the menu bar somewhere in one of the menus you can download the support software. Well, as far as I know, yes! (i think) I believe you could theoretically partition the hard drive correctly so Vista will install to the partition that you want. I would assume you mean on an older mac with Vista drivers.
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