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Windows 7 on your Mac for free! Karl D. Susman, Westside Gadget Guy
May 19, 2009
Yes, yes I know. You have a Mac so you don’t have to run Windows in the
first place. Don’t tell me you aren’t, at least at times, curious.
Maybe not curious about Windows Vista, however maybe about the new
Windows 7. Take a walk on the wild side, and you can be up and running
a fully legal copy of Windows 7, on your Mac, 100% free of charge. The first thing you need to do is forget the whole Boot Camp concept.
If you work on a Mac, the last thing you want to do is be in a position
where you can’t see your beloved OSX at all times. You need what is
called a virtual machine.
This is a program that will allow you run actually run a completely
separate computer operating system within your Mac OSX. Here is where
the magic begins. Head on over and get a FREE copy of Sun’s Virtual Box.
This is the program you can download onto your Mac that you will then
use to run Windows 7. Download and install Virtual Box. It is simple
and straight forward. If you get stuck let me know, and I’ll even walk you through it. Next head on over to Microsoft and download
the FREE copy of Windows 7. Once you have gotten that disk image for
Windows 7, follow the instructions on Virtual Box and you will be up
and running Windows 7 in no time! Karl - Westsidegadgetguy
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Comments to date: 10. Page 1 of 1. Average Rating:  red
batam | 11:29pm on Friday, May 22nd, 2009  | its ok |
Karl Susman
Los Angeles | 9:38am on Friday, May 22nd, 2009  | Tony - I hear ya buddy. Sometimes, for work reasons mostly, you need access to Windows. This is a free way to do it, at least for the next year. Ryan - not sure why you are seeing that, try closing the browser and trying again. MS may be getting hammered on downloads. |
Ryan
Atlanta | 1:36pm on Thursday, May 21st, 2009 | BTW your language AI is a little touchy, I had to re do my post 5 times, I originally asked if my computer was f-r-e-a-k-i-n-g out because it was stuck on a page and I got 'reported' for swearing |
Ryan
Atlanta | 1:33pm on Thursday, May 21st, 2009 | Got to the page that says to pic the 32 or 64 bit version, clicked the 64 and it went to empty page with a circle of dots that keeps redrawing itself, its done that for about an hour, is that normal? |
Tony the fotogr
Santa Monica | 9:09am on Thursday, May 21st, 2009  | Karl, thanks for the reply, but no thanks!!. (I'm "Anonymous". I forgot to enter my name as I have done now.) You're right about the MAC OS part. But the root question is really about the troubles that Microsoft OS ownership brings. So I CC'd a more informed friend who HAS to run a PC. Here's his answer: "The new version of Windows is out in Beta and is free during this period, for about ten months. Then it will disappear, as the license to use it expires when the final Windows 7 is officially released.
If you put it on your system, you will be vulnerable to the malware and viruses introduced via Windows. Running in a virtual environment will only protect you if, upon discovering a vulnerability, you delete the Windows 7 in its entirety and then reload it.
You will still need to go through the Windows grief of monthly or more frequent updates, checking for viruses by adding an antivirus software. Hackers have already expoloited vulnerabilities in Windows 7. If you want to do this, let me know and I will send you a list of decent free antivirus programs.
Also, if Windows 7 works like Vista, everytime you log on line, it links to Microsoft to validate the Windows Genuine Advantage (verification you have a valid copy of software). This has resulted in no end of grief, and supposedly will be simplified in Windows 7, but will still be present.
If you have Mac and are happy, why would you want to subject yourself to this?"
Have some secure fun with a trouble free MAC instead. Other pastures are not always greener. Tony. |
Karl Susman
Los Angeles | 8:42am on Thursday, May 21st, 2009 | Anonymous - Let me answer your question. No. When you run a program in a Virtual Machine, such as outlined here, any potential threats, virus, etc. are all held within that Virtual Machine. Your Mac OS is completely separate and safe. |
Anonymous Location unknown | 2:26pm on Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 | Woudn't running any Windows OS ecpose one's MAC to all the WEB creepy crawlies and hackers which normally only attack the PC platform? Could it not happen accidentally if a MAC user forgot to turn ff their modem before opening Windows? Please let us know. Thanks. |
Santosh Kumar
Mysore | 11:52pm on Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 | i don't know about much. but i considerd that it is good compared to windows vista 2007 |
WildBoy
whocares | 4:56pm on Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 | i will try this |
Steven
SantaMonica | 3:13pm on Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 | FREE IS GOOD |
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