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TMS/Da vinci on a Mac? |
fatreg
Joined: Jul 26, 2003
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Can the above been done, one small over sight i didnt look at when i went to a mac!
Can TMS or da vinci or equivilent be used on a mac? ive a W810i i want to debrand!
cheers
fatreg
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Jools
Joined: May 21, 2003
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Not using Mac OS X... but if you use Boot Camp to install Windows XP on your Intel Mac you can use them as you would on a 'real' PC... |
fatreg
Joined: Jul 26, 2003
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ahh ok doke,
there any steps on this ere boot camp? ive installed it as far as im aware yet when i put my win xp disc in like nowt happens?
fatreg
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themarques
Joined: Jan 26, 2003
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From: London, Tokyo,
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Overview of Steps
Have a blank CDR available
Have a USB keyboard available
Have a two button USB mouse available (for right-clicking in windows XP)
Download the Boot Camp software into the Mac
Get an bootable XP Install CD (Not an upgrade CD)
Install Mac OS X updates
Install any Firmware Updates needed (http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/). I needed this one. (Boot Camp does check to see that you have the needed OS and firmware updates.)
Install Boot Camp on the Mac
Run Boot Camp
Boot Camp will create a Driver CD for you
Boot Camp will let you allocate space for the XP partition (I selected about 32GB for XP. This left 60GB for the OS X parition)
Boot Camp will ask you to insert a the XP CD and reboot
Normal Windows OS installation will take place
Early on in XP setup You'll have to pick which partition to install XP on. For me, this was the parition labeled C:\
When it asked you how to format that drive I picked NTFS & quick format (see at bottom note below. Maybe I should have chosen FAT32)
NOTE: You won’t be able to access the network because the XP CD doesn’t have the necessary drivers so don’t bother trying to join a domain during the networking setup
Finally (about 40min later) you’ll reboot into XP
Insert the Driver CD and install the drivers. A couple of the drivers spit out a warning message that they aren’t certified. Go ahead and install anyway
Reboot
Go to Windows Update and get all the needed critical security patches (there are about ~45 needed IIRC)
Reboot
Done: You are ready to use XP on your Mac
Installation Note: how to CTRL-ALT-DELETE
At some point you are going to have to press CTRL-ALT-DELETE to log in.
You’ll press CTRL-ALT-DELETE and nothing will happen. That’s because the Mac keyboard has a “DELETE” key that works like a Windows “BACKSPACE” key and has not key that corresponds to the “DELETE” key
Plug in that USB keyboard
Press CTRL-ALT-DELETE on the USB keyboard
Download the Windows 2003 Resource Kit from this URL: http://www.microsoft.com/down[....]ee-b18c4790cffd&DisplayLang=en
Run the keymap.exe from the resource kit
It shows two pictures of keyboards: one on top, and one on the bottom
Remap the right Apple button to the DELETE key dragging the DELETE key from the top keyboard into the RIGHT-WINDOWS in the keymap UI (a.k.a RIGHT APPLE on the physical keyboard) key on the bottom keyboard
Reboot
So now instead of using CTRL-ALT-DELETE you now press CTRL-ALT-RIGHT-APPLE
Installation Note: Right-Clicking
PC Laptops with a touch pad have two buttons just like PC mice
The Mac touchpad only has a single button; so this may irritate you
That’s why I used the USB mouse
Installation Note: Controlling which OS you boot into
Once you install Boot Camp you'll notice that you Mac keeps booting into XP
To control which OS to boot into hold down the Option key when powering up your Mac
Installation Note: NTFS vs FAT32
During XP install, I selected NTFS (because I like NTFS) for the OS parition.
Later I read that if I had chosen FAT32 then OS X could have read/written to the parition with XP
More Key-Remapping [Update 2006-05-02]
Adding Link from one of the comments to help with key re-mapping: http://www.damieng.com/blog/a[....]ardAnnoyancesUnderWindows.aspx
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fatreg
Joined: Jul 26, 2003
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excellent themarques,
i just need to find my USB mouse and keyboard....
put them in hiding with i put my imac box away!
cheers
fatreg
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Posted: 2006-05-09 00:40
