Can I run Windows 2000 with Bootcamp?

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Can I run Windows 2000 with Bootcamp?

The documentation for Bootcamp says that you can run either XP or Vista, but doesn't specifically say that Win2000 is disallowed. I don't really want to purchase another OS and the few Windows programs I have can run on Win2000. Will Bootcamp allow me to run it?

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Dec 16, 2006 4:18 PM

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Answer 1

Joel C.

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Dec 16, 2006 4:20 PM in response to Scott Talkington

No (there maybe some hack somewhere, although I'm not aware of it) but you can use 2000 with Parallels for Mac. If I ever needed Windows I'd use this anyway. Seems like a much better solution. Of course it does cost but much less than a full version of XP or Vista.

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Answer 2

Dec 16, 2006 8:59 PM in response to Joel C.

Well, strictly speaking this answers my question, but it raises another. I've heard that some complex applications don't work in the Parallels environment, which is why I was thinking of Bootcamp. (A friend of mine tried it, and ran into problems playing his voice recognition software and also connected to a VPN. Come to think of it, he'd probably sell me his version of Parallels cheap. He bought it several months ago (summer 2006), so I wonder if they've improved the product since then.

It was very helpful to find that Parallels at least allows other versions of Windows.

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Joel C.

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Dec 16, 2006 9:07 PM in response to Scott Talkington

Scott,

I really don't know much about it as far as the nuances go. I've kept my eye on it only as a casual observer. I do know that it's been updated quite frequently and has steadily improved as time has gone by.

It has a trial period that allows you to check it out without actually buying it so that might help you out. Certainly BootCamp is a very good way of running Windows since you essentially are running Windows..... period. But even that option has some limitations.

But to answer your question...... sorta 🙂 Yeah they've done quite a bit of updating to Parallels since the summer.

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