Here are links to 3 relevant Apple KB articles regarding the supported versions of Windows, which Mac models they will run on, and which versions of Bootcamp are required.
The following KB article states that drivers for XP and Vista are no longer supplied or supported for 3 recent mac model lines. Article name: "Macbook Air (late 2010), Macbook Pro (early 2011) and iMac (mid 2011): System requirements for running Windows 7." http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4410 The following article was recently updated and gives some information regarding required Bootcamp software versions. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1899 The following article was published in February of this year and lists which 64 bit versions of Windows will run on which Macs under Bootcamp: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1846 HTH, Bryan > Original message: >> Hi, >> Just wanting to give everyone a heads up, that the new iMacs will not >> bootcamp with xp. I have tried, and it refused to do it. An article that has >> been posted yesterday suggests that mid 2011 iMacs stopped supporting xp, >> and I do wish I knew that before attempting... >> I've tried putting in in VM ware, but it is flaky, unstable, and taking >> control of the keyboard is iffy at best. >> Quite disappointed, and it does look like I might have to bite the bulet and >> do windows7 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
