does the apple imac only support macintosh or can it support windows aswell?

July 31st, 2009 | by admin |


Well…. sort of.

The iMac is a computer. It runs an operating system. It is the operating system that you see on the screen. The iMac has what is called ROM or read-only-memory that is like the skeleton of the body. This framework is designed for OSX. But it can accept an application that will sit between the ROM and Windows Vista or XP. It is like the border between a country where people drive on the right hand side of the road and a country where they drive on the left hand side of the road. You need a special interchange where the cars can quickly change sides with no interruption. Apple’s Boot camp is like that. The Windows OS thinks that it is talking to a PC motherboard when it is actually talking to a Mac motherboard.

Some other companies jumped on the band wagon with other ways to get Windows to operate on the Mac, and OSX to run on a PC.

So it is not the iMac that is supporting Windows. It is an application - such as Boot Camp - that sits between the iMac and the OS that lets both of them work together.

You need a Mac with Intel CPUs, lots of RAM and hard drive capacity, OSX 10.5, and legal Windows OS (Vista or XP) install disks. Then you can choose which application to use that suits your needs to allow Windows to run on the Mac. With Boot Camp, you have to re-boot in order to switch to a different OS. There are other applications that will let you run OSX and Linux, Vista or XP at the same time.

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  1. 3 Responses to “does the apple imac only support macintosh or can it support windows aswell?”

  2. By Orgasmatron on Jul 31, 2009 | Reply

    if you have leopard, have the required requirements, have boot camp and extra vista or xp cd and your good to go.
    References :

  3. By mac_fixit on Jul 31, 2009 | Reply

    If you have Leopard on your iMac it comes with Bootcamp that allows you to install Windows, alternatively you can use Parallels or VMWare.

    Most people only need Windows for PC only games.

    Apple doesn’t "support" Windows - they just allow you to run it with Bootcamp.
    References :
    Solving Mac user issues since 2000.

  4. By China Jon on Jul 31, 2009 | Reply

    Well…. sort of.

    The iMac is a computer. It runs an operating system. It is the operating system that you see on the screen. The iMac has what is called ROM or read-only-memory that is like the skeleton of the body. This framework is designed for OSX. But it can accept an application that will sit between the ROM and Windows Vista or XP. It is like the border between a country where people drive on the right hand side of the road and a country where they drive on the left hand side of the road. You need a special interchange where the cars can quickly change sides with no interruption. Apple’s Boot camp is like that. The Windows OS thinks that it is talking to a PC motherboard when it is actually talking to a Mac motherboard.

    Some other companies jumped on the band wagon with other ways to get Windows to operate on the Mac, and OSX to run on a PC.

    So it is not the iMac that is supporting Windows. It is an application - such as Boot Camp - that sits between the iMac and the OS that lets both of them work together.

    You need a Mac with Intel CPUs, lots of RAM and hard drive capacity, OSX 10.5, and legal Windows OS (Vista or XP) install disks. Then you can choose which application to use that suits your needs to allow Windows to run on the Mac. With Boot Camp, you have to re-boot in order to switch to a different OS. There are other applications that will let you run OSX and Linux, Vista or XP at the same time.

    ;-D Shop til ya drop! Have fun!
    References :
    Windows on a Mac:
    http://www.parallels.com/en/products/desktop
    Windows, Linux, ??? on a Mac:
    http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/

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