Read more about virtualization in Computerworld's Virtualization Topic Center. Boot Camp Assistant is a multi boot utility included with Apple Inc.s macOS (previously Mac OS X / OS X) that assists users in installing Microsoft Windows. After installation, you can use either Windows or Mac OS X on your Mac computer. Windows is installed on its own partition. Īpple did not explain why it's barred Windows Vista and XP from Boot Camp, but the move essentially shadows rival Microsoft's own position: Only Windows 7 matters.Īs it did two years ago with Internet Explorer 6 (IE6), Microsoft has been running down Windows XP, telling users recently, "It's time to move on" as it urged them to abandon the OS for Windows 7.Įven if Lion did support Windows XP in Boot Camp 4, the decade-old operating system is pricier than the newer Windows 7: lists a full version of XP Home for $240, $50 more than for Windows 7 Home Premium. Download Mac OS X 10.5.6 for Mac & read reviews. Other users who want to run Windows XP or Vista on Mac OS X 10.7 can instead use virtualization software, such as Parallels' $80 Desktop for Mac, VMware's $80 Fusion or Oracle's free open-source VirtualBox.
"If your Mac has a Boot Camp partition with Windows XP or Windows Vista, you can continue to use your Boot Camp partition, but you can't upgrade to Boot Camp 4.0," Apple said in the online document. Those customers cannot upgrade to Boot Camp 4.
According to Apple, Boot Camp 4 requires: "An authentic, single, full-installation, 32-bit or 64-bit Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate disc."īut Mac users who are upgrading to Lion or migrating an older pre-Lion machine to new hardware powered by Lion can retain the older Boot Camp 3 and thus the ability to run Vista or Windows XP, Apple said.
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