I have actually done all of above for my boss who loves Apple hardware but prefers to run Windows mostly because of Microsoft Office product which is his bread and butter. IIRC the prefered way of installing MikTeX is using ProTeXt distribution.ĭisclaimer: I not BS-ing you.
#Installing windows xp on macbook pro install
You can go download and install MikTeX just like you would do on the regular PC. After one more reboot you will have a magnificent Macbook Pro running you beloved Windows.
#Installing windows xp on macbook pro drivers
Once you run it, it will automatically detect missing drivers and install it for you. complete installation and boot into XP for the first time. But instead of going out and buying a new Windows PC, you can still install Windows 11 on MacBook Pro. Near the end of the install, your MacBook will throw up an error, dont panic we will fix that on the next step. Click on the first photo and use the arrows to see the next screenshot. however from now on select the Windows drive enter in your product key when prompted. There are also other reasons why you may want or need, to use Windows on a semi-regular basis. Installing the Virtualbox app is straight forward just follow the steps in the photos. make sure you hold down the option upon each reboot of you mac. You just need to go to Apple store and get Boot Camp. during the installation XP will reboot several times. No worries Apple people have already sold you hardware so they will give you Windows drivers. Once installed Windows will look really ugly as it will miss drivers for most of MAC hardware. Once you brake into it you can install Windows on Macbook Pro just like on any PC. HowTo: Windows XP on Xen 3. elilo compiled binary binary and instructions on compiling. elilo I might try out elilo and see if that works. Unlike PC MAC do not have BIOS but Extensible Firmware Interface. grub Might also try traditonal GRUB edit: Forgot I already tried traditional grub couldn’t get it to install on my usb key. The good news is that Windows runs better on MAC hardware than on the native PC hardware.Īll you need to do is go and by $300 of your favorite operating system. It looks to me that you are very familiar with Windows but not so much with OS X.
You question actually have a very simple answer and I am going to offer to you even though I am sure it will be down voted by the members of the community. Just out of curiosity why do you need MiKTeX? What is a particular TeX functionality you are seeking which is present in MiKTeX but not in MacTeX?