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Removing OSX from a mac

LaCabraLaCabra MelbourneRegistered User regular
So it's possible that somebody's going to give me a Macbook soon, and I wanted to know if it's possible to simply format and install Windows 7 on it, without wasting space on OSX. I know about Boot Camp, but as far as I've been able to find out it only lets you dual boot, I'm not sure about wiping the original OS.
Anyone able to help me out here?

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  • PaleCommanderPaleCommander Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    I've been told this can be done, but firmware updates can only happen through OS X, so it's more advisable to have a very tiny partition of it.

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  • LaCabraLaCabra MelbourneRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    How small can you get it and how essential are firmware updates?

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  • PaleCommanderPaleCommander Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    It looks like if you try you can get it down to 1.5GB, which isn't bad for an operating system, but certainly isn't trivial. I'm unsure how necessary the firmware updates are, in the general sense.

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  • LaCabraLaCabra MelbourneRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    What do you need firmware for anyway? Are we talking BIOS updates?

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  • AnarchyAnarchy Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    If you don't want OSX on it at all then why get the Macbook? Surely an equivalent spec'ed laptop would be cheaper?

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  • autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    because read his post?

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  • SenshiSenshi BALLING OUT OF CONTROL WavefrontRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    why in the world would you get rid of a superior operating system and replace it with windows seven.

    I mean, yeah, gaming olol, but you're way better off having an actual OSX partition and using it rather than going with the "hey i'm gonna use an operating system that isn't capable of utilizing 50% of the hardware properly" approach

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  • LaCabraLaCabra MelbourneRegistered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Senshi wrote: »
    why in the world would you get rid of a superior operating system and replace it with windows seven.

    I mean, yeah, gaming olol, but you're way better off having an actual OSX partition and using it rather than going with the "hey i'm gonna use an operating system that isn't capable of utilizing 50% of the hardware properly" approach

    Or you could stop trying to derail the fucking thread.

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  • Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Yeah I would just make a very small snow leopard partition and a big ass windows partition

    OR

    MacBooks have really good resale value so.... >.> that's an option.

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator mod
    edited November 2009
    LaCabra wrote: »
    What do you need firmware for anyway? Are we talking BIOS updates?

    Macs don't have a BIOS. Which is why it's non-trivial to install Windows without Bootcamp.

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  • iTunesIsEviliTunesIsEvil Cornfield? Cornfield.Registered User regular
    edited November 2009
    Echo wrote: »
    LaCabra wrote: »
    What do you need firmware for anyway? Are we talking BIOS updates?

    Macs don't have a BIOS. Which is why it's non-trivial to install Windows without Bootcamp.
    You shouldn't have to do anything special unless I'm missing something. Windows 7 has support for EFI.

    In fact my white early-'08 Macbook is booting the Windows 7 Professional x64 install DVD right now. I'm really tempted to now just run Windows on this puppy. Hmmmm...

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