Saturday, November 7, 2009

Let's get drunk and install Windows!

Installed a trial version of VMWare 3.0 on my powerbook.

Then installed a restore disk version of Windows Vista from my wife's Dell laptop.

The hitch? At the point in the VMWare install dialog where it asked for the Windows key, the number from the CD envelope wouldn't work.

Guess what, it didn't matter. I ignored and clicked 'continue without key' and it installed fine. I'm now running what I suppose is somehow a bootleg version of Windows Vista on one of five windows on my Mac screen. The other four are of course Mac Snow Leopard.

But my files, even iTunes, are playing in Windows. Like who would want this?????

Now we're updating. This'll take a while, but all looks good, just like a *real* Windows install.

Too drunk to continue. This thing had better be able to take care of itself.