Installing Windows 7 beta on a Mac with Sun VirtualBox
Microsoft?s public beta of Windows 7 is similar enough to Vista that it is fairly easy to install on a Mac, either using BootCamp to install it natively, or within a virtual environment. Here?s what?s involved with obtaining the beta and installing it using Sun's free VirtualBox software.
Not intended for Macs?
While Microsoft makes far more revenue selling a retail box of Windows to an Intel Mac user than it does bundling the software on a new PC (hundreds of dollars retail versus around $30 for an OEM license), the company doesn?t seem too view that potential Mac market very seriously.
Prior to the move to Intel, Microsoft sold Virtual PC to Mac users as a way to enhance its Office suite. However, ever since Intel Macs gained the ability to run Windows at full, native speed, the company has spared little effort promoting it to Mac buyers, who as a demographic buy more software at retail prices.
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I have successfully created a virtual PC with Windows XP with VirtualBox. It was not difficult. It functions well and can even connect successfully to the Internet. However, I cannot upload data either from an external hard drive or from a flash drive on which data were transfered from my old PC and connected to the Mac via a USB port. Any help in how to get data into the virtual PC would be greatly appreciated.