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How to configure triple boot Chrome OS, Windows 7 and Mac OS X on MacBook Air

a-fung | September 2, 2011 in Apple | Comments (2)

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Recently I made my MacBook Air (late 2010) to triple boot 3 OSes.

The following is the instruction on how to make it happen.

 

Things you need:

  • MacBook Air (of course!)
  • Two USB external hard drives
  • A 4GB USB disk + another 1GB USB disk
  • Mac OS X reinstall USB disk
  • Windows 7 install disk or ISO
  • VMWare fusion (trial version is OK too, other Mac VM software might work too)

 

Step 0 – Backup
  • Very important! Back up your computer first! You will need to wipe your local drive in your MacBook Air!
  • Download boot camp help program and store that in a USB disk (small one will work)

 

Step 1 – Install Chrome OS on local drive
  • Follow the instruction here to install Chrome OS on your MacBook Air

 

Step 2 – Install Mac OS X on external hard drive
  • plug in your Mac OS X reinstall USB disk and a USB external hard drive to your MacBook Air
  • Restart your MacBook Air and hold the option key when it starts
  • Choose to boot the Mac OSX reinstall USB disk
  • Use Disk Utility to re-partition your USB external hard drive and use GUID partition map
  • Select the USB external drive to install Mac OS X (more…)

Triple Boot Chrome OS, Windows 7, Mac OS X on MacBook Air

a-fung | September 1, 2011 in Apple | Comments (1)

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Why do I need this crazy multi-boot?

Most of the time I use this MacBook Air to browse websites only. So I want a fast-booting OS for this – Chrome OS.
Sometimes I play Windows game with my friends and I need to run iTunes to sync Apps and Music to my iPhone and iPad (iTunes sucks on Windows).

So I decided to make this triple boot on my machine.

I will post some instruction later. :-)


Announcing the winner for the second round! (this one is real!)

a-fung | April 2, 2010 in ★Special 注目★ | Comments (0)

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The winners of the second round are:

  • Siman
  • osmium (your name is hard to spell!)

You will soon receive a message about where to download the copy of Windows 7 Ultimate and the cd-key to activate!

Stay tuned for the third round!


Announcing the winner for the second round!

a-fung | April 1, 2010 in ★Special 注目★ | Comments (0)

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The winner is everyone who left a message in this entry!

You will soon receive a phone call to confirm your shipping information.

If you are not receiving a phone call, be sure to call me if I have missed anyone!

Office 2010 giveaway is coming soon! Stay tuned! For those who won a copy of Windows 7 here have greater chance to win a copy of Office 2010! So be sure to come back to enter the event!


Round 2: Giveaway Windows 7 Ultimate

a-fung | March 19, 2010 in ★Special 注目★ | Comments (0)

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In round one, I gave away one copy of WIndows 7 Ultimate to the winner.

Now this is round 2. The rules are similar to round one.

BTW, I am not limiting the number of winners in one round. There can be more than 1 winners!

Requirements:

  1. You know a-fung and a-fung knows you (via any channel like real life, MSN, Facebook…)
  2. You currently have a known contact method so that a-fung can contact you for any reason (e.g. phone number, MSN, Facebook, mailing address…)

 

How to get it:

  • Leave a message in this blog post that includes the following things
    • Who you are
    • What OS you are currently using
    • Description of what the difference will be if you switch to use Windows 7 Ultimate
    • A contact method (e.g. Find me on Facebook)

 

How you will receive a copy:

  • First the lucky winners will receive a message from me
  • You tell me that if you would like to get the cd-key online
    • I will e-mail you the cd-key (make sure your mailbox will not be hacked!)
    • I will give you an FTP account to download the iso image
  • You will receive the physical package when I am on vacation back to Hong Kong (or whenever you will meet me).

 

:-)

Leave a fake email address if you don’t want to let everyone (incl. spammers) to know your email!


Announcing the winner for the first round!

a-fung | March 15, 2010 in ★Special 注目★ | Comments (0)

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It’s been some days since I wrote the blog post about giving away some copies of Windows 7 Ultimate.

So the winner is:

  • zbws

You will soon receive a message about where to download the copy of Windows 7 Ultimate and the cd-key to activate!

The second round is coming soon! Stay tuned!


Giveaway: Windows 7 Ultimate x 4

a-fung | March 10, 2010 in ★Special 注目★ | Comments (0)

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I bought these copies of Windows 7 some time ago and I am going to give these copies away. Read the instructions below carefully to get a copy from me!

 

Requirements:

  1. You know a-fung and a-fung knows you (via any channel like real life, MSN, Facebook…)
  2. You currently have a known contact method so that a-fung can contact you for any reason (e.g. phone number, MSN, Facebook, mailing address…)

 

How to get it:

  • Leave a message in this blog post that includes the following things
    • Who you are
    • What OS you are currently using
    • How you would use this copy of Windows 7 Ultimate
    • A contact method (e.g. Find me on Facebook)

 

How you will receive a copy:

  • First the lucky winners will receive a message from me
  • You tell me that if you would like to get the cd-key online
    • I will e-mail you the cd-key (make sure your mailbox will not be hacked!)
    • I will give you an FTP account to download the iso image
  • You will receive the physical package when I am on vacation back to Hong Kong (or whenever you will meet me).

 

:-)

I will give away more if this is getting a lot of participation!

Leave a fake email address if you don’t want to let everyone (incl. spammers) to know your email!