Forget installing Windows via Boot Camp; or erasing Mac OS partition(s).
The Windows 7 DVD will do all that just fine for you instead.
Instead of running XP, Windows 7 Pro (which is what most EDU offer) has XP Mode, running XP inside 7.
Apple uses GPT, Windows doesn't and prefers MBR still. Plus there are hidden small EFI (128MB) as well as the 200MB GPT. So the drive really needs to be initialized by Windows 7.
You could move (clone) Mac OS to a small external drive if needed and boot from there just fine.
The Windows 7 DVD will do all that just fine for you instead.
Instead of running XP, Windows 7 Pro (which is what most EDU offer) has XP Mode, running XP inside 7.
Apple uses GPT, Windows doesn't and prefers MBR still. Plus there are hidden small EFI (128MB) as well as the 200MB GPT. So the drive really needs to be initialized by Windows 7.
You could move (clone) Mac OS to a small external drive if needed and boot from there just fine.
Can Macs Run Windows 10
Wine (stands for Wine Is Not an Emulator) is a free way to install Windows on your Mac and it works by “wrapping” Windows in macOS. Note that Wine is 32 bit only which means it does not work with macOS Catalina which only supports 64 bit applications. Those Windows apps running in coherence mode really do act like regular macOS apps. Mac os must have apps. You can drag and drop files into their windows, for example, and access native macOS files and folders. Ebay desktop app mac.