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    Apple to Officially Support Windows 7 in Boot Camp Before Year's End, Caveats Apply

    How to Survive Boot Camp (and Run Win 7 on a Mac)

    New Snow Leopard Feature: Access Mac Files from Windows in Boot Camp

    How To Install Windows 7 On Your Mac Using Boot Camp

    Apple Updates Multitouch Trackpad Drivers for Windows, Still Unusable

    Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

    Windows on Mac Benchmarked: Boot Camp vs. Parallels vs. Fusion

    Apple Bootcamp 1.2 Adds Vista Support, Other Things That Would Make This Headline Too Long If We Listed Them Here (Oops.)
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    10/22/09

    In reply to Apple to Officially Support Windows 7 in Boot Camp Before Year's End, Caveats Apply
    Lol, Windows 7 has problems but we are supporting it as soon as possible. #bootcampwindows7
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    10/23/09

    @jakster4u try{cake} catch(lie){}: My thoughts exactly.
    If 7 sucks so much as apple says, why supporting it? Does apple need it to sell its computers? #bootcampwindows7
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    10/23/09

    @SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!: Of course Apple needs to sell its computers. Apple has always believed their OS is better than Windows and yet they've had Boot Camp for as long as Macs have been Intel based.

    I can't believe you get a star and I don't #bootcampwindows7
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    Image of SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!
    10/23/09

    @ndonahue: I think you lost the point of my reply.
    If OSX is by far so superior to Windows, why does apple still support boot camp? OSX would but just enough for your every need.
    Just because apple can't prove that OSX is, in fact, better than Windows (I'm not stating that OSX suck, BTW), they need to support boot camp to sell their computers to the newcomers and try to lure them into OSX.

    And no, the first Intel based Macs did not had boot camp. #bootcampwindows7
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    10/23/09

    @SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!: I stand corrected on when Boot Camp was released

    Apple, Inc is both a hardware company and a software company. If supporting Windows 7 and Boot Camp convinces people to buy a Mac, then Apple wins.

    Each user can see the 2 OSes side-by-side and judge for themselves. If someone prefers Win7, Apple still sold them a machine. #bootcampwindows7
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    10/23/09

    @SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!: Apologies for the snarky star comment -- I haven't had my coffee. #bootcampwindows7
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    Image of SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!
    10/23/09

    @ndonahue: I never said that apple loses by supporting Windows 7. I think its great that mac have boot camp.
    What I'm aiming is at the Mac vs PC campaign.
    If apple focused their campaign on the OSX's qualities, instead of the opponent's flaws, I would be ok with it.

    Anyway, don't worry about the star thing...A star don't make you a better commenter. #bootcampwindows7
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    10/22/09

    In reply to Apple to Officially Support Windows 7 in Boot Camp Before Year's End, Caveats Apply
    I keep pondering updating my MBP's boot camp partition from XP to 7. But I can't justify spending over $100 just to play the occasional game. Oh well. #bootcampwindows7
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    10/23/09

    @superberg: How much did you spend for the MBP? #bootcampwindows7
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    10/23/09

    @jasonliang: What does that have to do with anything? I use OS X for pretty much everything, and it works fine. It's just that I occasionally wanna play an indie game, and Win7 looks to be a lot prettier than XP. I boot into XP maybe once every few months to play Portal. It's a non-issue. #bootcampwindows7
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    10/22/09

    In reply to Apple to Officially Support Windows 7 in Boot Camp Before Year's End, Caveats Apply
    i wonder the reason why, no 64 bit? but still.. supported both vistas. #bootcampwindows7
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    10/22/09

    @fleebailey33: Actually, certain older MBP's even with C2D chips didn't "support" Vista 64. They didn't make all of the drivers backwards compatible, only "most" of them...

    As I so disappointingly found out last year. #bootcampwindows7
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    Image of fleebailey33 fleebailey33
    10/22/09

    @Lite: hates Illinois Nazis:
    that really sucks, i wonder why they do that. i guess they want you to use osx more. :P #bootcampwindows7
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    10/22/09

    @fleebailey33: I think it is a chipset limitation regarding 32 bit memory addressing... #bootcampwindows7
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    Image of Trideep Gogoi Trideep Gogoi
    10/22/09

    In reply to Apple to Officially Support Windows 7 in Boot Camp Before Year's End, Caveats Apply
    Why no windows 7 for Pre 2006 macs? I have an original Macbook pro 2.0 core duo and I'm able to run Windows 7 RC1 in bootcamp perfectly fine? Why wont it work in the new Boot Camp? Do they mean it wont be "supported" or wont work at all? #bootcampwindows7
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    10/22/09

    @Trideep Gogoi:
    good questions,
    i hope it would mean supported #bootcampwindows7
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    10/22/09

    In reply to Apple to Officially Support Windows 7 in Boot Camp Before Year's End, Caveats Apply
    "Some older iMacs and MacBooks Pro (2006 vintage, with Intel processors) will be unable to support Windows 7 running in Boot Camp for whatever reason"

    This is purely speculation by good 'ole SE, but it could be that those macs used Intel Core Duo chips instead of Core 2 Duo, that latter of which allows for 64 bit goodness. #bootcampwindows7
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    Image of Thee Sea Thee Sea
    10/22/09

    In reply to Apple to Officially Support Windows 7 in Boot Camp Before Year's End, Caveats Apply
    Excellent. My order of the 27 inch iMac will be complimented nicely. #bootcampwindows7
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    Image of Nick Sweet Nick Sweet
    10/22/09

    In reply to How to Survive Boot Camp (and Run Win 7 on a Mac)
    Wait, why not format the windows partition as FAT32? I'd like to drag & drop files from my mac side to my PC side – NTFS doesn't allow that, right? #bootcamp
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/22/09

    @Nick Sweet: You can if you want, but you'd be limited to a 32GB capacity partition. NTFS allows you to split the hard drive directly in half if you actually plan to do quite a bit with Windows. #bootcamp
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    10/22/09

    In reply to How to Survive Boot Camp (and Run Win 7 on a Mac)
    For an alternate, VirtualBox has had guest additions for Windows 7 for a while now. I have been running the RC for a while with no issues, about to make a build for the full release.
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    Image of TonyWonder TonyWonder
    10/22/09

    In reply to How to Survive Boot Camp (and Run Win 7 on a Mac)
    so I don't play PC games. what other use/benefit would I get from running Windows7 on my macbook?

    thanks folk #bootcamp
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    Image of Thee Sea Thee Sea
    10/22/09

    @TonyWonder: Well, there's more software in the world than just games, for one. #bootcamp
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    10/22/09

    @Thee Sea: i use mine for autodesk products, and my roommate uses his to have office 2007, which he prefers over 2008 for mac. #bootcamp
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    10/22/09

    @jerNELS: Exactly, not to mention that if you do any stuff with Adobe's Creative suite, the Windows versions are drastically superior in their 64-bit Windows releases. Considering how much I have to do that, it's good to have an option to switch to. #bootcamp
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    10/22/09

    In reply to How to Survive Boot Camp (and Run Win 7 on a Mac)
    Boot Camp? You mean like, the marines? #bootcamp
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    Image of jakebathman jakebathman
    10/22/09

    @Yuppers I love you: R. Lee Ermey is the best drill sergeant ever made, he has the perfect voice #bootcamp
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    10/22/09

    @jakebathman: @geiko:
    Semper Fi. #bootcamp
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    10/22/09

    @Yuppers: I love you: @geiko: I just watched that video again, it's so freaking amazing #bootcamp
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    Image of cabjf cabjf
    10/22/09

    In reply to How to Survive Boot Camp (and Run Win 7 on a Mac)
    Or just wait a month or two. I just read that Apple is planning on releasing a Boot Camp update before the end of the year. [support.apple.com] #bootcamp
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    10/22/09

    In reply to How to Survive Boot Camp (and Run Win 7 on a Mac)
    Does that student deal - for the $30 Windows 7 - work if you don't already have a version of Windows? Or is it upgrade only?

    (I know Snow Leopard boasted "upgrade only" but it was actually the full OS, and I want to know if this is the same case)

    Anyone know for sure? Thanks! #bootcamp
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/22/09

    @rainbowofleaves: It appears to be an upgrade, so you may need a prior version to use it. #bootcamp
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    10/22/09

    @rainbowofleaves: Try it. But have a WinXP or Vista original install disc just in case (no old key needed). #bootcamp
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    Image of RufordJobnik RufordJobnik
    05/12/09

    In reply to New Snow Leopard Feature: Access Mac Files from Windows in Boot Camp
    does anyone know where i can get the wallpaper on the macbook??
    havent had a good wallpaper in a while
    this one looks like a good replacement for my current one
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    Image of mind in rewind mind in rewind
    05/12/09

    @RufordJobnik: That wallpaper comes in Windows 7. If you don't have Windows 7 installed on your MacBook, then go here: [www.mydigitallife.info]
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    Image of Dennis Raver Dennis Raver
    05/11/09

    In reply to New Snow Leopard Feature: Access Mac Files from Windows in Boot Camp
    NTFS read+write please, please, please.
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    Image of fusedinertia fusedinertia
    05/11/09

    @Dennis Raver: There's a program already out for that, it seams the NTFS Read+Write capability inside a MAC flawlessly. I have been using it for a year on two 1TB drives I had formatted to NTFS before switching to MAC. You could find it here [www.paragon-software.com] or other methods......*torrents* *wink* *wink*
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    05/11/09

    @Dennis Raver: NTFS-3G isn't too shabby either. Hasn't fucked up for me so far...
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    Image of madog madog
    05/11/09

    @Eruanno: As long as you properly eject the device yes. Serious data loss problems arise with NTFS, it's indexing, and power outages.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/11/09

    In reply to New Snow Leopard Feature: Access Mac Files from Windows in Boot Camp
    Nice. That was one of the main issues I had with using Boot Camp. At least with VMware, I could just drag and drop files from Mac and copy it to the Windows workspace, or use the Z:/ folder that VMware made in Windows to provide direct access to the Mac.
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