Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support - Gizmodo Comments

Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

craig_16 — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:05:09 EST

I have just installed Vista Business 64-bit onto my Macbook, replacing Vista Ultimate 32-bit, and it works perfectly using the drivers from the new Mac Pro version of Boot Camp (torrent them!). I had to get the video card drivers off intel's website and it works flawlessly - no driver issues at all. I haven't done any benchmarks, but I can now play Portal without the frame rate dropping to an unplayable level when you, you know, fire a portal, which always happened with 32-bit Ultimate. Apparently source games benefit from 64-bit quite a lot. Also, all 4GB of ram can now be seen. I say it's worth a try.

Here's some proof:
[www.flickr.com]
View full size and it should be self explanatory.

P.s. If you're thinking of doing this, check the search box in the top right of the screen shot.

craig_16

Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

Kyang — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:57:46 EST

@regnez:

He was being sarcastic. Maybe next time you could do us all a favor and recognize the context first.

Kyang

Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

x23 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:16:09 EST

@flyboy: such as?

x23

Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

regnez — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:11:10 EST

@diabolusunknown:

I cannot figure out if you are being sarcastic or serious?

For the record, Apple does not make processors, video cards, or hard drives. And a hard drive (or its drivers) has very little to do with the performance/compatibility of an operating system.

Also, the mini I have is a (2.33ghz) Core Duo, not a Core 2 Duo.

I was just stating an opinion based on my experiences, and you had to go spout off your Wintel fanboy bullshit.

Maybe next time you could do us all a favor and keep your mouth shut.

regnez

Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

Kyang — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:14:43 EST

@diabolusunknown: ''

They don't think so. They know so.

Kyang

Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

diabolusunknown — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:05:56 EST

@regnez: Yea, i noticed that too. I guess its because of the Apple made processor, and the Apple made hard drive and Apple made video processor.

Or maybe because its a Core 2 duo and they are fast no matter what.

Why do people still think that Apple versions of hardware are magically faster than equivalent PC hardware. It shocks me that your are so easily susceptible to PC World's and Apples bullshit.

diabolusunknown

Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

MillardFillmore — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:46:54 EST

Doesn't anyone else find it ridiculous that Apple advertises Boot Camp as a "feature" of the OS? It should be standard hardware support, since it really has nothing to do with OS X. I'm still pissed I had to pay for a Leopard upgrade (that I don't use) to get supported Windows drivers.

MillardFillmore

Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

mikallang — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:19:07 EST

gahh, working on figuring out linux. once ive got it down. yeah....screw em both. suse linux ftw!

mikallang

Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

vote Obama — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:57:49 EST

no mention yet of XP Pro?

vote Obama

Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

vote Obama — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:56:29 EST

@hu_hu_cool:

so you can do real work.

vote Obama

Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

solgae1784 — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:47:01 EST

@mikegriffin: Hold down the option key after you turn on to select the Vista CD-ROM, and it'll boot up the CD.

solgae1784

Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

solgae1784 — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:46:08 EST

@mikegriffin: Yes. Just put in the Vista CD and it'll boot up. The rest will be the same as you would do on the PC.

solgae1784

Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

mikegriffin — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:40:55 EST

Can you remove Leopard and still run Vista?
That's the only way I would buy a mac.

mikegriffin

Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

regnez — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:38:58 EST

I have Vista Ultimate installed on my Mini (monster), and it actually works better than any PC I have ever installed/used Vista on.

regnez

Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

Max Shanly — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:19:30 EST

OS X > Linux > XP > * > Vista.

I would much prefer to have sixty four bit XP support rather than Vista support.

Max Shanly

Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

Monty — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:15:27 EST

Microsoft still makes Vista?

Who knew.

Monty

Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

el_gordo — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:10:05 EST

Oh, come on guys! Just think of how much more secure it will be! Cancel or allow? Think of all the DX10-only game(s) you can play! Cancel or allow?! And what about all of the sweet fading that the windows do when they open and close! Cancel or allow!!!! Shiny buttons! Cancel! Or! Allow! Vista is so awesome! Allow, no I mean Cancel! Cancel! Oh damn there goes my precious registry to all the pron site hackers.

el_gordo

Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

ANoel — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:05:31 EST

But, you just pwnd my post Dude!

ANoel

Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

ANoel — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:04:51 EST

Thanks, Jason!

ANoel

Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

crazykid — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:04:12 EST

oops didnt mean to say that twice i didnt think it sent

crazykid

Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

crazykid — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:00:37 EST

@TDJ114

one would hope that it does

crazykid

Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

crazykid — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:55:38 EST

@TDJ114

one would assume that it does

crazykid

Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

TJ — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:51:53 EST

@crazykid:

Indeed, does this include support for XP 64?

Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

ANoel — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:48:09 EST

@dingus:

mmmm... BLENDED Mac n Cheese!

ANoel

Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

dingus — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:32:44 EST

@ANoel: Whence Tom Dickson?

dingus

Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

crazykid — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:29:51 EST

damn who wants vista on a mac XP maybe but vista WTF?!?

crazykid

Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

hu_hu_cool — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:27:48 EST

@glass: nice one.

hu_hu_cool

Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

PaaatrickBabyBoy — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:25:42 EST

@hu_hu_cool: heres hoping... vistas the reason i now own a macbook and a macbook pro... good job microsoft!

PaaatrickBabyBoy

Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

ANoel — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:21:24 EST

I'm sure this is a monster of taste and refinement and particularly discerning but, will it also GRATE cheese?

ANoel

Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

hu_hu_cool — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:18:40 EST

why would you want to install vista on a mac? Surely such a tragedy has never occurred.

hu_hu_cool

Leopard Boot Camp Gets 64-bit Windows Vista Support

Paradise — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:15:09 EST

reduce, reuse, recycle, eh?

Paradise